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Congressional Results: Two new Jews, but no rabbi

By Eric Fingerhut
Published on November 5, 2008

The 111th U.S. Congress is slated to have 13 Jewish senators and 31 members of the House of Representatives, with with the two first-time victories of Democrats Jared Polis of Colorado and John Adler of New Jersey.



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