Meet Mike Tolkin, the Jewish millennial running for NYC mayor
Josefin Dolsten, JTA
September 6, 2017
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Will a new generation step up to civic leadership?
Jewish Journal
November 12, 2013
At first glance, Jews might appear to be enjoying a renaissance of political influence in Los Angeles. Eric Garcetti is the first elected Jewish mayor and the two other citywide elected officials — City Attorney Mike Feuer and City Controller Ron Galperin — are Jewish, too. So are three City Councilmembers.
We are Carlos Danger
Rob Eshman
August 7, 2013
By last Wednesday, thanks to the magic of the Internet, I had seen as much of Anthony Weiner’s private parts as if I had spent the afternoon with him in the shvitz.
History matters: Garcetti and the history of Jewish politics
David N. Myers
May 29, 2013
With Eric Garcetti’s election on May 21, the mayors of the three largest cities in the United States — Michael Bloomberg in New York, Rahm Emanuel in Chicago and Garcetti in Los Angeles — are all Jews.
Garcetti, Feuer, Galperin: A new era of Jewish leadership in L.A.?
Tom Tugend
May 22, 2013
Los Angeles chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor in a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city’s diversity, as well as its numerous variations of Jewishness. (In a historical footnote, one Bernard Cohn served as the appointed mayor of Los Angeles for a few weeks in 1878.)
Character references: Eric Garcetti
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
May 15, 2013
In a few weeks, Eric Garcetti might become Los Angeles’ youngest mayor in more than a century. When Eric was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University from 1993 to 1996, we were close friends and he was a regular at my L’Chaim Society.
Character reference: Wendy Greuel
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2013
I have known Wendy Greuel for almost 30 years, since she was a young UCLA graduate working for Mayor Tom Bradley.
Eric Garcetti: A new Jewish face for L.A.?
Jonah Lowenfeld
February 7, 2013
During a recent candidates’ forum at Sinai Temple, Los Angeles City Councilman and mayoral hopeful Eric Garcetti began his opening statement by thanking his hosts, the audience, and the moderator, Rabbi David Wolpe.
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