History matters: 
Garcetti and the history of Jewish politics

Published on 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.

Emanuel blasts Netanyahu for ‘betraying’ Obama

Published on December 3, 2012

Rahm Emanuel said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu betrayed the Obama administration by announcing a new settlement expansion and the cutoff of tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority.

October 28, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on October 28, 2012

Jews well represented among Obama’s campaign chairs

Published on February 22, 2012

At least seven of the Obama campaign's 35 co-chairs are Jewish, including Alan Solow, a leading figure in the organized community. Solow is identified on the list released early Wednesday morning as both a partner at the DLA Piper law firm and as a past president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel lauds Chicago federation

Published on September 21, 2011

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel praised the city's Jewish federation for its work in and out of the Jewish community.

Emanuel sworn in to lead Chicago

Published on May 16, 2011

Rahm Emanuel was sworn in as the first Jewish mayor of Chicago. Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, took the oath of office on Monday. He was elected mayor of the country's third-largest city in February after sitting mayor Richard Daley declined to seek a seventh term in office.

Rahm Emanuel elected mayor of Chicago

Published on February 23, 2011

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago.

Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Mayor’s Race: Outright Victory Means No Runoff

Published on February 22, 2011

Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, easily overwhelming five rivals to take the helm of the nation's third-largest city as it prepares to chart a new course without the retiring Richard M. Daley.

The Circuit: Rahm Emanuel, Anti-Defamation League, John Lloyd Young, Hedva Amrani

Published on February 22, 2011

American Friends of The Hebrew University’s (AFHU) Western Region hosted the Annual Leadership Education Forum (ALEF) at the Skirball Cultural Center on Jan.16, with former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as the keynote speaker.

Anti-Semitic flyers attack Emanuel

Published on February 15, 2011

Flyers with anti-Semitic messages directed against Chicago mayoral front-runner Rahm Emanuel were distributed on a train line that runs through the city. The flyer, distributed at a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line station, shows a silhouette of Emanuel and reads: "I will run Chicago as I ran Freddie Mac, PROFITABLE (for me, me, me) thirty millions$$$$$$. I was entitled to it, being a Holocaust survivor (I mean my family)."

Emanuel’s campaign had connections to power

Published on January 27, 2011

When Thomas L. Kilbride, the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, studied the legal briefs in the case over Rahm Emanuel’s eligibility to run for mayor, the name of one lawyer involved in the residency dispute should have been familiar to Mr. Kilbride: Michael J. Kasper.

Illinois Supreme Court: Rahm Emanuel on Chicago mayor ballot

Published on January 27, 2011

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor of Chicago, saying in a unanimous decision that he meets the state's residency requirements despite spending most of the last year as White House chief of staff.

Rahm Emanuel’s name back on ballot, for now

Published on January 25, 2011

The Illinois Supreme Court ordered Rahm Emanuel's name back on the ballot for Chicago mayor. A day after a state appellate court panel ordered that Emanuel's name be removed from the ballot because he had not lived in the city for a year before the election, as stipulated by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, the state's high court agreed to examine his appeal, based on already filed briefs, on an expedited basis. The court ordered that any ballots printed in the interim include his name, according to reports. Emanuel has spent the last two years living in Washington while serving as President Obama's White House chief of staff.

Court exes Emanuel from Chicago ballot [VIDEO]

Published on January 24, 2011

An Illinois court ruled Rahm Emanuel ineligible to run for mayor of Chicago. The state's Appellate Court in a 2-1 decision ordered that Emanuel's name be removed from the ballot. Opponents of the former White House chief of staff had said his two years in Washington disqualified him from running because the city's Board of Election Commissioners requires that a mayoral candidate live in Chicago for a year before the election, which takes place in February.

Judge rules Rahm Emanuel’s name can appear on Chicago ballot

Published on January 4, 2011

Rahm Emanuel cleared another hurdle in his bid for mayor of Chicago on Tuesday when a Cook County judge agreed with the city’s election board that his name should appear on the ballot.

Bibi: Rahm Emanuel is a “self-hating Jew”

Published on July 9, 2009

At about 3:15 P.M. yesterday, the government's 100th day in office, political correspondents' beepers went off. In an unprecedented move, the Prime Minister's Bureau was inviting the correspondents to a press conference at the Knesset that was slated to begin in 15 minutes. This was the start of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's panicked, disproportionate response to the criticism senior Kadima politicians had leveled at him three hours earlier.

On the Credit crisis, Obama Needs to Change Course

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on March 17, 2009

Gonna wash those smears right out of your head

By Steve Greenberg
Published on December 11, 2008

“West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin on his agent Ari Emanuel

By Danielle Berrin
Published on November 14, 2008

Rahm Emanuel is a fighting policy wonk with a Jewish soul [VIDEO]

By Ron Kampeas
Published on November 13, 2008

One thing Rahm Emanuel is not, all agree, is the president-elect's conciliatory signal to the Jewish community after a campaign fraught with worries that Obama would tip toward even-handedness in dealing with the Middle East

VIDEO:  Obama roasts Emanuel, says he’s the ‘Angel of Death’ for GOP

By The Web Guy
Published on November 10, 2008

Rahm Emanuel’s brother, Ari Emanuel, is a Hollywood superagent

By Danielle Berrin
Published on November 6, 2008

" . . . In a business deal, he's going to try to kill for you, and its just going to be about putting as much money in your pocket as he can, until you tell him that there's something else that's important to you . . . " -- Aaron Sorkin

Rahm Emanuel is swimming with fish

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 6, 2008

Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s pick for Chief of Staff, is tough, direct and wedded to his Jewish roots

Published on November 6, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama’s pick of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will put a tough, proven political operator at the center of a new Administration. It also raises the profile of a Chicago Jewish family firmly rooted in the worlds of Hollywood, medicine, politics . . . and Judaism.

Emanuel’s Impact

By Eli Kintisch
Published on January 9, 2003

The subject of Monday afternoon's Democratic caucus meeting was crucial: On the eve of President Bush's release of his economic stimulus package, how could House Democrats make the public case that their package was better?