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January 13, 2005
It's the JOOOOOOSSSS . . .
A profile of new Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff.Chertoff has strong ties to the Jewish community. Born and raised in Elizabeth, N.J., Chertoff is the son of a rabbi, his two children have attended Jewish day schools and his wife, Meryl, was a co-chairwoman of the regional Anti-Defamation League�s civil rights committee when he was the U.S. attorney in New Jersey in the mid 1990s.Yup, a Jew is going to be deciding how much or whether to profile Arabs. Deal with it.. . . . Many Jewish groups have chafed at what they say is the Bush administration�s �with us or against us� ethos. Chertoff, a moderate Republican, is well-liked on both sides of the aisle. . . . Chertoff was the sole Republican U.S. Attorney who Bill Clinton kept in place after assuming the presidency in 1993, on the recommendation of then-Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, himself a liberal Democrat, and largely on the basis of his success in pursuing mob figures. Chertoff also was the lead figure in persuading Israel to send back to the United States �Crazy� Eddie Antar, the discount electronics mogul who had sought refuge in the Jewish state and was convicted of stock fraud.
Judith | 01/13/05 at 08:34 AM | Categories: Doing Jewish
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Judith: I followed you back here from Silent Running (maintaining sanity in Australasia -- sometimes easier said than done).
Great blog, and some very useful comments on Michael Chertoff...
Ted C in Fee-G | January 16, 2005 07:26 PM
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