Posted on 03/25/2007 11:40:10 AM PDT by Chgogal
Endeavor Agency's Ari Emanuel talks several times a day to his brother, U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who is masterminding the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's midterm elections. There's a well-reported piece on Rahm in today's Washington Post (Fighting For The Spoils) that mentions Ari. "They all play to win, those Emanuel boys. Rahm (left) is the middle son of three. His big brother, Ezekiel, is a Harvard oncologist and bioethicist. Younger brother Ari (below) is a high-flying agent in Los Angeles. He made news recently as the only major agent to publicly call for an industrywide shunning of Mel Gibson following the actor's drunken, anti-Semitic tirade. Their baby sister, Shoshana, is a student. Yes, the folks are mighty proud, Rahm says. How many mothers have two children who have partly inspired TV characters (Josh Lyman on The West Wing for Rahm, Ari Gold on Entourage for Ari)? 'People ask me what my mother put in the soup,' says Ari, who talks with Rahm two or three times a day. 'I wish I knew. I have three boys of my own.' Their father is a Jerusalem-born pediatrician who came to the United States after working for the pre-independence Israeli underground. In Chicago, he met Emanuel's mother, an X-ray technician and daughter of a local union organizer who ended up in more than one paddy wagon as a protester in the 1960s. 'Politics and the civil rights movement were very much a part of our family life," says Ezekiel. "We went on Martin Luther King's march on Cicero with my mom.'" After November 7th, Rahm will move to Hollywood and help mastermind the "freeing" of clients from Endeavor's rival agencies. Just kidding.
"Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Rahm Emanuel (IL) reported a net worth of at least $9 million, with annual income in interest and dividends of almost $400,000 per year. (Rep. Emanuel, who made almost $10 million in 2002, accumulated the bulk of his net worth between 1999-2002 after serving in the Clinton Administration, when, with no experience in the field, he was hired as an investment banker at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. There is nothing illegal in this, as many trade-off of previous government contacts and reap big rewards. Besides, benefiting from politics seems to run in Emanuel's family: his brother Ari was filmmaker Michael Moore's agent for the movie "Fahrenheit 9/11.")"
Dated May 4, 2005
Ari Emanuel is the model for the hyper Hollywood agent in HBO's "Entourage".
http://www.hbo.com/entourage/cast/character/ari.html
http://www.letshugitoutbitch.com/
Fighting for The Spoils
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/21/AR2006102101049_pf.html
"They all play to win, those Emanuel boys. Rahm is the middle son of three. His big brother, Ezekiel, is a Harvard oncologist and bioethicist. Younger brother Ari is a high-flying agent in Los Angeles. He made news recently as the only major agent to publicly call for an industrywide shunning of Mel Gibson following the actor's drunken, anti-Semitic tirade. Their baby sister, Shoshana, is a student.
Yes, the folks are mighty proud, Rahm says. How many mothers have two children who have partly inspired TV characters (Josh Lyman on "The West Wing" for Rahm, Ari Gold on "Entourage" for Ari)?
"People ask me what my mother put in the soup," says Ari, who talks with Rahm two or three times a day. "I wish I knew. I have three boys of my own."
Their father is a Jerusalem-born pediatrician who came to the United States after working for the pre-independence Israeli underground. In Chicago, he met Emanuel's mother, an X-ray technician and daughter of a local union organizer who ended up in more than one paddy wagon as a protester in the 1960s. "Politics and the civil rights movement were very much a part of our family life," says Ezekiel. "We went on Martin Luther King's march on Cicero with my mom."
When Rahm was 17, he cut his finger on a meat slicer at Arby's, where he worked a summer job. It became infected, the infection spread to the bone, and a cut grew into a potentially life-threatening condition. Doctors eventually amputated the finger, and Emanuel spent eight weeks in the hospital. He says the experience made him more focused for college and beyond.
"He blames me for ending up at Sarah Lawrence," says Ezekiel, who thought a small Eastern college would suit his brother better than a big school. "But he loved it. He loved being around all those women."
The young Rahm wasn't particularly political. That passion emerged during college when he starting working with the advocacy group Common Cause. Later, he landed on a few campaigns, including Paul Simon's successful first Senate race in 1984. Almost immediately Emanuel proved a peerless fundraiser. Richard M. Daley hired him to dial up dollars for his successful mayoral run in 1989. Two years later, Emanuel got a job in the soon-to-be-legendary "War Room" of Clinton's upstart presidential campaign in Little Rock."
I'm not sure what the mystery is here about some 'secret recipe'. Apparently, nobody in that newsroom had a Jewish mother (well, apparently that is true or they wouldn't be reporters since those jobs don't make much money. I nixed J school for our kid when he was a teenager). Is this some kind of novel idea that Jewish mothers put insanely high demands on their sons to be successful? This certainly isn't a secret in the Jewish community. Just look at how many neurotic comedians there are....
Interview with 'Manufacturing Dissent' Filmmakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp9s7IfwJ50
These people are making reporters look like saints. It's going to be an uphill battle against the DNC and media barrage.
Thanks for the ping, Chgogal.
I wonder if Hillary has ever called Rahm a "f***ing Jew b@st@rd"?
Thanks for the ping.
I read this article months ago. It still sucks.
"You knew that Rahm's brother was Micheal Moore's agent for F 9/11?"
I have a comment here except I'd be banned.
If his Daddy fought for Pre-Independent Israel, I would love to get his thoughts on Mamma and the boys. Bet he figured all wrong on Mamma.
When do you think this poster last smoked weed? www.rense.com/general74/demoem.htm
Oh yes, we need to negotiate with those kind of people .. sure!
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