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From Wikipedia:

“Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959. His father, the Jerusalem-born Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a pediatrician and was a member of the Irgun, a militant Zionist group considered a terrorist organization. His mother, Martha Smulevitz, worked as an X-ray technician; she was the daughter of a local union organizer, and would herself become a civil rights activist...”

[originalbuckeye]

Is he Jewish? or like most of my Jewish friends who were born Jewish but now being a radical Leftist is their new religion.

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His father, the Jerusalem-born Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a pediatrician and was a member of the Irgun, a militant Zionist group considered a terrorist organization.

Best news of the piece. As Chief of Staff it is difficult seeing Rahm stand by as Obama tries to vivisect Israel. One can hope.