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  • Ron Bloom: Car Czar in the Labor Zionist Tradition

    09/05/2009 4:10:35 PM PDT · by EBH · 2 replies · 445+ views
    Baltimore Jewish Times ^ | August 27, 2009 | Rachel Tepper
    By now Ron Bloom’s professional road to becoming the Obama administration’s car czar has been widely reported. Missing from the coverage, however, has been any mention of those formative years at Jewish summer camp. Born in New York City and raised in Swarthmore, a suburb of Philadelphia, much of Bloom’s early life revolved around Habonim (now known as Habonim Dror), a progressive Labor Zionist youth movement that emphasizes cultural Judaism, socialism and social justice. It’s all part of an upbringing that the man overseeing the country’s bailout of the U.S. auto industry cites among his earliest influences... ...At age 10,...