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Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling guided by Holocaust survivor grandparents

JL;DR SUMMARY Keith Sonderling's recent elevation to Acting Labor Secretary is deeply personal for him, as his grandparents, Holocaust survivors, faced significant religious discrimination in the American workforce. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsJewish IdentityRepublican PoliticsEmployment LawGig EconomyWorkplace DiscriminationKeith SonderlingLabor DepartmentAi In Employment

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Boca Raton, Florida, United States
"Sonderling, who grew up in Boca Raton, Fla., got his start in Republican politics not through the world of Mar-a-Lago but rather a more traditional GOP path: through the world of Jeb Bush."
Washington DC, United States
"Unfortunately, people dont check their anti-Jewish attitudes at the door when they enter work, Sonderling said at a November 2023 webinar hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington."
Jerusalem, Israel
"The pair were married in 2019 in Jerusalem."

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