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Past Presidents, Jewish Precedents: Inaugurations and the Jewish Electorate

JL;DR SUMMARY Sienna Drew explores the historical influence of Jewish communities on U.S. presidential inaugurations, focusing on the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Barack Obama. 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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Jewish HistoryJewish CommunityJewish ImmigrationTwo State SolutionBarack ObamaAbraham LincolnFdrU.S. PresidentsInaugurations

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"He was very comfortable in the Jewish community in Chicago, and the Jewish community in Chicago was very comfortable with him, says Samuel Gordon, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Sukkat Shalom in Chicago, and co-founder of Rabbis for Obama in 2008."
Quincy, Illinois, United States
"Figures such as Abraham Jonas, a Jewish lawyer in Quincy, Illinois, and Issachar Zacharie, Lincolns British podiatrist, encouraged Lincoln to organize the Jewish vote in his first and second campaigns."
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
"He clashed with Jewish political opponents like Rabbi Isaac Wise, a Democrat and newspaper owner from Cincinnati."
Louisiana, United States
"There were also many Jewish Southerners who supported the Confederacy and opposed Lincoln, such as Louisiana senator and lawyer Judah P. Benjamin."
Franklin, California, United States
"These appointments included Henry Morgenthau Jr. as secretary of the Treasury and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter."
Denver, Colorado, United States
"I was standing next to Rabbi David Saperstein in Denver at Obamas acceptance speech, Gordon remembers."
Washington DC, United States
"Speaking at a Jewish inaugural reception, White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod spoke about his father and grandparents fleeing a European pogrom and wishing they could see Obamas inauguration and that their son will be 20 feet from the Oval Office, and have a chief of staff named Rahm Emanuel, the son of an Israeli immigrant."
Germany
"With his first inauguration on March 4, 1933, FDR became president just after Adolf Hitler was made chancellor of Germany on January 30."
Israel
"However, pursuing a two-state solution was a tall order entering office during a highly conservative Israeli political climate (furthered by the events of the Second Intifada) under the pro-settlement, Likud leadership of Ariel Sharon."

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