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The private equity investor using the federal bureaucracy to tackle antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Josh Gruenbaum, formerly of private equity giant KKR, has taken up a role leading the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) with the aim of addressing antisemitism through federal contracting practices. 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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Trump AdministrationOrthodox Jewish CommunityJewish ValuesColumbia UniversityTask ForceJosh GruenbaumFederal Acquisition ServiceFederal ContractsGovernment Efficiency

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New Jersey, United States
"Gruenbaum grew up in an Orthodox Jewish community in New Jersey, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor whose entire family was killed by the Nazis."
New York, United States
"After spending several years studying at a yeshiva, Gruenbaum started his professional career at his fathers food importing business before earning a law degree and an MBA from New York University."

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