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Incoming vice president Kamala Harris send out a Hanukkah message with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, December 10, 2020. (YouTube screenshot)
JTA When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take office as US president and vice president, they will be making history in all sorts of ways including Jewish history.
Some of the historical firsts are obvious: Biden will be the oldest person ever to occupy the White House, and Harris will be the first woman, person of color, and person of South Asian descent ever to serve as vice president.
Their Jewish bona fides are also notable: Biden’s three children who survived into adulthood all married Jews, making him a grandfather to several Jewish grandchildren. (Biden’s first wife and infant daughter were killed in a car accident in 1972.)
(JTA) – When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take office as U.S. president and vice president on Wednesday, they will be making history in all sorts of ways — including
There was a clear historical significance to Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. The number is not only connected to the passing of the torch of democracy from the .
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