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November 4, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/11/02/2741566/the-chosen-jewish-members-in-the-112th-us-congress

Jewish Members in the Next U.S. Congress

(JTA-Ha'aretz) 12 Jewish senators and 27 representatives are expected to serve in the 112th U.S. Congress, including newly elected Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) were reelected, as was Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who does not identify a religion but notes that his mother is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor. New Jewish members of the House of Representatives include Nan Hayworth (R-NY) and David Cicilline (D-RI).

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