He would represent the kind of men who support women. He would show the nation that his Jewish values are American values.
The world’s Jewish population peaked 85 years ago at an estimated 16.6 million. After the horrors of World War II, that number was down to 11 million. Today there are fewer than 8 million Jewish adults and 2.5 million Jewish children in the U.S., most living in the Northeast. Just 1 in 10 call the Midwest home. About 2% of Michiganders are Jewish, most living on the east side. Seventeen-year-old Sam Ostrow lives on the west side.
What will Emhoff’s fashion choices be, and will fashionistas care? Much in the way the election of President Obama changed the way we discussed race in America, there will be a lot for us to process as a nation when it comes to gender if Emhoff takes on the amorphous position of “first gentleman.” And then there’s the fact that he’s Jewish. For Ostrow, the teenager at Emhoff’s Michigan rally, that means more than anything. “The numbers speak for themselves,” he said.
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