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'''Rahm Emanuel''' (b. 1959) is an American politician from [[Illinois]].  Mr. Emanual is a [[Democrat]].  He served as President [[Clinton]]'s chief of staff and as a US Congressman from Illinois' 5th district.  He will be US President-elect [[Barack Obama]]'s chief of staff starting in January, 2009.  Mr. Emanual is [[Jewish]].  He and his wife Ann have three children:, Zacharias, Ilana, and Leah.  Emanual has a bachelor's degree from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] (1981), and a master's degree in speech and communication from [[Northwestern University]] (1985).

'''Rahm Emanuel''' (b. 1959) is an American politician from [[Illinois]].  Mr. Emanual is a [[Democrat]].  He served as President [[Clinton]]'s chief of staff and as a US Congressman from Illinois' 5th district.  He will be US President-elect [[Barack Obama]]'s chief of staff starting in January, 2009.  Mr. Emanual is [[Jewish]].  He and his wife Ann have three children:, Zacharias, Ilana, and Leah.  Emanual has a bachelor's degree from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] (1981), and a master's degree in speech and communication from [[Northwestern University]] (1985). Emanuel's father, Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel, was born in [[Jerusalem]].

 

Emanuel's father, Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel, was born in [[Jerusalem]], and was a member of Irgun, a militant Zionist group operating in [[Palestine]] between 1931 and 1948.  Irgun was responsible for the 1946 King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem.