Please none of the other Western Democracy go outside the of Christian religion or sec! How many Jews, Buddahist or Muslims have been PMs in France, Britian, Ireland, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, the US or Canada? 0 you say how funny. How many have been Christian! 100%. The closest we Americans have come was to voting in a Catholic (still a sec to Christianity) and we only did it once. Wow these Western Democracies are just as guilty as you say Israel is.
However, the Israeli have had many Arabs in there Parliment and even their supreme court! Arabs even sat in on Israelis first Parlimentary assembly. 12 of the 120 parliment seats are held by Arab Israeli (the is 10%!), Arabs are town mayors and there is even an Arab Supreme Court justice! How many Muslim Congressman have there been in the US? 1, through out her history and he doesn't look to be reelected!
Clearly, you are not a halo-blinded zionist zealot whose only significant concern is everything jewish. Notice that it took about 3 seconds on google to find this list of JEWISH AMERICANS IN WESTERN POLITICS. But, I guess facts are not as important as calling someone an antisemite on topics like this. Of cource, who DOEST know that wikipedia is a bastion of joo hating antisemites for DARING to host such blatant jew hating evil. There must be a muslim on the payroll, right zionist?
Cabinet members and senior administration officials
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Judah Benjamin, Confederate attorney general (1861), secretary of war (1861), secretary of state (1862–65)
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Oscar Straus, secretary of commerce and labor (1906–09)
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the treasury (1934–45)
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William S. Cohen, secretary of defense (1997-2001) (half Jewish)
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James Schlesinger, CIA Director (1973), Secretary of Defense (1973–75) (converted to Lutheranism)
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Henry Kissinger, national security advisor (1969–75), secretary of state (1973–77)
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W. Michael Blumenthal, secretary of the treasury (1977–79)
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Harold Brown, secretary of defense (1977–81)
* Neil Goldschmidt, secretary of transportation (1979–1981)
* Philip Morris Klutznick, secretary of commerce (1980–1981)
* Kenneth Duberstein, chief of staff (1988–1989)
* Robert Reich, secretary of labor (1993–97)
* John M. Deutch, Belgian-born CIA director (1995–96)
* Robert Rubin, secretary of the treasury (1995–99)
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Madeleine Albright, secretary of state (1997–01) (raised Catholic by converted parents)
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Sandy Berger, national security advisor (1997–01)
* Larry Summers, secretary of the treasury (1999–01)
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Ari Fleischer, white house press secretary (2001–03)
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Michael Chertoff, homeland security secretary (2005–
* Leon Fuerth, national security advisor to Vice President Al Gore (1993–2001)
* Edward Levi, attorney general (1975–1977)
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Joshua Bolten, White House Chief of Staff (2006–
* Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture (1995–2001)
* Jacob Lew, Director of Office of Management and Budget (1999–2001)
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Caspar Weinberger, secretary of defense (half Jewish, raised Episcopalian)
* Michael Mukasey, Attorney General (2007-)
Current Senators
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Carl Levin Democrat Michigan 1978
Arlen Specter Republican Pennsylvania 1980
Frank Lautenberg Democrat New Jersey 2002
Previously served 1982–2001
Herb Kohl Democrat Wisconsin 1988
Joseph Lieberman Connecticut for Lieberman Connecticut 1988 Formerly a Democrat, but lost 2006 party primary; reelected on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket, he caucuses with Democrats, but endorsed John McCain for President. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for Vice President, running alongside presidential nominee Al Gore, becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket.
Dianne Feinstein[1] Democrat California 1992
Barbara Boxer Democrat California 1992
Russ Feingold Democrat Wisconsin 1992
Ron Wyden Democrat Oregon 1996
Charles Schumer Democrat New York 1998
Norm Coleman Republican Minnesota 2002
Ben Cardin Democrat Maryland 2006
Bernie Sanders Independent (Democratic Socialist) Vermont 2006 Sanders is a self-described "democratic socialist" and is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, but because he does not belong to a formal political party he appears as an Independent on the ballot. Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.
[edit] Former Senators
* David Levy Yulee, senator (D-FL: 1845–51, 1855–61)
* Judah Benjamin, senator (Whig-LA: 1853–61)
* Benjamin F. Jonas, senator (D-LA: 1879–85)
* Joseph Simon, senator (R-OR: 1898–03)
* Isidor Rayner, senator (D-MD: 1905–12)
* Simon Guggenheim, senator (R-CO: 1907–13)
* Herbert Lehman, senator (D-NY: 1949–57)
* Barry M. Goldwater, senator (R-AZ: 1953–1965, 1969–1987), half Jewish, raised as an Episcopalian
* Richard L. Neuberger, senator (D-OR: 1955–60)
* Jacob Javits, senator (R-NY: 1957–81)
* Ernest Gruening, senator (D-AK: 1959–69)
* Abraham Ribicoff, senator (D-CT: 1963–81)
* Pierre Salinger, senator (D-CA: 1964) (Catholic mother)
* Howard Metzenbaum, senator (D-OH: 1974, 1976–95)
* Richard B. Stone, senator (D-FL: 1975–80)
* Edward Zorinsky, senator (D-NE: 1976–87)
* Rudy Boschwitz, senator (R-MN: 1978–91)
* William Cohen, senator (R-ME: 1979–97) (Jewish father; Irish-Protestant mother)
* Warren Rudman, senator (R-NH: 1980-93)
* Jacob Hecht, senator (R-NV: 1983–89)
* Paul Wellstone, senator (D-MN: 1991–02)
* George Allen, senator (R-VA: 2001–2007) (Allen's mother is Jewish, he was raised as a Presbyterian)[2]
[edit] Current Representatives
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↓ Name ↓ Party ↓ District ↓ Elected ↓ Note ↓
Henry Waxman[3] Democrat CA-30 1974
Barney Frank[4] Democrat MA-04 1980
Tom Lantos[5] Democrat CA-12 1980 Only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress[citation needed]
Gary Ackerman[6] Democrat NY-05 1982 Currently heads the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP)
Howard Berman[7] Democrat CA-28 1982
Sander M. Levin[8] Democrat MI-12 1982
Eliot L. Engel[9] Democrat NY-17 1988
Nita Lowey[10] Democrat NY-18 1988 First female chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which she chaired from 1991 to 1992
Bob Filner[11] Democrat CA-51 1992
Jane Harman[12] Democrat CA-36 1992 Served 1993–1999 and 2001–Present
Jerrold Nadler[13] Democrat NY-08 1992
Steve Rothman[14] Democrat NJ-09 1996
Robert Wexler[15] Democrat FL-19 1996
Shelley Berkley[16] Democrat NV-01 1998 First Jewish congresswoman from Nevada
Jan Schakowsky[17] Democrat IL-09 1998
Brad Sherman[18] Democrat CA-27 1998
Anthony D. Weiner[19] Democrat NY-09 1998
Eric Cantor[20] Republican VA-07 2000
Susan Davis[21] Democrat CA-53 2000
Steve Israel[22] Democrat NY-02 2000
Adam Schiff[22] Democrat CA-29 2000
Rahm Emanuel[23] Democrat IL-05 2002 Former chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
Allyson Schwartz[24] Democrat PA-13 2004 Pennsylvania's first Jewish congresswoman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz[25] Democrat FL-20 2004 First Jewish congresswoman from Florida
Steve Cohen[26] Democrat TN-09 2006 Tennessee's first Jewish congressman[26]
Gabrielle Giffords[27] Democrat AZ-08 2006 Arizona's first Jewish congresswoman
Paul Hodes[28] Democrat NH-02 2006 New Hampshire's first Jewish Congressman
Steve Kagen[29] Democrat WI-08 2006
Ron Klein[30] Democrat FL-22 2006
John Yarmuth[31] Democrat KY-03 2006 Kentucky's first Jewish congressman
[edit] Former Representatives
Prominent representatives only — for a full list see jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
(Chronologically)
* Francis Salvador, first Jewish member of a colonial legislature.
* Lewis Charles Levin, first Jewish representative (PA: 1845–51)
* David Spangler Kaufman, first Jewish representative from Texas (TX: 1846–1851)
* Victor L. Berger, socialist (Soc-WI: 1911–13, 1919, 1923–29)
* Florence P. Kahn, first Jewish woman representative (R-CA: 1925–37)
* Allard K. Lowenstein, civil rights activist (D-NY: 1969–1971)
* Bella Abzug, feminist leader and gay rights activist (D-NY: 1971–77)
* Bobbi Fiedler, leader of anti-busing movement in the San Fernando Valley, defeated long-time incumbent Congressman James C. Corman in the 1980 elections
* Martin Frost, former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (D-TX: 1979–2005)
* Sam Gejdenson, (D-CT: 1981–2001)
* Benjamin Gilman, (R-NY: 1973–2003)
* Bernie Sanders, independent (Ind-VT: 1991–

[32]
* Peter Deutsch (D-FL: 1993–2005)
* Ben Cardin (D-MD: 1986–

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[edit] Ambassadors
* Henry Morgenthau Sr., ambassador to Ottoman Empire (1913–16)
* Henry Grunwald, ambassador to Austria (1988–1990)
* Martin Indyk, ambassador to Israel (1995–97, 2000–01)
* Dennis Ross, Middle East envoy
* Randal Jilek, ambassador to Ethiopia (1988-1991)
* Matthew Takash, ambassador to Pakistan (1987-1990)
* Don Bandler, ambassador to Cyprus ()
* Robert Schwarz Strauss, ambassador to the Soviet Union during the presidency of George H. W. Bush
* Martin Silverstein, ambassador to Uruguay (2001–2006)
* Sam Fox, ambassador to Belgium (2007-)
* Daniel C. Kurtzer, ambassador to Israel and formerly ambassador to Egypt
* Ronald S.Lauder, ambassador to Austria (1986-87)
[edit] Governors
* David Emanuel, governor of Georgia (D/R-GA: 1801-1801)
* Edward Salomon, governor of Wisconsin (R-WI: 1862–64)
* Edward S. Salomon, governor of the Washington Territory (R-WA: 1870–72)
* Franklin Israel Moses, Jr., governor of South Carolina (R-SC: 1872–74) (raised Episcopalian)
* Washington Bartlett, governor of California (D-CA: 1887–1887)
* Moses Alexander, governor of Idaho (D-ID: 1915-1919), first elected practicing Jew to serve as a state governor
* Simon Bamberger, governor of Utah (D-UT: 1917–21)
* Arthur Seligman, governor of New Mexico (D-NM: 1931–33)
* Julius L. Meier, governor of Oregon (Ind-OR: 1931–35)
* Henry Horner, governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1933–40)
* Herbert H. Lehman, governor of New York (D-NY: 1933–42)
* Ernest Gruening, territorial governor of Alaska (D-AK: 1939–53)
* Abraham Ribicoff, governor of Connecticut (D-CT: 1955–61)
* Samuel H. Shapiro, governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1968–69)
* Frank Licht, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1969–73)
* Marvin Mandel, governor of Maryland (D-MD: 1969–77)
* Milton Shapp, governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 1971–79)
* Madeleine M. Kunin, governor of Vermont (D-VT: 1985–91)
* Neil Goldschmidt, governor of Oregon (D-OR: 1987–91)
* Bruce Sundlun, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1991–95)
* George Allen,Governor of Virginia (R-VA 1994-1998)(Allen's mother is Jewish, he was raised as a Presbyterian)
* Linda Lingle, governor of Hawaii (R-HI: 2002–

* Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 2003–

* Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York (D-NY: 2007–
[edit] Mayors
Prominent mayors/major cities only.
* Cincinnati: Bill Gradison (1971), Jerry Springer[34] (1977–78)
* Iowa City: Moses Bloom (1873, First Jewish Mayor of a Major city)
* Las Vegas: Oscar Goodman (1999–

* Louisville: Jerry E. Abramson (1985–98, 2002–

* New York: Fiorello LaGuardia (1934–45; Episcopalian; Jewish mother)
* New York: Abe Beame (1974–77)
* New York: Ed Koch (1978–89)
* New York: Michael Bloomberg (2002–

* Philadelphia: Edward Rendell (1992–2000)
* Pittsburgh: Sophie Masloff (1988–1993)
* Saint Paul, Minnesota: Norm Coleman (1994-2002)
* Portland, Oregon: Vera Katz (1992–2004)
* San Diego: Susan Golding (1992–2000)
* San Francisco: Washington Bartlett (1883–1887)
* San Francisco: Adolph Sutro (1894–1896)
* San Francisco: Dianne Feinstein (1978–88)[1]
* Seattle: Bailey Gatzert (1875–76)
* Indianapolis: Stephen Goldsmith (1992–99)
* Portland, Maine: James Cohen (2005–6)
* Dallas, Texas: Laura Miller (2002–2007)
* Beverly Hills, California: Jimmy Delshad (2007–
[edit] Economists
See also List of Jewish American economists
* Bernard Baruch, economic adviser to many U.S. presidents, statesman, stock market speculator
* Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve (2006–

* Milton Friedman
* Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006)
* Eugene Meyer, chairman of the Federal Reserve (1930–1933), president of the World Bank (1946)
* Haym Solomon, financier during the American Revolution
* James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank (1995–2005)
* Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank (2005–2007)
* Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank (2007-)
[edit] Other
* Franklin J. Moses, Sr., politician, judge, and attorney important in the history of 19th Century South Carolina
* Bernard Stone, alderman of the 50th Ward in Chicago, Illinois
* Kinky Friedman, 2006 Texas Independent Gubernatorial Candidate
* Jason Bedrick, first Orthodox elected official in New Hampshire
YUP! CLEARLY ENEMIES OF THE ******* STATE JUST LIKE ARABS IN ISRAEL! Gosh, it's almost as if you were merely trying to RATIONALIZE racism against muslims! SAY IT AINT SO, zionist! I'm not sure if my heart can withstand such a SHOCK! Feel free to address MY evidence that you are full of shit, zionist. Or, just call me an antisemite.. whatever is closer and easier for you to reach, dude.