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    Doug Emhoff, America's Jewish second gentleman, on how he navigated tragedy in Israel and Gaza

    Doug Emhoff had a job to do, but first he had to gather himself. Four days earlier, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas militants had launched a brutal surprise assault on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people. Vice President Kamala Harris and her boss, President Biden, had been fully briefed on the attacks the next morning, and she had called Israeli President Isaac Herzog to offer ...
    by Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times Oct 19, 2023 3 minutes
    For more than a year, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has led the Biden administration’ s efforts to fight antisemitism.

    Doug Emhoff had a job to do, but first he had to gather himself.

    Four days earlier, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas militants had launched a brutal surprise assault on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people. Vice President Kamala Harris and her boss, President Biden, had been fully briefed on the attacks the next morning, and she had called Israeli President Isaac Herzog to offer her condolences. Later that week, she told reporters she had been "completely outraged" by the "extreme acts of terrorism."

    But Emhoff, Harris' husband and the first

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