Rahm Emanuel was sworn in as the first Jewish mayor of Chicago. Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, took the oath of office on Monday. He was elected mayor of the country\’s third-largest city in February after sitting mayor Richard Daley declined to seek a seventh term in office.
President-elect Barack Obama’s pick of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will put a tough, proven political operator at the center of a new Administration. It also raises the profile of a Chicago Jewish family firmly rooted in the worlds of Hollywood, medicine, politics . . . and Judaism.
\”I still write a lot from anger,\” playwright Mark Medoff said. \”I\’ve wanted to flagellate the world.\”\n\nMedoff, 61, is the author of the smoldering plays \”When You Comin\’ Back, Red Ryder?\” \”Children of a Lesser God\” and \”Road to a Revolution,\” now at Deaf West Theatre. His intense work often rails against a world he perceives as rife with violence, racism and sexism. Several childhood memories fuel the rage, he revealed during a telephone interview from his New Mexico ranch.
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