The Second Gentleman always expected to play a supporting role for his wife, but the longtime Angeleno found the accidental spotlight through his faith.
I’m Courtney Subramanian, a White House reporter writing from The Times’ Washington, D.C., office.
, published last week, I chronicled Emhoff’s journey from the White House candle-lighter and matzo-maker to the administration’s chief voice against antisemitism.The rapper’s antisemitic spiral last fall, which led to a group unfurling a banner over the 405 Freeway bearing the words, “Kanye is right about the Jews,” left Emhoff fuming. He wanted to do more than just convene officials on tackling antisemitism at the White House.
“These were ordinary people just living their lives but because of propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, antisemitism and hate, it led to mass murder,” he told us later. The week after he returned from Europe, he delivered a speech at the United Nations calling for an international response to combat a resurgent antisemitism. He’s crisscrossed the country to continue speaking out about tackling antisemitism, or “the oldest hate,” and held the first Jewish women leaders summit at the White House in March.
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