Newest Jewish Senator, Michael Bennet

Aaron Keyak — February 2, 2009 – 12:26 pm | Democrats Comments (0) Add a comment

Looks like our newest Jewish Member of Congress is the freshly minted Senator from Colorado, Michael Bennet.

From the Rocky Mountain News:

[Bennet] could, but does not, go into the more dramatic details: How his Jewish grandparents, imprisoned in the notorious Warsaw Ghetto, smuggled his mother - then a baby - out to the country through an underground network

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Under Jewish doctrine, Judaism is passed down through the mother. Bennet is Jewish because his mother is. But even in Poland, the Klejmans were not observant, and he did not grow up practicing that religious tradition.

His father, Douglas J. Bennet, is Christian but also did not actively worship.

“I was raised with two different heritages, one was Jewish and one was Christian,” Michael Bennet said. “I am proud that both heritages are part of me, and I believe in God.”

Click here to read the rest of the article. Besides the religion of Bennet’s mother, it’s a piece worth reading.

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