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Politician profiles

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Abbie Hoffman

Politician · TV Personality

Ashkenazi Jewish

Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

Adam Schiff

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.

Al Franken

Actor · Politician · TV Personality

Ashkenazi Jewish

New York City, New York, U.S.

Alan Grayson

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.

Andy Levin

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Berkley, Michigan, U.S.

Anthony Weiner

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Avi Lewis

Politician · TV Personality

Ashkenazi Jewish

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Avigdor Lieberman

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Chișinău, Moldova)

Barry Goldwater

Politician

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: English, small amount of Welsh

Phoenix, Arizona Territory

Ben Cardin

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Bernie Sanders

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Boris Johnson

Politician

English, as well as one eighth Turkish/Circassian, one eighth Ashkenazi Jewish, small amounts of Swiss-German, German, French, European Royal, and Irish, remote Cornish, Dutch, Belgian, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh

Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Boris Nemtsov

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Brad Sherman

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Los Angeles, California, United States

Chaim Weizmann

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Motal, Russian Empire (now Motal, Ivanava Raion, Belarus)

Chuck Schumer

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

David Cicilline

Politician

Father: Italian · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

David Lewis

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Svisloch/Świsłocz, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire (now Grodno Region, Belarus)

Dean Phillips

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. ( usually cited as )

Deborah Ross

Politician

Ashkenazi Jewish

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Dianne Feinstein

Politician

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Russian, German, and/or Ashkenazi Jewish

San Francisco, California, United States