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  1. Benjamin M. Emanuel
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    Rahm Israel Emanuel was born on November 29, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., to Benjamin M. Emanuel and Marsha Smulevitz. His father was a Jewish pediatrician at the Michael Reese Hospital and a former member of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun.
    Emanuel's father, Benjamin M. Emanuel, was born in Jerusalem.
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    Rahm Emanuel said his father was an Israeli immigrant through and through. “There was no sweetness,” the former mayor said. “No softness around the edges. It’s how Israelis are. This was a guy who said he loved you by calling you a schmuck and hitting you in the back of the head.
    Rahm Emanuel is his own man, with an identity distinct from his father’s. He is not responsible for the actions or opinions of Benjamin Emanuel, a Chicago pediatrician who worked in the 1940s with Irgun, the militant Zionist group that committed acts against Palestinian and British targets that have been widely categorized as terrorism.
    Dr. Benjamin Emanuel (left) with former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his son. Dr. Benjamin Emanuel, an Israeli immigrant who had only $13 when he came to the United States but managed to build a thriving pediatric practice and raise power-broker children including the first Jewish mayor of Chicago, has died at 92.
    Emanuel is married to Amy Rule, whom he met on a blind date. The couple has three children, a son, Zachariah, and daughters Ilana and Leah. Best Known For: Politician Rahm Emanuel was White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama and served as Mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019.
  3. Rahm Emanuel’s Father Problem | TIME.com

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  5. Profile: Rahm Emanuel - BBC News

    WebSep 28, 2010 · Mr Emanuel had to disavow himself from comments made by his father to an Israeli newspaper. Benjamin Emanuel managed both to suggest that his son would have a pro-Israeli bias and at the same time ...