Below is a list of the more prominent Jews in Biden’s administration.
Ron Klain | Chief of Staff |
Janet Yellen | Secretary of Treasury |
Alejandro Mayorkas | Secretary of Homeland Security |
Tony Blinken | Secretary of State |
Merrick Brian Garland | Attorney General |
Jared Bernstein | Council of Economic Advisors |
Rochelle Walensky | Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Wendy Sherman | Deputy Secretary of State |
Anne Neuberger | Deputy National Security Adviser for Cybersecurity |
Jeffrey Zients | COVID-19 Response Coordinator |
David Kessler | Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board and Head of Operation Warp Speed |
David Cohen | CIA Deputy Director |
Rachel Levine | Deputy Health Secretary |
Jennifer Klein | Co-chair Council on Gender Policy |
Jessica Rosenworcel | Chair of the Federal Communications Commission |
Stephanie Pollack | Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration |
Polly Trottenberg | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
Avril Haines | Director of National Intelligence |
Eric Lander | Office of Science and Technology Policy director |
Sources: Jews in the Biden Administration (Jewish Virtual Library)
All the Jews Joe Biden Has Tapped for Top Roles in His Administration (Jewish Exponent)
All the Jews Joe Biden Has Tapped for Top Roles in His Administration (Jewish Exponent)
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I posted this updated list on August 14, 2023. So when are we going to move our capital to Jerusalem?
Ron Klain | Chief of Staff (2021-2023), replaced by Jeffrey Zients. |
Janet Yellin | Secretary of Treasury |
Alejandro Mayorkas | Secretary of Homeland Security |
Tony Blinken | Secretary of State |
Merrick Garland | Attorney General |
Jared Bernstein | Council of Economic Advisers |
Mandy Cohen | Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) replaced Rochelle Walensky |
Rochelle Walensky | Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-2023) |
Wendy Sherman | Deputy Secretary of State |
Anne Neuberger | Deputy National Security Adviser for Cybersecurity |
Jeffrey Zients | COVID-19 Response Coordinator (2021-2023), Chief of Staff (2023) |
David Kessler | Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board and Head of Operation Warp Speed |
David Cohen | CIA Deputy Director |
Avril Haines | Director of National Intelligence |
Rachel Levine | Deputy Health Secretary |
Jennifer Klein | Co-chair Council on Gender Policy |
Jessica Rosenworcel | Chair of the Federal Communications Commission |
Stephanie Pollack | Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration |
Polly Trottenberg | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
Mira Resnick | State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security |
Roberta Jacobson | National Security Council “border czar” |
Gary Gensler | Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman* |
Genine Macks Fidler | National Council on the Humanities |
Shelley Greenspan | White House liaison to the Jewish community |
Thomas Nides | U.S. Ambassador to Israel |
Eric Garcetti | U.S. Ambassador to India |
Amy Gutmann | U.S. Ambassador to Germany |
David Cohen | U.S. Ambassador to Canada |
Mark Gitenstein | U.S. Ambassador to the European Union |
Deborah Lipstadt | Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism |
Jonathan Kaplan | U.S. Ambassador to Singapore |
Marc Stanley | U.S. Ambassador to Argentina |
Rahm Emanuel | U.S. Ambassador to Japan |
Sharon Kleinbaum | Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom |
Dan Shapiro | Adviser on Iran (2021-2023), Senior Advisor for Regional Jntegration (2023) |
Alan Leventhal | U.S. Ambassador to Denmark |
Michael Adler | U.S. Ambassador to Belgium |
Michèle Taylor | U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council |
Jonathan Kanter | Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division |
Jed Kolko | Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs at the Department of Commerce |
Aaron Keyak | Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism |
Stuart Eizenstat | Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues |
Steven Dettelbach | Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
Amos Hochstein | Bureau of Energy Resources Special Envoy |
Eric Lander | Science and Technology Adviser |
Ned Price** | State Department Spokesperson |
Ellen Germain | U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues |
*Nominated by Biden but serves a five-year term and not technically a member of the administration.
**Price has a Jewish father and Christian mother and identifies as Jewish.
**Price has a Jewish father and Christian mother and identifies as Jewish.