In the Senate, still 13 tribesmen-UPDATE http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/in-the-senate-still-13-tribesmen/   One of the understories of President Obama’s gutting of the Senate (in his search for Cabinet members) was that he might inadvertently have upped Jewish representation in the august body by two, from 13 to 15. State governors in Colorado and Delaware had named senatrors whose biographies alluded to Jewish backgrounds. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-05-28T;22:22:00-05:00 Comment by Mike Heims mikef6789@hotmail.com I don’t think the Congressional Yellow Book is accurate. Perlmutter’s father was Jewish but his mother was not, so he wasn’t born Jewish, and he’s a practicing Christian now. http://voterguide.politicswest.com/race-detail.do?id=157734970 I don’t think Bennet is Catholic either. Neither one of his parents was Catholic (father was Protestant) and he was married by a Protestant minister, not a Catholic Priest. In the interview where he talked about his Jewish backgroud, he gives no indication that he’s a Catholic now, but more like he’s a “nothing” specifically in a religious sense: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/24/american-tale/ I don’t think the Congressional Yellow Book is accurate. Perlmutter’s father was Jewish but his mother was not, so he wasn’t born Jewish, and he’s a practicing Christian now.
http://voterguide.politicswest.com/race-detail.do?id=157734970

I don’t think Bennet is Catholic either. Neither one of his parents was Catholic (father was Protestant) and he was married by a Protestant minister, not a Catholic Priest. In the interview where he talked about his Jewish backgroud, he gives no indication that he’s a Catholic now, but more like he’s a “nothing” specifically in a religious sense:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/24/american-tale/

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