Emanuel's paternal grandfather was a Moldovan Jew who emigrated from Bessarabia.^[8] The surname Emanuel (Hebrew: עמנואל), which means "God is with us", was adopted by their family in honor of his father's brother Emanuel Auerbach, who was killed in 1933 in an altercation with Arabs in Jerusalem.^[9][10]

Emanuel's father, Benjamin M. Emanuel, was a Jerusalem-born^[11] pediatrician at Michael Reese Hospital^[12] who was once a member of the Irgun, a Jewish paramilitary organization that operated in British Mandate Palestine.^[13] His mother, Marsha (née Smulevitz), is the daughter of a West Side Chicago union organizer who worked in the civil rights movement. She briefly owned a local rock and roll club,^[9][14] and later became an adherent of Benjamin Spock's writings. Emanuel's parents met during the 1950s in Chicago.^[14]

Emanuel was born on November 29, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois. His first name, Rahm (רם‎) means high or lofty in Hebrew.^[10] He attended Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School in Lakeview for elementary school. He has been described by his older brother Ezekiel, an oncologist and bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, as "quiet and observant" as a child.^[12] Ari, his younger brother, is the CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment agency with headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.^[15] Rahm Emanuel also has a younger adopted sister, Shoshana.^[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel#Early_life_and_family

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Rahm Emanuel: We Must Make COVID Vaccinations 'Reward-Punishment System'

Pam Key

2 minutos

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Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on ABC’s “This Week” that the way to get more people vaccinated against coronavirus is to make it a “reward-punishment system.”

Panelist Margaret Hoover said, “There’s a lot of things we can do without calling it a mandate. Just make it almost impossible for people to live their lives without being protected and protect us.”

Emanuel said, “I agree. I’m the son of a pediatrician…The fact is no child can show up at school without showing their immunizations, smallpox and measles. You have to make this familiar to people. Second is, I would close the space. If you want to participate in activities, you have to show you are vaccinated. So it becomes a reward-punishment system. You make your own calculation. The fact is there’s data this week that 30% of health care workers are not vaccinated. They have got to lead by example.”

He added, “My own recommendation is the religious community ecumenically, across the board needs to speak up and encourage people. So you hit all populations with a singular message. I do give credit to the White House, whether it’s Fox TV or Republican leaders, getting a chorus of voices, across the spectrum, not just political, religious et cetera, with a singular message and lead by example.”

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 HEIL, Rahm Emmanuel.