From bat mitzvah guest to pro-Israel lawmaker: Nancy Pelosi’s Jewish journey

American Jews have been in the picture for Pelosi since she was born, when her father helped lead the movement in the US to garner government support for the establishment of a Jewish state.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announces that she will remain in Congress but will not run for re-election as Speaker after Republicans were projected to win control of the House of Representatives, on the floor of the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, November 17, 2022.

(photo credit: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN)

ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

NOVEMBER 18, 2022 04:26