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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Rachel Levine

Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine in uniform as an admiral, in Washington DC on the day of her swearing-in, October 29, 2021. (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health via JTA)
July 6, 2022, 12:40 pm
Biden’s Jewish transgender deputy health secretary decries ‘bullying,’ lauds Israel
Speaking at an Israeli embassy Pride event, Rachel Levine denounces attacks on trans people and the insertion of politics into what should be a private medical matter
By Ron Kampeas
Dr. Rachel Levine is sworn in as an admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps on October 19, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
October 20, 2021, 7:10 pm
Jewish doctor becomes most senior transgender person in US uniformed services
Rachel Levine sworn in as admiral in US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, making her also the first known four-star transgender officer in military’s history
By Ron Kampeas
Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 25, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
March 25, 2021, 4:49 am
US Senate confirms transgender Jewish doctor as assistant health secretary
Rachel Levine, who served as Pennsylvania’s top health official, becomes the first openly transgender person to win Senate confirmation
By David Crary
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware on January 7, 2021. He called the US Capitol protests one of the 'darkest days' in US history. (JIM WATSON / AFP)
January 20, 2021, 6:45 pm
All the Jews Biden has tapped for top roles in his new administration
From secretary of state to attorney general, a diverse cross-section of American Jewry is set to fill seats at the incoming president’s Cabinet table and elsewhere in government
By JTA
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine meets with the media at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) headquarters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 29, 2020. (Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News via AP, File)
January 19, 2021, 2:02 pm
Biden picks transgender Jewish woman as assistant US health secretary
Rachel Levine is one of the few transgender Americans serving in elected or appointed positions nationwide
By Will Weissert
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