[9] He was involved in explaining to White House chief of staff Donald Regan why Jews were angry over Reagan's 1985 visit to a Bitburg, West Germany cemetery that included the graves of Waffen-SS soldiers.
[17][18] The first liaisons during the Bush Administration, including Adam Goldman, HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy, and others, were said to have angered more liberal leaders of American Jewish organizations by allegedly bypassing their counsel in favor of more conservative Jews, functioning as a gatekeeper.
[19] Additional Jewish liaisons in the Bush White House included researcher and scheduler Jeff Berkowitz;[20][21] staff assistant Jay Zeidman, the son of U.S.
[18] During the Presidential transition of Barack Obama, at least five candidates were interested in the position, including Obama campaign foreign policy advisor Eric Lynn, Hillary Clinton campaign Jewish coordinator Josh Kram, Robert Wexler foreign policy advisor Halie Soifer, Ron Klein legislative director Mira Kogen Resnick, and Amtrak deputy general counsel Jonathan Meyer.
[9] The post was initially co-held by Susan Sher, chief of staff to the First Lady,[24] and Danielle Borrin, who held the position of Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement to Vice President Joe Biden.
[3] Nosanchuk had previously held the position of Senior Counsel in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, where he worked on DOMA litigation.
[2] The president's special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, informally acted as a conduit for contact with the organized American Jewish community.
[2] Previous Jewish liaisons from the George W. Bush and Obama administrations spoke to the press to discuss the importance of the post and called for an appointment to be made.