President-elect Joe Biden has named Ron Klain, a Jewish attorney and longtime Democratic operative, to be chief of staff in his new administration. Klain was chief of staff for Biden when he was vice president, and also managed the Obama White House’s response to the Ebola outbreak.

[Other Jewish contenders being discussed for roles in the Biden administration include Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont; Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers; Antony Blinken, a longtime diplomat and Biden confidant, (recently named to be Secretary of State); Wendy Sherman, lead negotiator on the Iran Nuclear Deal; and Dan Shapiro, Obama’s Ambassador to Israel.]