Jacoby and Emhoff had met in a Lamaze class when their first wives were pregnant, and they saw each other through divorces. (One of Harris’s staffers and a flight crew member tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month; both Harris and Emhoff have tested negative.) He had continued working as an attorney while Harris was California’s attorney general, and during her campaigns for U.S. senator and the Democratic presidential nomination. “They ask me if he really is Jewish — whatever that means,” said Jacoby, Emhoff’s former law partner. When Allen told him that she’d recently converted to Judaism, the low-key Emhoff surprised her by throwing up his hands.

Source: Washington Post October 28, 2020 10:00 UTC