— TWINKLE TOES: Rahm Emanuel, the former U.S. ambassador to Japan and former Chicago mayor, has joined the board of the Joffrey Ballet. It’s full circle for Emanuel, who studied ballet at the ...

Rahm Emanuel, Jason Kalajainen Join Joffrey Board. Rahm Emanuel and Jason Kalajainen will be on the Joffrey board of directors for the 2025-2028 term. Emanuel, who trained as a ballet dancer, ...

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is joining the board of directors at The Joffrey Ballet. The Chicago arts nonprofit announced Emanuel and Jason Kalajainen, the former executive director of ...

Rahm Emanuel served as the 31st United States Ambassador to Japan and was previously the 55th Mayor of the City of Chicago. During his mayoral campaign, he made the critical decisions necessary to ...

CNN Hires Rahm. Former Chicago mayor and ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel takes to the airwaves as a new hire at CNN. He’ll be a “senior political and global affairs commentator,” the network alerts. ...

Rahm Emanuel, President Biden’s ambassador to Japan, sharply criticized President-elect Trump for reversing his position on TikTok, saying the app still poses a danger to the American people so ...

February 22, 2011 – With 55% of the vote, Emanuel is elected the 46th and first Jewish mayor of Chicago. May 16, 2011 – Is sworn in at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

Emanuel’s father is Israeli, and his mother is American. Emanuel worked at Arby’s during high school. Part of his finger had to be amputated after a cut from a meat slicer became severely ...

Rahm Emanuel Fast Facts. By CNN Newsource. ... Took ballet in high school and received a scholarship to study dance at the Joffrey Ballet School, attended Sarah Lawrence instead.

Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan believe art can surpass political differences.