Doug Emhoff as 'first gentleman'? Here's what that would mean

The world’s Jewish population peaked 85 years ago at an estimated 16.6 million. That’s why — among the hundreds of people making up the sea of diversity gathered to greet the “second gentleman” earlier this week — Ostrow’s yarmulke was the only one I saw. “I can’t vote, but I feel like Doug Emhoff is a face that a lot of Jewish people can look to at this time,” he told me. “It’s been a difficult year, and he’s always been a constant voice for us.” Thursday morning, while Vice President Kamala Harris was in Georgia preparing for her first sit-down interview since announcing her candidacy for president, her husband, Emhoff, was with supporters in a west Michigan brewery. Emhoff — along with “Coach Walz” — used their time in Chicago to show America a version of manhood that doesn’t mock others or rip shirts off.