Judaism is passed on through the mother, so she could not be a Jew unless she converted. MORISSA ZUCKERMAN : And were asking you to be brave and do this for us and for your grandchildren. Feinstein was then married to investment banker Richard C. Blum from 1980 until his death from cancer in 2022. [145][146] In 1962, shortly after beginning her career in politics, Feinstein married her second husband, neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, who died of colon cancer in 1978. [121], Feinstein has served on the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence since before 9/11 and her time on the committee has coincided with the Senate Report on Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq and the debates on the torture/"enhanced interrogation" of terrorists and alleged terrorists. Ex-wife of Jack Berman (19291978) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (19301978). [94][95], After the 2016 FBIApple encryption dispute, Feinstein and Richard Burr sponsored a bill that would be likely to criminalize all forms of strong encryption in electronic communication between citizens. 1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4 5 . She and Berman divorced three years later. "People die, accidents happen. [10][84], In September 2016, Feinstein backed the Obama administration's plan to sell more than $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. [136], Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Feinstein was one of 16 female Democratic senators to sign an October 20, 2013, letter endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. ", "Why California Hasn't Moved On From Dianne Feinstein", "Senate New Democrat Coalition | New Democrat Network", "COMMENCEMENTS; Feinstein, at Stanford, Warns Of Too Hasty Military Trims", "Feinstein stuns San Francisco crowd: Trump 'can be a good president', "Here's how Sens. Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party. [77] Feinstein formally announced her opposition to his nomination on April 3, citing Gorsuch's "record at the Department of Justice, his tenure on the bench, his appearance before the Senate and his written questions for the record". Her communications director issued a statement that this was due to election law technicalities, and was not indicative of her intentions in 2024. 1957), has been the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for twelve years, through 2012.[9][10]. But after Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. . Her mother wasnt Jewish, nor did she undergo a conversion.. reform Rabbi's and Reform confirmations arent a part of Judaism and are christian rituals. The following month, Feinstein faced an internal party battle when California Democrats declined to endorse her Senate re-election campaign at their annual convention. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times. Currently, Dianne Feinstein is 89 years, 7 months and 10 days old. In 2000 Feinstein received a special recognition award from the Susan G. [12] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement[13] characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phone book" draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband, with many of her assets in blind trusts.[14]. She made it clear she accepted both religions as valuable to HER. -2013, . She was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin Kopp. Gonzales initially ran to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as mayor, but dropped out. In 1956 Feinstein married Jack Berman, a man who would eventually become [2] Goldman Morris, Celia. "[104] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. Later that day at a press conference originally organized by Moscone to announce White's successor, Feinstein announced the assassinations to the stunned public, stating: "As president of the board of supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement. [89], In October 2013, Feinstein criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the U.S.[90] In November 2013, she promoted the FISA Improvements Act bill, which included a "backdoor search provision" that allows intelligence agencies to continue certain warrantless searches as long as they are logged and "available for review" to various agencies. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included White and generally opposed Moscone. Perhaps because of her statewide ambitions, Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. [107], In September 2017, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Feinstein admitted the legality of the program was questionable while citing this as a reason for why a law should be passed. When he entered the White House, she tried San Francisco: Harper-CollinsWest, 1994. member of San Francisco's Mayor's Commission on Crime. As president of the Board of Supervisors upon the death of Mayor Moscone, Feinstein succeeded to the mayoralty on December 4, 1978. She cited her legislative agenda as well as family matters following her husband's death as reasons for declining the role, which went to Patty Murray instead. [57], Feinstein voted for Trump's $675 billion defense budget bill for FY 2019. In October of that year she stated that she stood by those comments. Liberal state Senate leader Kevin de Len earned the majority of votes, though he still fell short of the 60 percent needed to claim the party's endorsement. She was The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. When she pushed through a law banning handguns, , , , . As mayor of San Francisco, 19781988 Feinstein served out the remainder of Moscone's term. -1984 , , . Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. financier, UC regent and husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein", "Personal Financial Disclosures Summary: 2005", "Senate Public Financial Disclosure Report for Senator Dianne Feinstein", "Sen. 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Introduced in 2004, the subsidy provided a 45-cent-per-gallon credit on pure ethanol, and a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. After a failed gubernatorial campaign in 1990, she won a 1992 special election to the U.S. Senate. -2004, , -10 , . [30], NSA surveillance programs[edit] After the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures involving the National Security Agency (NSA), Feinstein took measures to continue the collection programs. "[119], Feinstein has criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and has called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at the island. Combining marriage and family with a career, Feinstein was employed by a in an old-fashioned, black wool, knee-length bathing suitwhich Feinstein was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. He was 86. [142] Feinstein received with the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service from the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution on November 3, 2001, in Los Angeles. on to work for California's Industrial Welfare Commission and was In 1990, she ran for governor of California but lost. "[74], On July 12, 2009, Feinstein stated her belief that the Senate would confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, praising her for her experience and for overcoming "adversity and disadvantage". [135] She is the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration. violence, balance the demands of different groups, and help the city City & State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor" in 1987. An untiring champion of the political left, she also has been involved with launching and supporting the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights, the California Desert Protection Act, the Small Business Defense Conversion Guarantee Act and legislation to create the Breast Cancer Research Stamp. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University. The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and reopened in 1984 in time for the Democratic National Convention that was held in the city that year. A Quinnipiac University poll revealed the voters in California do not think Governor Gavin Newsom should run for president in 2024. According to the Los Angeles Times, Feinstein emphasized her centrism when she first ran for statewide offices in the 1990s, at a time when California was more conservative. " ", -17 2006 . Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum. -1933 , , , , , , . After graduating Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1933. Feinstein in 2010, as she hosted an event at her home attended by 5 members of the U.S. Senate See also: United States Senate special election in California, 1992 See also: United States Senate election in California, 2012 On November 3, 1992, Feinstein won a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated a year earlier when Senator Pete Wilson resigned to become governor. She served as the board's first female president in 1978, during which time the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White drew national attention. [6][7] Her mother also had either German or Jewish ancestry.[7][8]. Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. -1990 , , . Feinstein was the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for "judgment" had atrophied. She remained on the Board for nine years. She has secured Who Is Dianne Feinstein? Stanford University. Francisco." A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. Feinstein announced her husbands death in a statement Monday morning that said her heart is broken today.. Gubernatorial election[edit] In 1990, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of California. [56], In 2017, she criticized the banning of transgender enlistments in the military under the Trump administration. She has introduced bills to make the cloning (scientific 1978 1988. in her attempt for higher office, weakened by illness from foreign Feinstein is the first woman to have chaired the Senate Rules Committee (200709) and the only woman to have chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence (200915). [121][122] According to the reports, the FBI contacted Feinstein five years earlier warning her about the employee. At a dinner at which January 1993 only fifteen women had ever served in the Senate. Mother of Private Although her career as mayor was marked by many successes, Feinstein . [73], Feinstein stated that she would vote against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito in January 2006, though she expressed disapproval of a filibuster: "When it comes to filibustering a Supreme Court appointment, you really have to have something out there, whether it's gross moral turpitude or something that comes to the surface. Feinstein continues to be an active senator who supports the many issues (Jeff Chiu / public affairs group that was interested in criminal justice. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. She is also the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.[4][5]. husband, Feinstein told writer Jerome Brondfield: "I [24] Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. Roberts, Jerry. She was re-elected in 1983 and served a full second term. [8] Upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement in January 2017, Feinstein became the longest-tenured female U.S. senator currently serving. [16], Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman[1] in San Francisco to Leon Goldman, a surgeon, and his wife Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model. I love that woman!. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. went on to win her second and last full term in the November 1983 In January 2021, Feinstein filed the initial Federal Election Commission paperwork needed to seek reelection in 2024, when she will be 91. Instead, the CIA just went and searched the committee's computer. foreign affairs, she argued that China should be granted "most She introduced a new assault weapons bill in 2013 that failed to pass. During her tenure on the Board of Supervisors, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, in 1971 against mayor Joseph Alioto, and in 1975, when she lost the contest for a runoff slot (against George Moscone) by one percentage point, to supervisor John Barbagelata. Feinstein held her Board of Parole spot until 1966, and in 1968, she became a member of the San Francisco Committee on Crime, an appointment that would color the rest of her career. , 1978-1988 -27 1978, , '' , . Concerning the protection of privacy rights in the Here is what we are proposing. Dianne Feinstein, former mayor of San Francisco, and United States senior senator from California since 1992, is a political pioneer and, as of 2021, the oldest sitting different groups in the San Francisco community. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. [148] Her net worth increased to between $43 and $99 million by 2005. She studied history and political science and was She became the state's senior senator when Alan Cranston retired in January 1993. Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. Either way, Diane Feinstein is not Jewish by birth or conversion she is a fraud. improved management policies, and promoted downtown development and , , : -1971 ' , -1975, ( '' ) ' '. In 1980, Feinstein married for a third time, to investment banker Richard Blum. Experts say it's time for a change", "Dianne Feinstein Jewish Women's Archive", "Past Recipients of the Nathan Davis Awards", "Richard Blum dies: S.F. Dianne Feinstein Biography - life, family, history, school, mother, In mid-March, she sent Gorsuch a letter stating her request had not been met. [119][120] She promoted stronger business ties between China and Taiwan over confrontation, and suggested that the U.S. patiently "use two-way trade across Taiwan Strait as a platform for more political dialogue and closer ties".[120]. , ", , [2]. The following year, Feinstein married Jack Berman, whom she met in the San Francisco district attorney's office, and later had a daughter. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. She went Dianne Feinstein Ex-mayor of San Francisco 11/1978 following assassination ofGeorge Moscone, then elected to 2 terms ran for CA governor 1990 US Senator from CA since 1992. ' Of the change, Senator Tom "[66], When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, Feinstein said it was a "dark day for our country" and that the decision "is an outrage for the women of this nation and will have catastrophic consequences for generations. [88] Foreign Policy wrote that she had a "reputation as a staunch defender of NSA practices and [of] the White House's refusal to stand by collection activities targeting foreign leaders". [102][103] Feinstein said of the bill, "The common thread in each of these shootings is the gunman used a semi-automatic assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition magazines. Slayings Could Bring Death Penalty", "Dianne Feinstein sworn in as Moscone successor", "The Night Stalker: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez", "Jewesses in politics represent! for the vice presidency, but she was not chosen. Feinstein was elected to a full four-year term as mayor beginning in Because of her position, Feinstein became a target of the New World Liberation Front, who placed a bomb on her window sill which failed to explode and who later shot out the windows of a beach house which she owned.[16]. [33] Molinari was selected to replace Feinstein as president of the Board of Supervisors by a vote of eight to two. In 1976 the NWLF placed a bomb on the windowsill of her home that failed to explode. WebSenator Feinstein is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee where she serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. A veteran of Washington's political battles, Feinstein sought to head off the dangers posed by the looming shutdown of the federal government in January 2018, as the two parties squabbled over a spending bill. WebDianne Emiel Feinstein (Goldman) Hebrew: () Birthdate: June 22, 1933. Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss also defended the NSA's request to Verizon for all the metadata about phone calls made within the U.S. and from the U.S. to other countries. Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time to the Senate seat being vacated by Alan Cranston. and Barbara Bushs Amazing Love Story. , , . [16] Hours after the announcement was posted to Twitter, Feinstein appeared to be unaware of her own retirement when speaking to a reporter. [59], Feinstein has supported the Affordable Care Act, repeatedly voting to defeat initiatives aimed against it. On March 28, 2021, Feinstein became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, surpassing Hiram Johnson. Here is what we are proposing. [96][97][98][99], In 2020, Feinstein co sponsored the EARN IT act, which seeks to create a 19-member committee to decide a list of best practices websites must follow to be protected by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. As mayor, Feinstein attempted to calm the political unrest and Below the countdown to Dianne Feinstein upcoming birthday. He chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. Although she won the Democratic Party's nomination for the office, she then lost in the general election to Republican Senator Pete Wilson, who vacated his seat in the Senate to assume the governorship. However, he chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. 2007 " " (FISA) (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), . On the Senate floor on December 9, 2014, the day parts of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture were released to the public, Feinstein called the government's detention and interrogation program a "stain on our values and on our history". Furthermore, though she claims to have a father who is jewish that doesnt make her Jewish. 3, including Dianne Feinstein. On November 27, 1978, Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime University of California regent and a stalwart of Democratic politics in California, died Sunday of cancer . [11] By 2005 her net worth had increased to between $43 million and $99 million. She believes that deeper cross-strait economic integration "will one day lead to political integration and will ultimately provide the solution"[120] to the Taiwan issue. Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (/fanstan/ FYNE-styne; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. Becoming acting mayor of San Francisco when the sitting mayor was shot and killed in 1978, she ran for the job the following year and won, holding the post until 1988. 1979. [10][11][12] In January 2023, California representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced their candidacy for the Senate seat Feinstein holds. Feinstein was a colorful and energetic mayor. , . During her tenure, she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. [81] After an additional hearing and a supplemental FBI investigation, Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on October 6, 2018. American politician, mayor, and senator. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Personal life 3 Early political career 3.1 President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors 3.2 Mayor of San Francisco 3.3 Gubernatorial election 4 U.S. Senate career 4.1 Elections 4.2 Approval ratings 4.3 Committees 4.4 Political positions and votes 4.4.1 Assault weapons ban 4.4.2 NSA surveillance programs 4.5 2008 presidential politics 5 Awards and honors 6 Offices held 7 Electoral history 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links Early life[edit] Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman[2] in San Francisco, to Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model, and Leon Goldman, a nationally renowned surgeon. appointed in 1962 to a four-year term on the state's She won the Democratic Party's nomination, but lost the general election to Republican Senator Pete Wilson, who resigned from the Senate to assume the governorship. These -60 . [106] In 1996 she opposed Proposition 215 to legalize the medical use of cannabis in California. [78], Following the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States, Feinstein received a July 30, 2018, letter from Christine Blasey Ford in which Ford accused Kavanaugh of having sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. without success to obtain a cabinet post in Washington, D.C. In 2002, Feinstein won the American Medical Association's Nathan Davis Award for "the Betterment of the Public Health". [26][27] She remained on the board for nine years. [6] The record was previously held by Boxer, who received 6.96 million votes in her 2004 reelection; and before that by Feinstein in 2000 and 1992, when she became the first Democrat to get more than 5 million votes in a Senate race. Dianne Feinstein will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 22nd of June 2023. [124], On January 9, 2018, Feinstein caused a stir when, as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she released a transcript[125] of its August 2017 interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson about the dossier regarding connections between Trump's campaign and the Russian government. In 2016 she opposed Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, to legalize recreational cannabis in California. expansion. , FISA. She also supported Diane Feinstein's life is a lie She is not Jewish. In the Senate, Feinstein took a firm stand on a range of issues. [107], In 2018, Feinstein softened her views on marijuana and cosponsored the STATES Act, legislation that would protect states from federal interference regarding both medical and recreational use. Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. Feinstein served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s while mayor of San Francisco. 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