New York Post

Meet the presidenti­al tribe

- Cindy Adams

KNOCKING the Jewish faith? President Bill Clinton’s daughter Chelsea married Marc Mezvinsky. Jewish. President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley married Dr. Howard Krein. Jewish. His late son Beau married Hallie Olivere. Jewish. That other son Hunter’s other wife — Melissa Cohen. Jewish. All Joe Biden kids married Jewish. As for Kennedys, Caroline Kennedy married Ed Schlossber­g. Jewish. And A-1 daughter Ivanka switched religions to marry Jared Kushner. Jewish.

If you drop down to VP, Kamala’s husband Douglas Emhoff is a Jew.

1952. Jerusalem. As I’ve reported, my late husband was with Israel’s fourth Prime Minister Golda Meir. Joey Adams began its original desperatel­y needed money-raising operation Bonds for Israel.

1974. NYC. The country’s Foreign Minister Abba Eban, who later taught at Columbia, told Joey in response to his nation’s critics — his exact words: “Better condemnati­on than consolatio­n.”

Today’s rates of exchange

MUMBLES: Gift-giving roots began in wintertime pagan rituals stemming from the Three Wise Men, the Magi, who brought gifts to infant Jesus. So I’m in Hermès buying a birthday scarf for a cousin who’s a judge in Princeton. It was crowded. And lest you wonder what’s with our economy and where’s our money going, every customer was

Japanese.

And the change in prices? In 2000, food cost cents. Dozen eggs — 91 cents. Bread, 93. 1944 a man’s suit was $50, a woman’s in cotton — $7.89. Handbag — forget Vuitton — $7.50. Shirt — $2.50. Coat — $50.

Also. A friend sent me a slim book. From Maine. Not via snail mail. Via one official shipping company known to us all. Overnight to close by NYC? FedEx charged nearly $300. She went for UPS, $150, but that meant a five-day delivery. It was cheaper to buy another book.

COLUMBUS discovered this great Godgiven land for one reason. To give Europe, Middle East and anything left of the world a place from which to borrow money.

Only in America, kids, only in America.

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