Ossoff elected as Georgia’s first Jewish senator amid rampant anti-Semitism
By Courtney Cohn
Features Editor
@courtney_cohn
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated former Sen. David Perdue in a close, highly-contested race in the Georgia Senate runoff election on Jan. 6, making history in his own right as the first Jewish senator in the state.
“He's really proud of who he is. He really kind of encapsulates ...