Editing Rahm Emanuel (section)

==Education and ballet dance==
Ezekiel has written that their father "did not believe in falsely building his sons' self-esteem by purposefully letting us win, or tolerating sloppy play." About Rahm, he also wrote:

{{blockquote|"Though fiercely intelligent ... he was not naturally inclined to sit at a desk and put in extra effort to turn a B into an A. As my father often said, without noting that the phrase applied to himself at that same age, "Rahm always tries to get the maximum for the minimum."<ref name=VF/>}}
While he lived in Chicago, Emanuel attended the [[Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School]]. After his family moved to [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]], north of the city, Emanuel attended public schools: Romona School, [[Wilmette Junior High School|Locust Junior High School]], and [[New Trier High School]].<ref name="Hendrix_WashPost" /><ref name="Fortune_Easton_20061002">{{cite news|first=Nina|last=Easton|access-date=November 6, 2008|date=October 2, 2006|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387515/index.htm|title=Rahm Emanuel: Rejuvenating the hopes of House Democrats|magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402170224/http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387515/index.htm|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He and his brothers attended summer camp in Israel, including the summer following the June 1967 [[Six-Day War]].<ref name="NYT_Bumiller_19970615"/><ref name="JTA_Kampeas_20081109">{{cite news|first=Ron|last=Kampeas|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2008/11/09/1000859/rahm-emanuel-attack-dog-policy-wonk-committed-jew|title=Rahm Emanuel: attack dog, policy wonk, committed Jew|agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|date=November 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113115737/http://jta.org/news/article/2008/11/09/1000859/rahm-emanuel-attack-dog-policy-wonk-committed-jew|archive-date=November 13, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> While a high school student working part-time at an [[Arby's]] restaurant, Emanuel severely cut his right middle finger on a meat slicer, which was later infected from swimming in [[Lake Michigan]]. His finger was partially [[amputated]] due to the severity of the infection.<ref name="VF" /><ref name="time2bio">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856965,00.html|title=2-min. Bio; Rahm Emanuel|last1=Stephey|first1=M.J.|first2=Kate|last2=Pickert|date=November 6, 2008|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=November 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123000422/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856965,00.html|archive-date=November 23, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rahm was encouraged by his mother to take ballet lessons, and is a graduate of the Evanston School of Ballet,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&q=rahm+emanuel++Evanston+School+of+Ballet&pg=PA569|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|first=Kurt F.|last=Stone|isbn=978-0810857315|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref> as well as a student of the Joel Hall Dance Center, where his children later took lessons.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weiss/7124012-452/chicago-dancing-festival-celebrates-a-milestone.html|title=Chicago Dancing Festival celebrates a milestone|first=Hedy|last=Weiss|newspaper=suntimes.com|date=August 17, 2011|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100224/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weiss/7124012-452/chicago-dancing-festival-celebrates-a-milestone.html|archive-date=February 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He won a scholarship to the [[Joffrey Ballet]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120623/ISSUE01/306239974/mayors-past-plays-a-role-in-chicagos-future-in-dance|title=Mayor's past plays a role in Chicago's future in dance|first=Shia|last=Kapos|publisher=chicagobusiness.com|date=June 25, 2012|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808113817/http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120623/ISSUE01/306239974/mayors-past-plays-a-role-in-chicagos-future-in-dance|archive-date=August 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> but turned it down to attend [[Sarah Lawrence College]], a liberal arts school with a strong dance program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slc.edu/about/notable-alums/index.html|title=Notable Alumni Government and Public Service|publisher=[[Sarah Lawrence College]]|website=slc.edu|date=June 2, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515082132/http://www.slc.edu/about/notable-alums/index.html|archive-date=May 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> While an undergraduate, Emanuel was elected to the Sarah Lawrence Student Senate. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence in 1981 with a bachelor of arts in [[Liberal Arts|liberal arts]], and went on to receive a master of arts in [[speech]] and [[Communication studies|communication]] from [[Northwestern University]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBQalt39A6UC&q=rahm+emanuel+m.a.+speech+communications+northwestern&pg=PA83|title=Official Congressional Directory, 2007-2008|isbn=978-1598043853|year=2007|publisher=Government Printing Office }}</ref>

Emanuel took part in a two-week civilian volunteer holiday, known as the [[Sar-El]], where, as a civilian volunteer, he assisted the [[Israel Defense Forces]] during the 1991 [[Gulf War]], helping to repair truck brakes in one of Israel's northern bases.<ref name="SweetEnforcer">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/rahm_emanuel_enforcer.html|first=Lynn|last=Sweet|title=Rahm Emanuel, enforcer|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=November 7, 2008|access-date=November 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110092122/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/rahm_emanuel_enforcer.html|archive-date=November 10, 2008}}</ref><ref name="IDF_Service">{{cite news|first=James|last=Zogby|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/rahm-emanuel-and-arab-per_b_143976.html|title=Rahm Emanuel and Arab Perceptions|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=November 14, 2008|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701204451/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/rahm-emanuel-and-arab-per_b_143976.html|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>