Original Blog Entry: Barack Obama's Israeli Classmates Don't Remember Him From Columbia

CajunWin4 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:27:59 GMT

Barack Obama s Israeli Classmates Don t Remember Him From Columbia

Monday, March 18, 2013

Among those Israelis vying for the attention of Barack Obama as he prepares for his visit here next week, one fairly large, yet little-known group can claim a special long-standing connection to the U.S. president: We were his classmates in the Columbia University undergraduate class of 1983.

As of the latest count, there are close to 25 of us living here in Israel, some making the move close to 30 years ago, right after graduation, others pretty fresh off the boat.

But here s the thing: Not one of us remembers Barack Obama - who transferred to Columbia after his sophomore year at Occidental College in California - from our undergrad years, nor do we know anyone else who does.

If he wasn t on my radar, he wasn t on anyone s radar, asserts Jamie Miller, a mother of five, who lives in Beit Shemesh.

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