(Jewish Group) Joe Biden attended a Zoom shiva for his childhood crush as Russia's Ukraine invasion

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Joe Biden attended a Zoom shiva for his childhood crush as Russia’s Ukraine invasion loomed

Every week is busy for a U.S. president, but last week was unusually turbulent for Joe Biden. He finalized his choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, began preparing for his first State of the Union address and received news that the Centers for Disease Control would ease its COVID-19 mask guidelines — all while focusing on the White House’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that he was sure was coming.

In the midst of it all, he took some time out to attend a Zoom shiva, and to comfort some of his Jewish family members, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

Joan Olivere, née Berger, died on Sunday, Feb. 20, “suddenly but peacefully,” an obituary read. She was the mother of Hallie Olivere, Joe Biden’s former daughter-in-law, through his late son Beau. She was also Joe Biden’s childhood crush.

“I was the Catholic kid. She was the Jewish girl. I still tried. I didn’t get anywhere,” he has joked.

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