Tevi Troy
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United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
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of United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services
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(HHS) in the administration of George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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Personal history
Troy is the son of Elaine Troy and Bernard Dov Troy (retired "executive director of the Jewish Educators' Assembly in Manhattan") of Queens Village, New York and a brother of Gil TroyGil Troy
Gil Troy is an American academic. Troy is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal and a Visiting Scholar affiliated with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington....
. He is an Orthodox Jew
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
and "a member of the Kemp Mill Synagogue," in Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
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, where he lives with his wife, Kami (née
Married and maiden names
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Pliskow) and their four children.
Education
Troy graduated from the Ramaz Upper School, a co-educational, college preparatory, private Modern OrthodoxModern Orthodox Judaism
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Jewish day school
Jewish day school
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located on the Upper East Side
Upper East Side
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of the New York City
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borough
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of Manhattan
Manhattan
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; he earned a B.S.
Bachelor of Science
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from Cornell University
Cornell University
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and an M.A
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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and Ph.D. in American Civilization
United States
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from the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
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; and he has studied at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
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Career
Prior to his August 2007 Senate confirmation as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Troy worked in the Bush administration White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Before this position he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Labor and a policy director for Sen. John AshcroftJohn Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft is a United States politician who served as the 79th United States Attorney General, from 2001 until 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush. Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri and a U.S...
(R-MO), who later became Attorney General, an appointment which he supported enthusiastically in his article "My Boss the Fanatic" published in The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
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Beginning in August 2003, he served at the White House as Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Liaison to the Jewish community
White House Jewish Liaison
The White House staff position of Liaison to the Jewish Community is a role charged with serving as the Administration's voice to the American Jewish community and gathering the community's consensus viewpoint on issues affecting it for the benefit of White House policymakers...
. After less than a year, in May 2004, Troy left the position of White House liaison to the Jewish community to work in the policy department of the 2004 Bush presidential campaign
George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2004
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, at which time he was replaced by Noam Neusner (son of Jacob Neusner
Jacob Neusner
Jacob Neusner is an American academic scholar of Judaism who lives in Rhinebeck, New York.-Biography:Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Neusner was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , the University of Oxford, and Columbia University.Neusner is often celebrated...
). As a member of the United States of America Mission to the OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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, Troy served as "a senior member of the U.S. delegation to the ... [2004] Berlin
Berlin
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conference on antisemitism" held from 28 to 29 April 2004.
Publications
Tevi Troy is the author of Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians? (2002; Lanham: Rowman & LittlefieldRowman & Littlefield
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, 2003). In addition to this book, he has also published articles in such publications as The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
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, The Times Higher Education Supplement
The Times Higher Education Supplement
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, The Washington Times
The Washington Times
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, The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard
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, National Review
National Review
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, and Reason
Reason
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, and an article in The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
entitled "My Boss the Fanatic", concerning "John Ashcroft’s relations with the Jews on his staff."