Posted 12/14/2023, 7:48:00 PM
Ethiopian-Israeli Mother of 7 Nominated to Run for George Santos's Former Seat
- Mazi Melesa Philip, an Orthodox Jewish Ethiopian-Israeli mother of 7, nominated by GOP to run for George Santos's vacant Congressional seat
- Philip, 44, served in the IDF as a paratrooper after immigrating from Ethiopia to Israel at age 12
- Earned degrees from University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University; met husband, a Ukrainian-American, at Haifa
- Became interested in politics after son faced antisemitism at school
- Will face off against Tom Suozzi, the Democrat who previously held the seat