Rosner's Domain: Jewish record in Congress: 44 or 45?

Readers of this blog didn't have to wait for other publications in order to know that the next Congress will set a new record of jewish legislators. I wrote this two weeks ago.But I did miss one new Jewish House member, thus claiming the final number was 44, instead of 45 (13 Senators, 32 House members). The name of the member I forgot to include is Alan Grayson of Florida's 8th district, and I only realized I missed him after reading this article in the Forward.  

So - it's 45, not 44.

Or is it? The Forward does not mention the fact that Rahm Emanuel, Obama's new best friend, will be leaving Congress. According to my calculations this means that we will not know if it's a 44 or a 45 until we have a replacement.

The up side, if it's 45: that's exactly the number I was predicting three days before (!) the election.

Here's an updated table of Jewish legislators. It's not yet final because the race between Coleman and Franken is still unresolved:

Barbara Boxer	CA
Ben Cardin	MD
Norm Coleman (R) / Al Franken (D)	MN
Russell Feingold	WI
Dianne Feinstein
Herb Kohl	WI
Frank Lautenberg	NJ
Carl Levin	MI
Joseph Lieberman	CT
Bernie Sanders	VT
Charles Schumer	NY
Arlen Specter	PA
Ron Wyden	OR
Gary Ackerman	NY-05
Shelley Berkley	NV-01
Howard Berman	CA-28
Eric Cantor	VA-07
Steve Cohen	TN-09
Susan Davis	CA-53
Eliot Engel	NY-17
Bob Filner	CA-51
Barney Frank	MA-04
Gabrielle Giffords	AZ-08
Jane Harman	CA-36
Paul Hodes	NH-02
Steve Israel	NY-02
Steve Kagen	WI-08
Ron Klein	FL-22
Sander Levin	MI-12
Nita Lowey	NY-18
Jerry Nadler	NY-08
Steve Rothman	NJ-09
Jan Schakowsky	IL-09
Adam Schiff	CA-29
Allyson Schwartz	PA-13
Brad Sherman	CA-27
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	FL-20
Henry Waxman	CA-30
Anthony Weiner	NY-09
Robert Wexler	FL-19
John Yarmuth	KY-03
John Adler	NJ-03
Jared Polis	CO-02
Alan Grayson	FL-08