page_title: Steve Rabinowitz
section_title: The White House
hierarchical_section_title: Steve Rabinowitz / The White House
caption_attribution_description: English: Steve Rabinowitz briefs Presidents (left to right) Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton moments before Clinton signs the NAFTA trade agreement in the East Room of the White House Sept. 14, 1993 (White House photo/Robert McNeely)
context_page_description: Steven M. Rabinowitz is a political image maker, media strategist, publicist, and event planner whose primary work is for progressive, Democratic, and Jewish causes. In 2004, the Jewish Forward named him among the 50 most influential Jews in America.
  A former Bill Clinton White House press aide, he founded Bluelight Strategies in late 2014 with Aaron Keyak, as a successor to Rabinowitz Communications and Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications. The firm's clients include the Jewish Federations of North America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, the National Jewish Democratic Council, the Lantos Foundation and Israel member of Knesset Erel Margalit.
  At Bluelight, Rabinowitz was a founder of Jews for Progress, a pro-Israel super PAC to boost support for 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton among Jews in swing states. In 2012, Rabinowitz was instrumental in creating The Hub, which worked to ensure the Jewish vote for President Barack Obama's reelection.
context_section_description: In 1993, Rabinowitz was named Bill Clinton's White House director of media planning, responsible for the visual images of the president's public appearances. He helped produce the peace treaty signings between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House South Lawn in September 1993, and between Israel and Jordan in the Arava in October 1994. Rabinowitz produced an East Room presidential signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), witnessed by three of Clinton's predecessors – Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. 
  Also in 1993, Rabinowitz organized and led the first White House Passover seder for 50 Clinton White House and Administration staff. The traditional event was held in the Indian Treaty Room and catered kosher.
caption: Steve Rabinowitz with Presidents (left to right) Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton  (White House photo/Robert McNeely)
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