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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIvanka's Rabbi Slams Trump's Charlottesville Response
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/rabbi-that-oversaw-ivankas-conversion-slams-trump.htmlThe rabbi that oversaw Ivanka Trumps conversion to Judaism has released a letter to the congregation of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trumps longtime synagogue condemning President Trumps widely criticized statements about the violent protests in Charlottesville.
In a letter sent to members of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun this evening, Rabbi Emeritus Haskel Lookstein (who oversaw Ivankas conversion), along with his successors Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz and Rabbi Elie Weinstock, said, We are appalled by this resurgence of bigotry and antisemitism, and the renewed vigor of the neo-Nazis, KKK, and alt-right.
The letter went on: While we avoid politics, we are deeply troubled by the moral equivalency and equivocation President Trump has offered in his response to this act of violence.
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Ivanka's Rabbi Slams Trump's Charlottesville Response (Original Post)
Hieronymus
Aug 2017
OP
dlk
(11,597 posts)1. If Any of Them Had a Conscience, They Might Actually Care
CanonRay
(14,132 posts)2. Whatever gene gives one a conscience
the Trump family has excised it.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)3. Are you going to "unfollow" him too, IVANKA?
oasis
(49,455 posts)4. "Dad may be rude, and sometimes crude
And he is a bit of a nazi
But I can't ignore what's in his WILL I'll score
So my heart belongs to Daddy."
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. excellent.......
oasis
(49,455 posts)7. Thanks, and a salute to
The late great Cole Porter.
lindysalsagal
(20,785 posts)6. I was beginning to wonder if he'd bought off the whole temple!
Anything's possible.
lindysalsagal
(20,785 posts)8. 3...2...1...
How do you attack your daughter's rabbi and congregation???????
Gothmog
(145,805 posts)9. Of course a good rabbi will have issues with trump's conduct