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Opinion What Does It Mean That Jared Kushner Might Be the Most Influential Jew in the World?
Throughout American history, there have been Jews who have held important positions in the White House as advisers to various presidents. And there have been family members of sitting presidents — wives and brothers, in particular — who have wielded enormous political power from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But never has there been the combination reflected in…
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News Kushner Foundation Gives $342K to Chabad — Still Surprised About Jared and Ivanka’s Synagogue?
It might seem odd for a Modern Orthodox Jewish family to join a Chabad synagogue. But Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner are already quite invested in the ultra-Orthodox outreach movement – or to be more precise, their parents are. A Haaretz examination has revealed that Charles and Seryl Kushner have been major benefactors…
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Opinion Why Rabbi Marvin Hier Giving His Blessing to Trump’s Inauguration Is a Good Thing
Before last summer’s Republican National Convention, the widely esteemed Rabbi Haskel Lookstein was asked to deliver the invocation. He was reportedly honored and graciously accepted, but soon, petitions and protest led the rabbi, who served as Ivanka Trump’s sponsoring conversion rabbi, to rescind his acceptance. Despite the fact that the role has traditionally been apolitical,…
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The Schmooze The Ivanka Trump Reality Show That Crashed and Burned
Last week, Donald Trump declared that he is a “ratings machine.” In a two-part Twitter rant, the president-elect blasted Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new host of Trump’s brainchild “Celebrity Apprentice,” for pulling in low ratings. “Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got ‘swamped’ (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much…
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News House, Check. Shul, Check. Now Jared and Ivanka Hunt for a School.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have settled on a home in Washington, D.C. — a mansion right around the block from where President Barack Obama and his family will soon live. And now the question looms, which school will the couple’s three children attend? As Orthodox Jews, it’s likely the two will opt to send…
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News The Secret Russian Backstory Behind Ivanka and Jared’s New House
Washington is a town of transient citizens living in timeless homes, with large swaths of the population turning over as one administration exits and another enters. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s new, but century-old, house holds one such story. Ivanka Trump’s father, president-elect Donald Trump, has a long-running, if possibly one-sided, bromance with Russian president…
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News Drool Over 9 Photos of Ivanka and Jared’s To-Die-For Washington Mansion
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are leaving behind the glitzy lifestyle of New York’s Upper East Side. But the ultimate power couple’s new Washington D.C. home still has plenty to offer for them and their three children. The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom 6,870-square-foot home in the tony Kalorama neighborhood is clearly one of D.C.’s prestigious homes —…
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News Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Pick $5.5M Home — and Chabad Synagogue in Washington
The search is over. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have found a house in Washington and, more important, they seem to have found a synagogue as well. After weeks of house-hunting and “shul shopping,” the first daughter and son-in-law are now ready to settle down in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood and will attend the nearby Chabad…
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