Ivanka’s Rabbi Drops Out
By: Hana Levi Julian
Published: July 17th, 2016
... Ivanka Trump .. invited the rabbi to offer the invocation in Cleveland.
But when faced with the naysayers in his own community ... he reconsidered and instead, publicly released his prayer in a statement to the masses with the hope Ivanka’s father would forgive the move and release him from his commitment.
Rabbi Lookstein has recently experienced his own personal discomfort after having his conversions challenged by the Chief Rabbinical Court of the State of Israel, which backed a decision by the Rabbinical Court of the city of Petach Tikva.
It is possible that he decided he’d simply had his fill of controversy for one season ...
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/ivankas-rabbi-drops-out-of-republican-national-convention/2016/07/17/
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