Rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump's conversion to Judaism is 'deeply troubled' by Trump's Charlottesville response

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives August 17, 2017

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The rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump's conversion to Judaism has co-written a scathing letter to his congregation about President Trump's response to the deadly unrest in Charlottesville, Va. "We are appalled by this resurgence of bigotry and antisemitism, and the renewed vigor of the neo-Nazis, KKK, and alt-right," Rabbi Emeritus Haskel Lookstein wrote, along with his successors Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz and Rabbi Elie Weinstock. -- More...