Jewess Ivanka's Trump Card!
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:57 am
By Daniel Estrin | AP January 26
PETAH TIKVA, Israel — Is Ivanka Trump really Jewish?
Last summer, Israel’s religious authorities issued a ruling that raised doubts
about her conversion to Judaism. But after her father was elected president,
they have changed their tune, raising eyebrows among activists who have long
lobbied the rabbinical establishment to be more tolerant toward converts.
President Donald Trump’s daughter converted to Judaism under a prominent
Orthodox rabbi in Manhattan before her 2009 marriage to Jared Kushner, an
observant Jew. In its ruling last July, an Israeli government religious court
rejected the legitimacy of another conversion by the same rabbi. Although it
didn’t directly affect Ivanka Trump, it raised questions as to whether Israel’s
powerful religious establishment would recognize her as being Jewish. But in
early December, just weeks after Trump’s election victory, Israel’s chief
rabbis said they would work to change the rules for recognizing conversions
performed abroad — and they singled out Ivanka Trump. “According to the new
proposed plan ... her conversion will be certified without the need for
additional checks,” the announcement said. Israeli activists say the sudden
policy change appears to be an attempt to curry favor with the new U.S. president.
Ivanka Trump’s husband has been appointed a senior adviser to Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mi ... story.html
PETAH TIKVA, Israel — Is Ivanka Trump really Jewish?
Last summer, Israel’s religious authorities issued a ruling that raised doubts
about her conversion to Judaism. But after her father was elected president,
they have changed their tune, raising eyebrows among activists who have long
lobbied the rabbinical establishment to be more tolerant toward converts.
President Donald Trump’s daughter converted to Judaism under a prominent
Orthodox rabbi in Manhattan before her 2009 marriage to Jared Kushner, an
observant Jew. In its ruling last July, an Israeli government religious court
rejected the legitimacy of another conversion by the same rabbi. Although it
didn’t directly affect Ivanka Trump, it raised questions as to whether Israel’s
powerful religious establishment would recognize her as being Jewish. But in
early December, just weeks after Trump’s election victory, Israel’s chief
rabbis said they would work to change the rules for recognizing conversions
performed abroad — and they singled out Ivanka Trump. “According to the new
proposed plan ... her conversion will be certified without the need for
additional checks,” the announcement said. Israeli activists say the sudden
policy change appears to be an attempt to curry favor with the new U.S. president.
Ivanka Trump’s husband has been appointed a senior adviser to Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mi ... story.html