Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, known as Ivanka Trump’s rabbi, has withdrawn from delivering the invocation at the Republican National Convention’s kickoff event next week amid a backlash by members of his modern Orthodox community in New York.
Lookstein’s appearance was made public on Wednesday as a list of slated speakers at the convention in Cleveland was leaked to the media by the Trump campaign.
Taste Buds with Deb – Episode 53
One of the most unusually gratifying rituals in modern Jewish life is what we call the Counting of the Omer.
Columbia alumnus and ambassador Michael Oren reveals how substantial financial contributions from oil companies have manipulated universities to promote anti-Israel agendas.
Israel’s former spokesperson Eylon Levy is using the large platform he has built since Oct. 7 to continue defending Israel in the face of a hostile world.
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