Sunday 26 June 2016

Questioning Ivanka Trump's Conversion

From RRW


הבת של טראמפ לא מוכרת כיהודייה בישראל
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4819130,00.html


Who Is a Jew? Maybe Not Woman Converted by Esteemed New York Rabbi
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/world/middleeast/israel-rabbinate-jewish-conversion.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160623&nlid=15239667&tntemail0=y&mtrref=undefined&gwh=4B8062F58BE61BF56D75D890FA70EE45&gwt=pay 
 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

she was converted by r' h schachter iiuc

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joel rich

Rabbi Ben Hecht said...

With this post, we hope that no one would think that we sided with this bet din that questioned Rabbi Lookstein. The fact that Ivanka Trump was converted by Rav Herschel Schachter thus, in no way, changes our view of her conversion as there should be no issue with a conversion by Rabbi Lookstein. The above comment from Mr. Rich does show, though, how off the media can be.

RBH