Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Ivanka Trump prays at Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave ahead of election

The daughter of and adviser to the U.S. president was accompanied to the Old Montefiore Cemetery by Rabbi Zalman and Toba Grossbaum, directors of Chabad of Livingston, N.J.

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.

Ivanka Trump, daughter of and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, made a late-night visit on Thursday to the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to pray at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

According to the Chabad website COLlive.com, she was accompanied to the Old Montefiore Cemetery by Rabbi Zalman and Toba Grossbaum, directors of Chabad of Livingston, N.J., who are close to her husband, Jared Kushner, also a senior adviser to the president.

Ivanka Trump, who underwent an Orthodox conversion to Judaism and adopted the Hebrew name “Yael,” was presumably visiting to pray for her father’s re-election, the website said.

She made a similar visit with her husband prior to the 2016 presidential election.

The Justice Department said that Shamim Mafi, 44, became a lawful permanent resident in 2016.
Negotiators will meet with Tehran’s representative after Strait of Hormuz clashes, but if no deal is reached, all power plants and bridges will be destroyed, the president said.
“Facing certain death, Jews chose to fight—not for victory, but for dignity, identity, and the right to resist.”
April 21 event highlights the bridge between Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut.
PM tells Independence Day torch-lighters Israel has achieved unprecedented military successes.
Public letter says kicking the Jewish state out of song contest would be “inversion of justice.”