Washington – Donald Trump Sends Out Invites To White House Chanukkah Party

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    FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaWashington – President Donald Trump will continue the White House tradition of hosting a Hanukkah party.

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    Invitations have been sent out for the Dec. 7 event, Maggie Haberman, The New York Times White House reporter, wrote Monday on Twitter. Hanukkah starts this year on the evening of Dec. 12.

    George W. Bush started the tradition of an annual Hanukkah party in 2011, the first year of his presidency. Barack Obama, his successor, continued the parties and often hosted two receptions to accommodate demand.

    Invitees typically include the heads of American Jewish organizations, Jewish members of the administration and Congress, and other prominent American Jews.

    Starting in 1979 with a lighting by Jimmy Carter, presidents have also participated in a ceremonial lighting of the National Menorah erected near the White House by Chabad, a haredi Orthodox Hasidic sect.

    Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are Orthodox Jews, as well as top White House aides. However, many Jews and non-Jews have criticized the president for not sufficiently repudiating anti-Semitism, including among his white nationalist and neo-Nazi supporters.

    The most recent example was his response to violence at an August white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which he blamed “both sides” and said “very fine people” marched alongside the neo-Nazis and Klansmen.

    At the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., last month, Trump said people had stopped using the word “Christmas” due to political correctness.

    “We’re saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again,” he said, earning a standing ovation from the crowd.

    Hanukkah, an eight-day holiday, will end several days before Christmas.


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    6 years ago

    So I should be looking in my mailbox and planning my trip to Washington.

    6 years ago

    His kids should run it.

    6 years ago

    George w bush was president 2001-2009

    6 years ago

    As with the rosh hashana call, real torah jews will be invited and join while those jews who believe in a fake form of judasim are not invited. Whats theo that believe in fake judiasm? Those who believe in LGBT’s despite the fact that our torah calls it an abomination.

    (Note that does not mean we should ridicule LGBT’s however, they have no place as an identity in our religon. of course we should still be nice and warm to them . if they happen to jews who are LGBT its a myzva t be makrav them. However, they must stay as jews who happen to be LGBT, they are not LGBT jews.)

    Here is another similar form of fake judiasm, Rabbi Rabbi Amichai Lau’s form of judiasm, he preaches “everybody-friendly, artist-driven, God-optional.” really g-d optional? These are the anti trump jews. Glad they are not invited.

    6 years ago

    Jared and Ivanka are not “Orthodox”; they may be Observant, but are certainly not Orthodox.