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Kushner Foundation Gives $342K to Chabad — Still Surprised About Jared and Ivanka’s Synagogue?

JL;DR SUMMARY The Kushner family, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, has substantial financial ties to the Chabad movement, with donations from both the Kushner family foundation and Donald J. Trump's charity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityOrthodox JudaismChabadDonald TrumpJared KushnerSynagogueJewish OutreachDonationsIvanka TrumpKushner Foundation

Places mentioned

Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are considering joining a Chabad synagogue when they move from New York to Washington D.C."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"The Donald J. Trump Foundation made two donations to Chabad $6,750 to the Lubavitch Youth Organization in Brooklyn."
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
"the foundation donated $3,000 to Chabad of East Boca Raton an institution also supported by the Kushners."
Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States
"Another key beneficiary was the Chabad center at Harvard University, which received $150,000 in 2007."
Kfar Chabad, Central District, Israel
"The Kushners have also contributed to a Chabad-run institution in Israel: the vocational school at Kfar Chabad."
Beit El, Jerusalem, Israel
"it handed over a check for $10,000 to Friends of Beit El Institutions, the American fundraising arm of one of the oldest and more radical West Bank settlements."
Australia
"Josef Gutnick, a wealthy Australian businessman with close ties to the late Lubavitcher rebbe and a major supporter of the settlement movement."

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