Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism, has withdrawn from speaking at the Republican National Convention next week, JTA reported Friday.
In a letter to members of his community, Lookstein wrote that he had accepted Ivanka Trump’s invitation to deliver an invocation at the convention “out of respect for her and our relationship.”
But, he added, he would withdraw because the matter had become political.
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