Jared Kushner Presented Bahrain’s King With Sefer Torah Prior To Peace Agreement

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Jared Kushner, shown in February 2020, said after apparently mocking NBA players in a TV interview that he would reach out to LeBron James, a protest leader, to discuss the issue. (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, who has been directing the peace initiatives in the Middle East with Arab countries, bought a Sefer Torah and presented it to Bahraini king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa last year, stating that it was “written in his honor.”

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Kushner purchased the strictly kosher Sefer Torah from an American sofer (scribe) prior to his trip last week to Bahrain, which boasts a tiny Jewish community. Trump’s advisor, Avi Berkowitz, came to the meeting with the king holding the Sefer Torah and he and Kushner presented it to the king.

Kushner says that he donated the Sefer Torahas a gesture of appreciation for the king’s hosting the unveiling of the economic portion of Kushner’s peace vision last year.

As reported on Friday, Bahrain, Israel and the US issued a joint statement in which they agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel.

 


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barukhl
barukhl
3 years ago

Ben Gurion gave a Sefer Torah to Pres Truman
Truman put on a hat out of reverence, but BG…

Ilya Lvovsky
Ilya Lvovsky
3 years ago

It is for a Jewish community in Bahrain.

Peace
Peace
3 years ago

ירושלמי [ריש פאה]: “אַרְטְבָן שְׁלַח לְרַבֵּינוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ חַד מַרְגָלֵי טַבָא אַטִימִיטוּן. אָמַר לֵיהּ, שְׁלַח לִי מִלָה דְטָבָא, דִּכְוַותָה. שְׁלָח לֵיהּ חַד מְזוּזָה. אָמַר
לֵיהּ, מַה אַנָא שַׁלְחִית לָךְ מִלָה דְּלֵית לָה טִימִי. וְאַת שַׁלְחִית לִי מִלָה דְטָבָא חַד פּוֹלָר. אָמַר לֵיהּ, חֲפָצֶיךָ וַחֲפָצַי לֹא יִשְׁווּ בָהּ וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא דְּעַת שָׁלַחְתְּ לִי מִלָה דְּאֲנָא (צריך) מַנְטָר לָהּ וְאַנָא שַׁלְחִית לָךְ מִלָה דְּאַת דְּמַךְ לָךְ וְהִיא מִנְטְרָא לָךְ. דִּכְתִיב, (משלי ו) “בְּהִתְהַלְכְךָ תַּנְחֶה אוֹתָךְ בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמוֹר עָלֶיךָ” וְגוֹ’ ”

וכבר פלפלו בזה כל המפרשים, איך היה מותר.
Here is proof stop judging before Rosh Hashana. May Hashem blesses all jews, Lets look at all the good Yidden do. This is why its mutar.

Peace
Peace
3 years ago

And Yes it’s going to shul in king country.

georgeg
georgeg
3 years ago

jewishinsider states:

> during a trip to the region, Kushner brought the Torah and gave it to the king during a meeting in Manama, dedicating it in the king’s honor for the local synagogue to use

History Buff
History Buff
3 years ago

I hope it ends up in the shul there. Otherwise this is very inappropriate for a sefer Torah.

Jared for president
Jared for president
3 years ago

He should have given him a sefer torah written on regular paper without ha-shems real name written and with elokim written with a kuf , the king of bahrain wouldn’t know any difference .

Charles B Hall
Charles B Hall
3 years ago

This isn’t a peace agreement. Bahrain and Israel have never been at war.

ZK
ZK
3 years ago

They imported a hachnosas Sefer Torah truck

TRUMP FOREVER
TRUMP FOREVER
3 years ago

Why give the king a Sefer Torah?

Yankel
Yankel
3 years ago

Rabosai, I posted this after 21 prior posts!

Why judge? It’s a week till Rosh Hashanah! Do we wish for the Ribono Shel Olam to judge us as harshly?
If we have nothing intelligent to say, fine ! No crime! Just do סייג לחכמה שתיקה

14thAvenue
14thAvenue
3 years ago

You know that country Bahrain keeps the Torah more than the yidden in Israel. They have no toeiva parades and don’t allow it. The chillul H is in Israel. They allow the violation of the Torah.

ner torah
ner torah
3 years ago

the king of bahrain should open a kollel and give the sefer torah to the new kollel

DACON9
DACON9
3 years ago

WELL IN THE SPEHARDIC COMMUNITIES WE DONT HAVE ””YIDDEN”” WE HAVE ””JEWS””
INCLUSIVE LOVING TO ALL 4 CORNERS OF THE WORLD WE WERE SENT TO….
UNITED IN O NE TORAH…NOT GHETTO ”’YIDDEN”’ TERMINOLOGY.

YIDDEN LIKE ARABS ARE DETERMINED TO SEPARATE…
WELL THEN YALLA SEPARATE…..
ALL THE YEHUDI WILL BE GATHERING TOGETHER WHILE THE ””yidden”’ are busy with wide open eyes going ””vus”’vus”’vus”’

Tzvi
Tzvi
3 years ago

i am curious as to why he gave an askenaz torah to a sephardi community.

holy man
holy man
3 years ago

Hey Jared , I need a new sefer torah to keep in my house . I want my house to be holy holy holy

Yonason Herschlag
Yonason Herschlag
3 years ago

A chillul Hashem!

Not a kush
Not a kush
3 years ago

Anyone who marries a Goya has no use for a Torah.