President Trump (and His Jewish Daughter and Son-in-Law) Skipped the White House Passover Seder
President Donald Trump did not attend the annual White House Passover Seder held on Monday night, a spokeswoman confirms to People.
His daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who are both Jewish, also skipped the event, a tradition started under former President Barack Obama in 2009.
“The event was really for the staff who were unable to get home to spend the holiday with their families,” White House spokeswoman Natalie Strom tells People, adding that Monday night’s Seder was attended by Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and Jeremy Katz, deputy director of the National Economic Council.
Strom added that,...
His daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who are both Jewish, also skipped the event, a tradition started under former President Barack Obama in 2009.
“The event was really for the staff who were unable to get home to spend the holiday with their families,” White House spokeswoman Natalie Strom tells People, adding that Monday night’s Seder was attended by Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and Jeremy Katz, deputy director of the National Economic Council.
Strom added that,...
- 4/11/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
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