Rabbi Haskel Lookstein of Manhattan's Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Will Give an Invocation at the RNC
Haskel Lookstein—the rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper East Side since 1958, and longtime principal of Ramaz, a Modern Orthodox Day school near the synagogue—will deliver an invocation at the Republican National Convention next week. A petition is currently circulating online, which says that “to embrace Trump and Trumpism goes against all we’ve been taught.”
As graduates of Ramaz, and as current or former members of the Modern Orthodox community, this is a shanda beyond the pale.