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The Hidden Story of the Trump Family Rabbi

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Jul 22, 2019
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"Mr. Trump was impressed by the idea of a Jewish community, families, a place of worship. He liked my father very much, and my father liked him. Their friendship was based on Mr. Trump's personal understanding that what my father was doing was a good thing ... But I definitely think a big motive behind his actions was in the verse about blessing Israel." -Malka Weisberg

(Israel) — [Breakingisraelnews.com] A remarkable tale of a half-century-long friendship may be the basis for the current warm relations [between the US and Israel]. (Image: via BIN)

The story began in the 1950's when Malka Weisberg's parents, both Holocaust survivors, immigrated to America from Poland. Her father, Rabbi Israel Wagner, got a job as the rabbi of Beach Haven, a newly established community in Brooklyn. Many of the people in the community were Holocaust survivors while others had witnessed the horrors of WWII while serving in the US Army.

The community was praying in a temporary space, an underground garage in one of the development's buildings. The rabbi decided to meet with the owner of the properties. Starting out building houses during the depression, Beach Haven was the second large development venture for Fred Trump, the father of the young man who grew up to be the current president.

The Lutheran land developer and the Polish rabbi quickly became friends at their first meeting... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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