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Jared Kushner reads Megillah at White House Purim celebration

President’s son-in-law apparently ‘flawless’ in his rendition at ceremony attended by around 40 people

By Ron Kampeas 23 March 2019, 7:31 am

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White House adviser Jared Kushner waves, as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for talks on trade with Canada, in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner read part of the Megillah at a Purim celebration at the White House.

A White House official said US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser joined about 40 people for the reading Thursday in the White House.

Also present were Ivanka Trump, Kushner’s wife and also a senior adviser to her father, Jason Greenblatt, the chief negotiator on the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan team that Kushner helms, and Elan Carr, the State Department envoy monitoring anti-Semitism.

Greenblatt posted a photo of the reading on Twitter. “Blessed that I was able to hear the #Megillah and celebrate the holiday of #Purim today in the @WhiteHouse,” he said. “So proud to be able to serve our incredible country.”

https://twitter.com/jdgreenblatt45/status/1108765471480954880

“He was flawless in the reading, we were very impressed,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), said of Kushner.

Shemtov said his group has helped organize Purim celebrations in the White House dating back at least to the administration of President George W. Bush.