{"id":89769,"date":"2016-03-13T08:02:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=89769"},"modified":"2016-03-13T08:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T16:02:38","slug":"donald-trump-on-jewish-daughter-ivanka-this-wasnt-in-the-plan-but-im-very-glad-it-happened-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=89769","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump on Jewish Daughter Ivanka: \u2018This Wasn\u2019t in the Plan But I\u2019m Very Glad it Happened\u2019 (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2015\/02\/06\/donald-trump-on-jewish-daughter-ivanka-this-wasnt-in-the-plan-but-im-very-glad-it-happened-video\/#\">From Algemeiner Feb. 6, 2015<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>While Donald Trump did not plan on having a Jewish daughter, he is glad he did so, the business tycoon said Tuesday night upon accepting the Liberty Award at The Algemeiner\u2019s \u2018Jewish 100\u2032 Gala in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank my Jewish daughter. I have a Jewish daughter,\u201d he said at the event, which drew a star-studded crowd of 500 to the Capitale on Bowery. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t in the plan but I\u2019m very glad it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s daughter, Ivanka Trump, converted to Judaism in 2009 before marrying real estate developer Jared Kushner, whom Donald described on stage as a \u201cspectacular guy.\u201d In presenting the award to her father, Ivanka described him as someone who has firm convictions and \u201ca man who uses his platform and uses his voice to effectuate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is fundamentally somebody who believes that it\u2019s his civic duty to speak his mind and often say what\u2019s not popular and what others are afraid to,\u201d she added. \u201cHe has used his voice often and loudly in support of Israel and in support of developments within Israel, in support of security for Israel and in support of the idea of Israeli democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On stage, Trump concluded his acceptance speech by asserting his strong support for the Jewish state. He told the audience, \u201cWe love Israel. We will fight for Israel 100 percent, 1,000 percent. It will be there forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other honorees at the event included philanthropists Joseph and Deborah Aronow, late entertainer Joan Rivers and speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Donald Trump\u2019s speech in the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HiwBwBw7R-U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Algemeiner Feb. 6, 2015: While Donald Trump did not plan on having a Jewish daughter, he is glad he did so, the business tycoon said Tuesday night upon accepting the Liberty Award at The Algemeiner\u2019s \u2018Jewish 100\u2032 Gala in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=89769\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29752,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donald-trump","category-jews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89770,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89769\/revisions\/89770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}