Gift Exchange
Jared Kushner commissioned a Torah scroll for the King of Bahrain
In 2019, King Hamad told Kushner he was very proud there is an operational synagogue in his country — built in the early 1900s to serve the local Jewish community.
Bahrain News Agency via AP
From left to right, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner attend the opening session of the "Peace to Prosperity" workshop in Manama, Bahrain.
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner revealed on Friday that he recently commissioned a Torah scroll for the Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. On a trip to the gulf nation earlier this month, Kushner hand-delivered the scroll...