Ivanka Marie Trump was born to Ivana and Donald Trump on October 30, 1981. She is the Executive Vice President of Development and acquisitions at The Trump Organization and a socialite, heiress, and fashion model. She spent two years of her undergraduate education at Georgetown University and then transferred to and graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor of science in Economics in 2004.

During her modeling career, she walked the runway in shows for Versace, Marc Bouwer, and Thierry Mugler and was featured in advertisement campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger and Sassoon Jeans. Trump has also been featured on various magazine covers.

In 2006, she replaced businesswoman Carolyn Kepcher on five episodes of her father's television program, The Apprentice 5, and she also Served as a primary boardroom judge on Apprentice 6 and The Celebrity Apprentice.

In July 2009, Trump converted from Catholicism to Judaism and took the name Yael. On October 25, 2009, she married Jared Kushner, owner of The New York Observer. Following her father's victory in the 2016 Presidential campaign, Ivanka became the first Jewish member of the First Family.

Ivanka and Jared, who had both played critical roles in the president’s first term, were noticeably absent from the campaign trail, rarely were seen with the president, and explicitly ruled out involvement if he was reelected. Michael Wolff reported in his book, All or Nothing, that they refused to support Trump or sign a statement that he was not anti-Semitic after October 7, when Trump criticized Netanyahu for allowing the attack on Israel to take place.

Sources: Wikipedia.
Philissa Cramer, “Miriam, Jared, Josh: 5 Jewish takeaways from Michael Wolff’s insider account of the 2024 Trump campaign,” JTA, (February 26, 2025).

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