Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump who converted to Judaism, made her podcast debut on the Lex Fridman show, providing a rare and intimate look into her personal beliefs and emotions.
During the conversation, Fridman explored various subjects, including how Ivanka managed to stay resilient and composed in the face of relentless criticism. She specifically mentioned “lashon hara.”
“There’s a concept in Judaism called Lashon Hara, which means evil speech. The idea is that speaking poorly of another is almost the moral equivalent to murder, because you can’t really repair it. You can apologize, but you can’t repair it.
She continued: “Another component of that is that it does as much damage to the person saying the words than it does to the person receiving them. And I think about that a lot. I talk about this concept with my kids a lot, and I’m not willing to pay the price of that fleeting and momentary satisfaction of sort of swinging back because I think it would be too expensive for my soul. And that’s how I made peace with it, because I think that feels more true for me.”
She also spoke about the bracha of Asher Yotzar: “There’s a prayer in Judaism you’re supposed to say every morning, which is basically thanking God for your body working. It’s something so basic, but it’s when it doesn’t that we’re grateful. So just reminding ourselves every day the basic things of a functional body, of our health, of access to water, which so many millions of people around the world do not have reliably, is very clarifying and super important.”

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{Dov T. Heller – Matzav.com}