(By Dovid Margolin)
On Wednesday morning – a week after Meadow Pollack, 18, was killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. – her father, Andrew Pollack, and brothers, Huck and Hunter, flew to Washington, D.C., for a roundtable discussion with President Donald Trump at the White House. The televised meeting was widely seen, with Andrew’s dramatic and forceful words about fixing school security striking a chord around the country, being extensively reported and shared on social media.
Prior to the public meeting, Andrew, Huck and Hunter had a private conversation with the president in the Oval Office. Entering the meeting, Hunter chose to wear a kippah, a mark of Jewish pride clearly seen in the official White House photos.
“I wore it there because I’m proud to be Jewish,” Hunter Pollack told Chabad.org. “I wanted to wear my kippah in the highest office of the land. My Jewish peers in this country need to be proud of being Jewish, and that’s how we can honor Meadow’s memory as a beautiful Jewish girl.”
Since last week’s tragedy, which left Meadow and 16 others dead, Rabbi Avraham Friedman of Chabad of Coral Springs, a longtime family friend and mentor, has been a constant presence in the Pollack home, offering comfort and support. He has also been putting on tefillin and praying with family members, in addition to those making shiva calls, and teaching the traditional mourners’ Mishnayot each night.
“I thought of Rabbi Friedman as I walked into the Oval Office with my kippah,” says Hunter. “The tefillin, the learning, the Jewish stuff has been very comforting to me and my family.”
(Source: Chabad.org)
Join the official YWN WhatsApp status
10 Responses
Amazing Kiddush Hashem, Kudos!
Very moving. A beautiful kiddush Hashem. May the family be comforted.
Kudos to Hunter, but if he’s so proud of being a Jew why not wear the Kippah all the time? Why only in the Oval office? I’m not in any way shape or form trying to bash him (very nice of me) but it would be nice if he wears it on a regular basis
Wow! What a kiddush Hashem! I envy his zchus!
Perhaps this will be noticed by one member of the royal family who might also wish to highlight his pride in his yiddeshkeit?
Wonderful kiddush Hashem and still someone wants to bash him . Rotzui lerov echov all over again eh!!!!
Chymee
Your personal view is not THE view.
You want to wear a kippah all the time, that is your prerogative. Some people might say it is a higher level of kiddush Hashem that he specifically wore it at that time.
Keep your personal opinions to yourself, specifically about people who just recently suffered as he did.
Your close-mindedness is duly noted.
No need to give attitude, I was very polite,
So if is the way you communicate with your parents/children/friends then I pity them,
chymee. What on earth is wrong with?? Your clearly sick person you need a huge refua shalama. You should be banned from commenting on this sight.
Chymee people like you cause jews to never want to become religous. I would do major teshuva if i were you!!