On his final day in office, President Donald Trump issued a wave of last-minute pardons including one for Elliott Broidy, the disgraced former Republican National Committee finance chair. According to a statement from the White House, Broidy’s pardon was supported by five rabbis and other high-profile Jews.
Rabbis Steven Leder, Steven Burg, Pini Dunner, Meyer May, and Mordechai Suchard were all name-dropped in the White House’s announcement of his pardon which also highlighted Broidy’s philanthropic work with Jewish groups.
Rabbi Steven Leder is the senior rabbi of Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard Temple and the only non-Orthodox rabbi who weighed in. “I understand those who wonder why I would write a letter supporting Elliott Broidy’s pardon request,” Rabbi Leder said. “When Temple members sin and seek my guidance, I do not turn my back regardless of political affiliation. Instead, I encourage them to do