Ivanka Trump tweets plea for religious tolerance

Ivanka Trump has asked Americans to exhibit religious tolerance in a tweet posted on Monday night.

The daughter of the President tweeted a show of support for the Jewish community after 11 Jewish Community Centers were targeted with bomb hoaxes on President's Day. 

She wrote: "America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. We must protect our houses of worship & religious centers. #JCC."

Hate crimes and threats against Jewish Community Centres appear to be on the rise; in January the FBI launched a hate crime investigation into JCCs after the centres received 60 threats.

On Monday, 11 JCCs were evacuated in Birmingham, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Paul, Tampa, Tulsa, Nashville, Milwaukee, Houston and Buffalo because of bomb threats.

They all appeared to be hoaxes and no one was injured.

Ivanka Trump, who recently returned from another weekend  break in Mar-a-Lago, converted to Judaism before marrying Jared Kushner.

The President's daughter has been advocating for women and girls in the White House.

She recently shared a photo of her sitting in the president’s Oval Office chair along with a message about "the importance of women having a seat at the table".

She sat in the middle of her father and Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, tweeting she had "a great discussion with two world leaders" about women in business.

Ivanka attended a roundtable discussion about women in the workforce in which she "helped recruit participants and set the agenda".