Moshe Lax is an American businessman from New York, known for his business association with Ivanka Trump.
12 Facts About Moshe Lax
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Lax grew up in Brooklyn as the only son of the noted diamond dealer, real estate developer, and philanthropist Chaim Lax who partnered with Brooklyn developer Isaac Hager in gentrifying Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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Moshe Lax attended local Hasidic schools and the religious school of Rabbi Shaul Brus.
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When his father died in 2008, Moshe Lax inherited his vast debts.
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Moshe Lax was sued by the estate's creditors, who alleged in court that Moshe Lax had used shell companies to hide the estate's assets, and that he attempted to extort them and other members of the Orthodox Jewish community into giving up on the debts.
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Moshe Lax was the subject of several other lawsuits, many of which regarded unpaid debts and legal fees.
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In 2017, Moshe Lax opened a two-story fashion gallery on Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Moshe Lax was initially a business partner with Ivanka Trump, helping her with the licensing of her name in the jewelry industry.
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Moshe Lax then became close friends with Ivanka and her family, even attending Donald Trump's election victory party and inauguration.
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Moshe Lax is a Talmudic scholar of Jewish law and philosophy and has published a two-volume book titled "Derech Nesher".
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Moshe Lax co-authored and published research on the self with neuropsychologist Stan Klein, UC Santa Barbara.
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Moshe Lax published an album in collaboration with Ami Magazine titled "AMI" featuring Yaakov Lemmer.