The alt-right, white supremacist, neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville left me speechless, heartbroken and not as surprised as I should have been. With a president who has inspired racists, homophobes and antisemites to come out of the woodwork since the day of his inauguration, why wouldn't all of these oppressive groups unite? I poured through articles about the protest until my eyes filled with tears that I wouldn't let overflow. Reading about the car that hit the counter-protestors and killed Heather Heyer hurt. Reading about white supremacist groups uniting over common hatred and ignorance hurt. Reading about chants said by the supremacists like "next stop Auschwitz" and "Jews will not replace us" made me scared to be a Jewish American. All of this made me beyond sad.

President Trump's delayed reaction to the protest was horrible, offensive and just plain tacky but that was to be expected. Part of his legacy as president now includes the term he coined, "alt-left" in which he compares people protesting racism and antisemitism to neo-Nazis. He also said there was violence on both sides, as if the racists, antisemites and homophobes were on the flip side of the same coin of those counter-protestors who were fighting against prejudice. Many people remarked that Trump's reaction was very strange considering he has a Jewish daughter.

One would expect that a prominent Jewish woman who was daughter and senior advisor to the president would have something significant to say in condemning the white supremacists, which her father was unable to do. But not shockingly, Ivanka let us Jewish Americans down.

Sure, she tweeted something vague and brief about Charlottesville for the PR of it all –but her tweet was more damaging to her own religion then saying nothing would have been. Her two part tweet reads as follows:

"There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy, and neo-nazis. We must all come together as Americans--and be one country UNITED. #Charlottesville"

Let's break this down. Did Ivanka condemn the man who drove a car purposefully through a crowd of counter-protestors? No. Did she use any names of neo-Nazi's and white supremacists to call them out? No. Analyzing tweets seems juvenile, but it's about as close as we get to official White House policy these days.

The second sentence of the tweet is the most disturbing. She says that we should all unite and come together as Americans. I don't know about you, but I would rather do just about anything then unite with people who hate based on race, religion, sexuality or any other part of someone's identity they can't control.

The problem with Ivanka and the President's discussion of Charlottesville is that they both treat the protest like there was just two equally valid sides disagreeing. This isn't Democrats versus Republicans or pro-lifers versus pro-choicers. This protest was people wearing shirts with Hitler quotes, chants about concentration camps and shared ideas about what races, religions and more should be allowed in America.

Ivanka could have used this opportunity, with her money, fame, and career to unflinchingly condemn the white supremacists without saying we should unite with them. She could have sent out a strong statement on behalf of Jewish women all over America-and all over the world. She could have used her power to help all of the Jewish little girls and boys and men and women who are terrified right now.

Ivanka had the opportunity to inspire, to encourage, to give hope, but instead she decided to do what she always does – the least controversial and safest route.

She reiterated what her dad said without any anger, passion, or feeling. Ivanka, you could've done so much for us, but you chose to do nothing.