Trump signed a decree on the fight against anti-Semitism: not all Jews in the US approve of it - ForumDaily
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Trump signed a decree on the fight against anti-Semitism: not all Jews in the US approve of it

The decree on the fight against anti-Semitism, signed by US President Donald Trump, criticized some of the American Jews from among the opponents of the president. Some fear that the decree infringes on freedom of speech and assembly, while others worry that they will now be associated with the policies of the Israeli government. Writes about this with the BBC.

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В "Decree on the fight against anti-Semitism"Trump signed during a reception at the White House on the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, says that anti-Semitism now falls under the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits state funding of programs or organizations that advocate discrimination based on race or national origin.

Moreover, anti-Semitism is interpreted in the decree as hostility to the Jews, and not to the Jews in general.

“Although Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act does not cover discrimination on the basis of religion, Chapter 6 does not exclude protection for individuals who face discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin, or on the basis of membership in a group practicing a particular religious religion.” rituals. Discrimination against Jews may be considered a violation of Article 6,” the decree states.

Most Jewish organizations support both the fight against anti-Semitism in general and President Trump’s decree in particular.

The Orthodox Union, a large organization representing many US Jewish communities, said it "applauds" Trump's decision.

“This order fulfills what both leaders of both parties in Congress, the Orthodox Union and other Jewish organizations have long sought,” the statement said. union statement.

As for criticism, the decree condemned, for example, New York Times — because he equates Judaism with nationality.

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To critics answered in the same New York Times Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, under whose leadership, according to the American press, a decree was developed.

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“Many hastened to criticize the decree without understanding its goals. The decree does not say that Jew is a nationality. It only says that Jews are protected by anti-discrimination law if they are discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, race or national origin,” Kushner explained.

However, some American Jews, like other opponents of Trump, have other questions for the decree, in addition to equating or not equating religious signs with national ones.

The decree itself, at the very beginning, states that it is directed primarily against anti-Semitism in universities and colleges.

On many US college campuses, left-wing ideas and movements are popular, including the movement in defense of Palestinian rights.

“I think in reality [...] universities, fearful of losing federal funding, will try to suppress criticism of Israeli policies, when in fact this is freedom of political speech,” said Jocelyn Samuels, a former head of the civil rights bureau of one of the US departments.

In response, Samuels predicts that universities will receive lawsuits from Israeli critics.

Chicago rabbi Seth Limmer said Jewish students should certainly be protected from anti-Semitism by some leftists, but he is not sure Trump’s decree will help.

“This decree should close the slippery slope where freedom of speech and protest turns into anti-Semitism. But I have always been convinced that protest cannot be suppressed by simply silencing people,” Limmer said.

Anti-Zionism = anti-Semitism?

Trump’s decree on the fight against anti-Semitism is also criticized for its reference to the definition and examples of anti-Semitism approved three years ago by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

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The decree emphasizes that these examples and definitions are not legally binding, but some Jewish organizations still fear that US government, following the example of the MSHR, will equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, that is, criticism of Israeli policy up to the recognition of the Jewish state’s right to exist .

Meanwhile, many American Jews of left-liberal views themselves, unlike Trump, do not approve of Israel’s policies regarding the Palestinian territories, and some Jewish sects do not at all approve of the existence of a Jewish state.

Finally, a third criticism of the order is that Trump signed it less to protect Jews than to show his core constituency, Christian conservatives, that he remains a strong supporter of Israel.

However, some accuse the president of hypocrisy.

“This administration is constantly winking at white nationalists, and it is cynical to try to pretend that this administration cares about Jews when in fact its actions are steadily making Jews feel increasingly unsafe,” Jill told the New York Times. Jacobs, head of the New York left-liberal Jewish organization Truah.

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