Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality

[babylonsister]

Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality
By Betsy Klein and Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated 7:26 AM EST, Wed December 11, 2019


(CNN) President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to interpret Judaism as a nationality and not just a religion, a move that the Trump administration believes will fight what they perceive as anti-Semitism on college campuses, a White House official said.

The impending order was first reported by The New York Times.

It's an order that would allow Trump to take further steps to combat anti-Israel sentiments and divestment movements on college campuses by requiring colleges and universities to treat those movements as discriminatory in order to keep their funding.

The move would trigger a portion of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 that requires educational institutions receiving federal funding to not discriminate based on national origin, according to senior administration officials. The Department of Education can withhold federal funding from any college or educational program that discriminates based on race, color or national origin, according to the Civil Rights Act.

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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/10/politics/trump-order-judaism-nationality/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1ZicP7lwOkxk3wA-UCI1pX9bj5uvL_5Z5rTbatv83UYML50InPBr66854

[superpatriotman]

1. It goes without saying this is bad

A religion is not an ethnicity

[Vinca]

2. Next up will be Christianity. Just wait.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Tick tock, tick tock.

[dewsgirl]

3. This feels..ominous.

[JHB]

4. So he's going to take the old dual-loyalty smear and make it official US policy?

Nooooooo, no pitfalls there...

[tanyev]

5. Vanky and Jared cool with this?

[Lulu KC]

7. I just read that Jared was a proponent

CNN website

And Netanyahu, the fellow criminal leader, is thrilled.

How aghast can I get? Aghaster and aghaster.

[UpInArms]

6. What nation is that?

I’m confused

Will that strip all Jewish people of their American citizenship?

[Bettie]

10. It would certainly set up a situation where

they could.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. I think the EO could be successfully challenged

even with a "Trump judge."

To have a nationality, one must originate from a sovereign nation. American Jews mostly are descendants of the literal "wandering Jews.". Some came from Spain; some came from the Pale of Russia. They were perpetually kicked out of countries or immigrated to find a home. The only Jews who also have a nationality are those who are citizens of Israel. Other Jews share an ethnicity, not a nationality.