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President Trump holds up the signed executive order.





Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect Jewish Students






Yesterday at the White House Hanukkah party, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (text here <[link removed]>) that provides the Department of Education with an important tool for helping Jewish college students who are facing anti-Semitism on campus. It directs executive branch departments and agencies to utilize an expanded definition of anti-Semitism when interpreting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The expanded definition of anti-Semitism, adopted in 2016 by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance <[link removed]> (IHRA) offers examples of anti-Semitism that include: denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor; applying double standards to Israel by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation; drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis; and holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.

These examples are precisely the kind of attacks that Jewish students face on college campuses today.

The RJC strongly praised the move. RJC National Chairman Senator Norm Colemansaid <[link removed]>: 

This is a truly historic and important moment for Jewish Americans. President Trump has extended to Jewish students very strong, meaningful legal protection from anti-Semitic discrimination.

Sadly, every day, Jewish students on college campuses face outrageous attacks on their Jewish identity and beliefs. The rapid increase in such incidents in recent years is of great concern.

…Today’s executive order will have a real, positive impact in protecting Jewish college students from anti-Semitism.

After the New York Times initially misreported the executive order, saying that the President was classifying Jewish Americans as a separate nationality, the left wing went crazy. <[link removed]> The actual executive order did not redefine Judaism or Jews. It reiterated guidance for the executive branch issued in 2010 and expanded it to address anti-Semitism disguised as “anti-Zionism.”

The unhinged fury aimed at the President was so bad that the leftwing outlet Voxpublished an “explanation” of the order <[link removed]>, to clarify for its readers that the world wasn’t ending. 

The President took the step of issuing an executive order after legislation to effect the same change to public policy – including the expanded IHRA definition of anti-Semitism in civil rights law – was stymied by Democrats in the House. The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act <[link removed]> was passed by the Senate in 2016, but the House failed to follow suit. This year, the bill has bipartisan support in the Senate but was boycotted by Democrats in the House.



Austin Polansky meets Robert Kraft while on the podium with President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Jared Kushner and others at the White House Hanukkah party.

The President used the opportunity of the White House Hanukkah reception to demonstrate his strong connection with our community by signing the executive order there. The party was also an opportunity for Jewish Americans to show their support for the President. Many of those at the White House Party showed their support by wearing RJC/Trump kippahs to the event.

When President Trump invited a special guest, young Austin Polansky of San Francisco, up to the podium, he noticed Austin's red RJC/Trump kippah and said, "Is that a Trump yarmulke? A Trump yarmulke, I like that! Can I have that, Austin?" 
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You can still get your RJC/Trump kippah - order one today! <[link removed]>















Police near the shooting scene in Jersey City.





Real Anti-Semitism in Jersey City






While the crazy Left tried to paint President Donald Trump as an anti-Semite, real anti-Semitism was playing out horrifically in Jersey City, NJ, where three innocent people were murdered by two people who first killed a police officer and then shot up a kosher grocery store in the city’s Hasidic neighborhood. City officials say <[link removed]> the attackers targeted the Jewish store. 

We mourn the losses of <[link removed]>: Moshe Hersh Deutsch, a customer of the store who was the son of a leader of the Satmar Hasidic community; Leah Mindel Ferencz, who owned the grocery store with her husband Moishe Dovid Ferencz; Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, a store employee; and Detective Joseph Seals, a 13-year veteran of the police force, a husband and father of five children. 

May their families be comforted in this difficult time.















Jason Greenblatt





Greenblatt on Trump and the Jewish Community






In an interview with the Jewish Insider, former Assistant to the President Jason D. Greenblatt spoke about the unfair criticism President Donald Trump receives. Greenblatt said <[link removed]>:

I deal in facts — not conjecture, not rumors and not manipulation. I have a 23-year history as an observant Jew working for President Trump. Only a very small group of people in the world have the deep experience that I do as a Jew who worked very closely for Donald Trump over two decades. I have the real inside scoop on who Donald Trump is vis-a-vis the Jewish community. He has always been tremendously respectful of me and my observance and of Judaism.

Greenblatt also mentioned his new role as a member of the RJC Board of Directors:

I am on the board of the Republican Jewish Coalition and am honored that they asked me to join. I think they do excellent work and hope to be able to pull my weight. 















Mexican President Pena Nieta, President Trump, and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau sign the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement in November 2018.





Trump Wins on USMCA






The Washington Examinerreports: <[link removed]>

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a breakthrough Tuesday in the negotiations for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade, paving the way for a House vote on the trade deal negotiated by President Trump that he has long lobbied Congress to approve.

RJC Legislative Affairs Committee Co-Chairs Karen Tandy and Isaac Applbaumsaid <[link removed]>:

The USMCA will enact much-needed reforms to our trade with America’s near neighbors, Mexico and Canada. The new agreement will benefit American car manufacturers, farmers, and small businesses, to the ultimate benefit of American consumers.

Mexico and Canada have both acted to move the agreement forward. It is time for Speaker Pelosi to allow the USMCA to come to a vote in the House of Representatives.



















RJC in the News






The RJC spoke out publicly on several issues recently, including the President’s executive order. Here are a few more examples:

- RJC complained about a Sanders campaign staffer who was later fired over alleged antisemitic, homophobic tweets. <[link removed]>

- RJC defended the President from accusations of anti-Semitism over jokes he made in a speech to a Jewish audience  <[link removed]>.



















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Trump has strong support among Orthodox Jews, poll shows <[link removed]>AMI Magazine reported it polled more than 700 Orthodox Jews across 15 states and found that President Donald Trump had a whopping 89 percent approval rating while only five percent disapproved. Six percent were undecided… On fighting anti-Semitism, over 92 percent said Orthodox Jews trusted the president and Republicans over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democrats. When asked which president has "accomplished the most for the security of Israel," over 80 percent said it was Trump, followed by former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. See the poll here. <[link removed]>


New book reveals how Israel helped Singapore establish SAF <[link removed]>

A new book, Beating the Odds Together, commemorates 50 years of Singapore-Israel ties. The book details how Israel helped Singapore establish the Singapore Air Force when other countries declined the latter's calls for help. It also shows how that relationship has developed beyond security to fields such as business and technology.

















































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