Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Combating Campus Anti-Semitism

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - An executive order issuedby President Donald Trump
   interpreting members of the Jewish religion as part of a distinct
   nationality is intended to help battle growing anti-Semitism on U.S.
   college campuses.
   Some major Jewish organizations hailed Wednesday's action because it
   meansuniversities could lose federal funding if they do not stop
   discrimination against Jews on their campuses. Others said they were
   uncomfortable with government action to create an ethnic
   categorization,andtheyalso worriedabout its potential to suppress free
   speech at schools.
   "This is a very critically important move made by the president of the
   United States that will set an environment wherein Jewish students who
   were targeted with anti-Semitism on university campuses in America will
   actually have some semblance of protection and recourse,"saidRabbi
   Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a major Jewish human
   rights organization.

.