94. Trump's Executive Order: Good For The Jews?

In the last few weeks, antisemitism has been back in the news. (Did it ever leave?) President Trump released his executive order on combating antisemitism, and, in that same week, Jews were gunned down in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, an unprecedented act that shook many of us to our core. Uri and Rivky ask, what about the executive order was so controversial? And, what happened in Jersey City? Is there a larger meaning to it all? And, ultimately, is there any connection we can draw between these two events? Links: Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-anti-semitism/ NY Times The Daily "A Fight Over How to Fight Anti-Semitism": https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/podcasts/the-daily/anti-semitism.html? The Hill "Why We Should Applaud Trump's executive Order On Anti-Semitism": https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/474271-why-we-should-applaud-trumps-executive-order-on-anti-semitism Yair Rosenberg "Trump's Redefinition of Jewish Identity That Wasn't": https://yair.substack.com/p/trumps-redefinition-of-jewish-identity Mark Stern "No, the Trump Administration Is Not Redefining Judaism as a Nationality": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-antisemitism-executive-order-israel-judaism.html Met Council in Jersey City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNaq3neip3w&t= Rabbi Jill Jacobs tweet chain: https://twitter.com/rabbijilljacobs/status/1205573834667151360 Music: Boyz II Menorah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5YNNkR1hJI