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Trump signs EO protecting Jews

Effort co-signed from Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffries (The Slice): This week, Pres. Donald Trump has taken his pro-Israel/Jew stance to another level. Last Wednesday the White Houses hosted a Hannukah reception in the East Room, where he simultaneously signed an executive order to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitic bigotry on colleg campuses. The EO will penalize schools that tolerate hate against Jews. The protection appears preferential as it has not been given to other classes or people who suffer attacks based on racism (Blacks) or religion (Muslim). Vowing that colleges who tolerate bigotry on campus risk losing millions of dollars in federal funding, he singled out “institutions that traffic in anti-Semitic hate.” Further, Pres. Trump cautioned: “If you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars you get every year you must reject anti-Semitism, “ he said to rousing applause. No such effort have been made to...

1 dead in second American U.S. mosque attack in 6 months, Trump offers sympathy

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Chabad Poway Mosque shooter, James T. Earnest. By Mona Austin One woman died shielding her Rabbi from bullets and three others were injured when a man opened fire at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California on Saturday, the latest in on-going attacks at houses of worship. That woman was 60-year-old Lori Kaye, one of  about 100 Jews  gathered in the sacred space outside of San Diego to observe the last day of Passover.  Surviving the attack, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein (who lost his index finger) said, "Hating Jews is hating humanity.  Jew are human too."  Yisroel would was still fresh when he attended a National Day of Prayer event at the White House on the following Thursday in the Rose Garden. Pres. Donald Trump invited him to say some words although he was was not originally scheduled to be a part of the program. He used the opportunity to ask that the moment of silence is allowed in public schools and said, "You were the first person who began my...