US Jewish groups united against Trump’s antisemitism strategy
Although 89 per cent of the 7.2 million US Jews say they are concerned about antisemitism, 64 per cent disapprove of Trump’s efforts to combat it
US Jewish groups are unified over the need to fight mounting antisemitic incidents across the country, but many are bitterly opposed to how President Donald Trump is seeking to counter the scourge.
A string of incidents has targeted Jews in the United States in recent weeks. Two Israeli embassy workers were murdered in Washington, Molotov cocktails were thrown at an event in Colorado, and tensions persist on university campuses.
The conservative Heritage Foundation think-tank, behind the “Project 2025” road map for radically overhauling and shrinking the government, published in October “Project Esther” – a blueprint on combating antisemitism.
The project seeks to “dismantle” so-called “anti-Israel,” “anti-Zionist,” or “pro-Palestinian” organizations allegedly part of a “Hamas support network” that has “infiltrated” universities including Columbia and Harvard.
The text advocates the dismissal of professors, barring some foreign students from campuses, expelling others outright, and withholding public funding from universities.
Robert Greenway, a Project Esther co-author, recently told The New York Times it was “no coincidence that we called for a series of actions to take place privately and publicly, and they are now happening.”