What a friend they have in Donald

Trump ended anti-Semitism yesterday by executive order.   He Hereby Ordered that Judaism is a nationality and therefore the federal government can deny funding to colleges that allow discrimination "on the ground of race, color or national origin" (presumably the 1964 Civil Rights Act omitted "religion" to protect religious schools).  Anti-Semitism is a growing problem everywhere, but Trump's definition is a lot narrower than you might think -- specifically the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement which is starting to harm the Israeli economy.  Elsewhere, not so much.

After proudly displaying his distinctive Sharpie scribble, President Righteous hosted a "Hanukkah" party (over a week early) for such people of faith as Pastor Robert "You can't be saved by being a Jew" Jeffress and Pastor John "Hitler was a hunter sent by God" Hagee.  A curious guest list, but Jared was there to light the menorah and represent world Jewry.  No invitation for Jerry Nadler or Shifty Schiff, of course, and no mention of the assault on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City by members of the batshit Black Hebrew Israelites.  I daresay they'll be tweet-bombed eventually for also killing a police officer.

I can't speak to whether Jews are a nationality or whether this is just the latest attempt to make them one with Zionists.   Plenty of people who identify as Jews also identify as atheists (Stephen Fry, the late Jonathan Miller) or embrace it as a cultural inheritance; plenty of Jews have no particular interest in Israeli politics or actively oppose Likud policies.  What I know -- what Jews learned again early in the last century -- is that it's always dangerous to let others define you, even if they don't call Nazis "very fine people" and brag about their "German blood," who have no comment when a supporter calls impeachment a "Jew coup," who truly believe Jews love money too much to vote for a Democrat.

With friends like these...