WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to extend federal civil rights protections to Jewish college students subjected to anti-Semitic acts on campus, as he continued his bid to attract Jewish voters ahead of the 2020 election.
In an event that targeted anti-Israel sentiments at left-leaning college campuses, Trump signed the order during a packed afternoon Hanukkah celebration in the East Room, as he argued federal dollars should not bankroll “institutions that traffic in anti-Semitic hate.”
Noted civil libertarian Alan Dershowitz, a former Harvard Law professor, hailed the order as the most important event over his time in academia “to turn universities away from being bastions of hatred and discrimination.” He added, “It is a game-changer"