一位著名的拉比指责唐纳德·特朗普总统用他最新的行政命令将反犹太主义武器化，该命令扩大了政府对种族和民族起源的解释，将犹太教包括在内——此前犹太教只被视为一种宗教。
道德操守办公室将扩大对犹太人的公民权利保护，并允许教育部解散允许反犹太主义滋生的机构和项目。
但是批评家警告说这可能会影响反犹太人的比喻将犹太人视为美国人以外的其他民族——这是白宫的指控强烈否认。
其他人警告说，道德操守办公室将帮助政府打击抵制、撤资和制裁相关运动，这些运动正在向以色列政府施压，要求其改善对巴勒斯坦人的待遇，停止违反国际法的行为。
宗教间联盟主席拉比·杰克·魔线周三指责特朗普将反犹太主义武器化，同时不断恢复攻击性的反犹太主义比喻，加剧了不容忍。
魔线说:“从特朗普总统执政伊始，我们就看到——并呼吁——反犹太主义政治化和武器化的趋势。”。
“总统一直拒绝承认在煽动这种仍在上升的偏见方面的任何作用。
“现在，就在特朗普在一次演讲中使用反犹太主义比喻(包括金钱和美以双重忠诚)几天后，他计划签署一项行政命令，进一步将反犹太主义武器化，并限制言论自由，”魔线补充道。
上周末，特朗普在对以色列美国委员会的演讲中使用了多种反犹太主义的比喻。他暗示犹太人不会投票赞成财产税，并表示许多与会者都从事房地产行业。“我非常了解你，”特朗普说。“你们是残忍的杀手，根本不是好人。”
魔线将道德操守办公室斥之为“政治剧场”，这“不仅适得其反，而且危及这些倡导者声称要捍卫的人民”
白宫否认了将犹太教归类为一个民族的指控。1964年民权法案第六章允许教育部扣留对“基于种族、肤色或民族血统”歧视的机构或项目的资助宗教不包括在定义中，但犹太教现在包括在内。
“这意味着犹太裔美国人有一个独立于他们美国身份的民族身份是显而易见的，”魔线争辩道。“犹太社区不需要特朗普总统将犹太人的身份编入法律。总统出于冷酷无情的政治目的，正在人为地改变犹太人的地位。”
亲巴勒斯坦组织警告说，道德操守办公室将允许政府扼杀支持对以色列进行经济抵制的以色列发展局运动。周三，巴勒斯坦学术和文化抵制以色列运动BDS运动的创始成员组织——称道德操守办公室是“反民主的”
魔线表示同意。他说:“从表面上看，这似乎是试图让学校对校园反犹太主义事件这一非常真实的问题负责，但我们已经看到了本届政府下的实际情况。”。
“本届政府以反犹太主义为挡箭牌，排斥他人，压制异议，并加强对以色列的政治支持。这只会适得其反。”
一位高级政府官员告诉记者新闻周刊道德操守办公室旨在保护犹太人免受一切威胁和暴力形式。
这位官员说:“评论员应该在滔滔不绝之前先阅读道德操守办公室。”。这位官员解释说:“任何阅读总统行政命令的人都会看到，总统明确允许第六章的处罚适用于反犹太行为，包括暴力反犹太行为。”。
至于特朗普自己反犹太主义的指控，该官员称，“特朗普总统是美国历史上最亲宗教、亲犹太、亲以色列的总统。任何声称不是这样的人都是在与事实进行一场高层斗争。”
这位官员拒绝就道德操守办公室将扼杀言论自由和对以色列政府的合法批评发表评论。
TRUMP IS 'WEAPONIZING' ANTI-SEMITISM WITH LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER, RABBI SAYS
A prominent rabbi has accused President Donald Trump of weaponizing anti-Semitism with his latest executive order, which expands the administration's interpretation of race and national origin to include Judaism—previously only considered a religion.
The EO will extend civil rights protection for Jewish people and allow the Department of Education to defund institutions and programs allowing anti-Semitism to fester.
But critics have warned it may play into anti-Semitic tropes by treating Jewish people as a nationality other than American—a charge the White House has vehemently denied.
Others have warned that the EO will help the government crack down on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions-related movements, which are pressuring the Israeli government to improve its treatment of Palestinians and stop its violations of international law.
Rabbi Jack Moline, the president of the Interfaith Alliance, on Wednesday accused Trump of weaponizing anti-Semitism while simultaneously exacerbating intolerance by consistently reverting to offensive anti-Semitic tropes.
"From the beginning of President Trump's administration, we have seen—and called out—a trend of politicizing and weaponizing anti-Semitism," Moline said.
"The President has consistently refused to acknowledge any role in fanning the flames of this bigotry that remains on the rise.
"Now, just days after Trump deployed anti-Semitic tropes in a speech, including ones about money and dual loyalty between America and Israel, he plans to sign an executive order that further weaponizes anti-Semitism and limits free speech," Moline added.
Last weekend, Trump used multiple anti-Semitic tropes in a speech to the Israeli American Council. He suggested Jews would not vote for a wealth tax and said many of those attending were in the real estate business. "I know you very well," Trump said. "You're brutal killers, not nice people at all."
Moline dismissed the EO as "political theater" that "is not only counter-productive, but it endangers the very people such advocates claim to defend."
The White House has rejected the charge that it is classifying Judaism as a nationality. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowed the Department of Education to withhold funding for institutions or programs that discriminate "on the ground of race, color, or national origin." Religion was not included in the definition, but Judaism now is.
"Its implication that Jewish Americans have a national identity separate from their American identity is clear," Moline argued. "The Jewish community does not need President Trump to codify what Jews are into law. The president is changing Jewish status in an artificial way for callous political purposes."
Pro-Palestinian organizations have warned that the EO will allow the administration to suffocate the BDS movement, which supports an economic boycott of Israel. On Wednesday, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel—a founding member organization of the BDS Movement—said the EO was "anti-democratic."
Moline concurred. "While on the surface this seems like an attempt to hold institutions accountable for the very real issue of anti-Semitic incidents on campuses, we have seen what this will actually look like under this administration," he said.
"This administration uses anti-Semitism as a shield to ostracize others, squash dissent, and bolster political support for Israel. And that will only backfire against the Jewish community."
A senior administration official told Newsweek that the EO is designed to protect Jews against all threats and forms of violence.
"Commentators should read the EO before spouting off," the official said. "Anyone who reads the President's EO will see that the President is explicitly allowing for the Title VI penalties to apply to anti-Semitic acts, including violent anti-Semitic acts," the official explained.
As to allegations of Trump's own anti-Semitism, the official said, "President Trump is the most pro-religion, pro-Jewish, pro-Israel President in U.S. history. Anyone who claims otherwise is fighting an up-hill battle against the facts."
The official declined to comment on concerns that the EO will stifle free speech and legitimate criticism of the Israeli government.
