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Judaism: Nationality or Religion?

Speaker:: Rabbi Ya'akov Trump
Date:: December 15 2019

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Venue: Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst

Halacha:

Contemporary Issues, Israel

Machshava:

Israel

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Following the Executive Order of President Trump on December 11 2019, extending the Civil Rights Act protection to Jews as part of a nationality, it spurs the question which Rabbi Trump deals with about the very definition of the Jewish people. Are they in fact a people or a nation?

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