"STUDENTS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH" - Tony Perkins, Washington Updater, December 12, 2019; https://www.frc.org/updatearticle/20191212/students-high [AS I SEE IT: Whenever there are tragic events, such as mass shootings - we've becvome used to the "politcally correct" crowd to cry out for gun control, or some other "solution" that has been repeatedly tried and failed because they don't address the real problem. That's what makes President Trump's concrete response to anti-semitism so refreshing, because it concretly goes after the source of so much of such outrageous views at our universities. While they may report this latest action by the President, don't hold your breath that anyone in the mainstream media will have the intregrity to give him credit for not just expressing sympathy for the victims but for going after those whose actions lead to anti-semitism. - Stan]
"This is our message to universities: If you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year, you must reject anti-Semitism," the president said at the White House. "It's very simple." Under the policy, the administration would make Judaism a "nationality," so that it would fall under the Civil Rights Act. As CBN's Emily Jones explains, "Religion is not included in that portion of the law so the definition of Judaism must be changed to include national origin for schools to be punished for not doing enough to stop anti-Semitism."
Once the order goes into effect, anything anti-Semitic -- like campus boycotts -- would be grounds for banning funding. That would be a steep price for a lot of universities, who, as FRC's report shows, are really struggling to combat this new wave of intolerance (if they're trying at all). More than 1,700 incidents targeting Jews happened just between 2015-2017. "Most Americans," we explain, "would be mortified to learn that the colleges and universities to which they pay a king's ransom have become safe havens for an increasingly noticeable anti-Semitism that has produced an environment of bullying, intimidation, and fear for Jewish students and academics."
To add insult to injury, FRC's report goes on, "many watchdog groups of the Civil Rights era, most notably the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), have turned a blind eye to this emerging Jew-hatred that fashionably casts itself as a critique of the creation of the state of Israel as just another instance of Western imperialism."
Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld, a renowned Holocaust scholar from Indiana University Bloomington, warned about this trend three years ago. "Anti-Semitism has become a serious threat once again..." saying that he had thought that after the demise of the Nazis and knowledge of the destruction they wrought, serious public Jew-hatred was unlikely to surface again in the West in any major way. "I was wrong... Anti-Semitism is on the rise again, and the situation on campuses seems especially acute... We cannot hope to stop it or overturn it immediately, but our goal is to open more eyes toward what is happening, to get more people to start paying attention to contemporary anti-Semitism and the role that hostility to Israel plays in generating it..." Hopefully, the president's order will do exactly that.
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PRAYER MATTERS:
"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against
the disorder of the world. - Karl Barth
the disorder of the world. - Karl Barth
"Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer."- Stan
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Praying Through the Open Doors World Watch List for persecuted believers:https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/pray/monthly-prayer-calendar/
Monthly Focus | CHILDREN OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH -This month, please pray with us for the littlest victims of persecution: the children of our brothers and sisters. Their stories show us persecution’s far-reaching impact—and remind us of Jesus’ words: “…for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matt. 19:14).
December 14 | NORTH KOREA - Thank God for North Korean believers like the one who told an Open Doors team, “We dedicate ourselves again to help the other Christians.” Pray with believers as they share the hope they have in Jesus.
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December 14 | NORTH KOREA - Thank God for North Korean believers like the one who told an Open Doors team, “We dedicate ourselves again to help the other Christians.” Pray with believers as they share the hope they have in Jesus.
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