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The Risky Business of Letting the Government Define a Religion

By Esther L. Lederman
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Robert Kraft, and others stand behind Donald Trump after he signed an executive order on anti-semitism during a Hanukkah reception in White House. Dec. 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenne
Dec 16, 2019
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Trump's executive order undermines the freedom of Jewish self-definition. 

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Robert Kraft, and others stand behind Donald Trump after he signed an executive order on anti-semitism during a Hanukkah reception in White House. Dec. 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenne