More than 550 rabbis and cantors have signed a letter objecting to President Trump’s crackdown on universities for what the administration calls tolerance of antisemitism, calling Trump’s executive orders and detentions of students who criticized Israel “cynical attacks on higher education.”
Its signers, who mostly represent Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist synagogues and institutions, include a broad swath of liberal Jewish leaders who oppose many of Trump’s policies beyond his disciplining of academia. Only a handful of Orthodox leaders signed the statement.
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