RELIGION HEADLINES MON 12-29

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(SRN NEWS)-(  )  Jews around the world are vowing not to be intimidated by rising anti-Semitism.  Many are pointing to a speech by Eli Schlanger, an Australian rabbi who was killed in this month’s Bondi Beach massacre, who urged his congregation to “Be more Jewish, act more Jewish and appear more Jewish.”  Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Union for Reform Judaism says “Jewish safety in democratic societies depends on open, shared civic affirmation, supported by political and community leaders and by fellow citizens, not on retreat behind closed doors.  Stepping into the public square and normalizing Jewish presence is how we defend ourselves.”

(  )  President Trump is a big sports fan and he has taken his campaign against transgenderism into the world of athletics.  Early in his term, Mr. Trump signed an executive order called “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”.   The next day, the NCAA amended its own rules to adhere to the administration’s guidance on transgenderism.  Several months later, and with no fanfare, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee changed its policy to conform with Mr. Trump’s.  It was a move Olympic legal expert Jill Pilgrim says was backed by a “well-reasoned set of arguments.”