What American Jews should know about Project 2025 and its connection to Christian Nationalism

[Behind the Aegis]

Project 2025, a conservative policy agenda years in the making, has vaulted into American political consciousness in recent days. President Joe Biden wants you to think the mysterious project is the heart of his Republican rival’s platform, despite the fact that former President Donald Trump has denounced parts of it as “ridiculous and abysmal” and said that he has no idea who is behind it.

There are a number of reasons that Jewish leaders are among those alarmed by Project 2025: They see it as a step toward authoritarianism, an erosion of freedom of religion, and the empowering of a Christian Nationalist movement they see is steeped in antisemitism.

What does Project 2025 mean for American Jews?

When people talk about Project 2025, they are generally referring to a 922-page policy document developed by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. The document lays out a plan for the drastic expansion of presidential power and reshaping of the federal government.

It touches on nearly every hot-button issue imaginable — immigration, healthcare, foreign policy and civil rights, to name a few — and more than a few random ones. It would, for example, require overtime pay for employees who work on the Sabbath. (It’s referring to Sunday, not Saturday).

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Suppose a new Executive Order directed that only certain Christians

can hold office (federal, state, local), that on its face would violate the "Religious Test" Clause 3 of Article IV in the Federal Constitution. (Clause 3 Oaths of Office: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.)

But further suppose that it goes through because either or both Congress refuse acknowledge and/or endorse that it's a violation?

And that's how The Constitution will be nullified, one clause at a time.

[madaboutharry]

2. Sadly, right-wing republican Jews are blind to the dangers of a Christian Nationalist state.

They support Trump, thinking that he will "be better for Israel." Here is a news flash: Watch Israeli news for a day and it is clear that most Israelis view Joe Biden as a more reliable ally to Israel, regardless of some of his standoffs with Netanyahu, which many do not see as necessarily a bad thing.

If, God forbid, Trump wins this election and the United States evolves into a Christian Nationalist country, things will undoubtedly become intolerable for American Jews. Jews never do well under authoritarian regimes, regardless of the veneer.