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My Father Was In The Hungarian Resistance. Orbán’s Defeat Reminds Us Why It Mattered
My father resisted the Nazis in Hungary. I thought of him — and how he would have rejoiced — when the Hungarian people voted out Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Sunday, after 16 years of
War with Iran is sparking an antisemitic chain reaction
In the wake of U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran, some U.S. officials have suggested that Israel drew the United States into the conflict, while Israeli leaders have celebrated the joint campaign. Nexus President
U.S. Sues Harvard Over Treatment of Jewish and Israeli Students, Seeks Billions of Dollars
The Trump administration sued Harvard University over the Ivy League school’s alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students, and is seeking to recover billions of dollars of taxpayer money. The Nexus Project responded, criticizing
The Macklemore-Sheeran Blow Up Explained In Five Faith Facts
“I may disagree with Macklemore’s advocacy for Palestine, and however uncomfortable it may make me feel, it’s not hate speech,” said Jonathan Jacoby, president of the Nexus Project, a study group that analyzes antisemitism.
Protecting Jews Means Protecting Democracy
Jewish safety and our democracy are intricately linked and cannot exist without the other. When democracy has historically been threatened, Jews everywhere are less safe and more vulnerable to discrimination and persecution.
Universities Were Forced to Pay Up Despite Little Evidence of Antisemitism, Trump Whistleblowers Say
The Nexus Project, a Jewish watchdog group working to battle antisemitism while protecting free speech and civil rights, issued a statement saying the whistleblower report “describes a gross exploitation of Jewish Americans’ legitimate fears —
