Nexus In The News
Significant news articles that mention Nexus, including Op-Ed articles written by Nexus Board Members and Advisors.
Project Esther has shaped Trump’s antisemitism strategy. The Shofar Report is a liberal Jewish response
Project 2025’s Other Project
Most American Jews say Trump is using antisemitism as an 'excuse' to silence free speech at universities
US to screen social media of immigrants, rights advocates raise concerns
Reuters reported on the announcement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that it would monitor social media posts from immigrants for alleged antisemitism and use it as grounds for deportation. Kanishka Singh wrote, “The Nexus Project, which fights antisemitism, said the Trump administration was going after immigrants in the name of tackling antisemitism and treating antisemitism as an imported problem.”
Opinion: Trump and Netanyahu Steer Toward an Ugly World, Together
Opinion Columnist Thomas Friedman explores the U.S.-Israel relationship under the Trump and Netanyahu administrations and how the two leaders undermine democracy to push their autocratic agendas. Friedman interviewed Nexus National Director Jonathan Jacoby about Nexus’s recent report Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting Democracy: A Strategy for the Trump Era. Jacoby commented: “President Trump has taken a real phenomenon that needs to be addressed — antisemitism that emerges out of
Trump’s pro-Palestinian activism crackdown closely mirrors a plan from the creators of Project 2025
POLITICO analyzes Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther, which the Trump administration has used as a blueprint to combat antisemitism, including detaining student protestors and pulling funding from universities. Kevin Rachlin commented, “There is real resistance from the Jewish community. There is real resistance from the civil liberties community, from almost across the board in civil society. There is real danger if [Project Esther] is implemented.”
Trump’s Fight Against Antisemitism Has Become Fraught for Many Jews
The New York Times reports on the varying reactions from Jewish groups and Jewish leaders to the Trump administration’s approach to countering antisemitism. Jonathan Jacoby, the national director of the Nexus Project, expressed concern over the safety of Jewish Americans, “[a]nytime you put Jews in the middle on an issue, it’s not good for the Jews…That’s a classic antisemitic position that antisemites like to put Jews. So
Opinion: Jewish community must stand up to Trump’s targeting of international students
Alan Solomont, member of the Nexus Project Board and Dean Emeritus of Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, responded to the detainment of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University PhD student. Solomont editorializes, “What happened to Ozturk, and many other international students, will not make Jewish students safer, nor is it fighting antisemitism. It is weaponizing legitimate Jewish pain and very real concerns about antisemitism
Antisemitism watchdog offers alternative to Trump’s campus crackdown
Axios reports on the release of Nexus’s Antisemitism Strategy for the Trump Era. Nexus National Director Jonathan Jacoby shared, “While the Trump Administration exploits the rise of antisemitism to target democratic freedoms and political opponents, too many Jewish establishment groups are either backing their efforts or remaining silent.”
Tucker Carlson: If JD Vance Were President, We Would Not Be At War
The Nexus Project, described as a Jewish watchdog organization, called Carlson “one of the most important enablers of antisemitism in the United States today,” arguing that he “substitutes the words ‘Israel’ and ‘Zionists’ for ‘Jews,’ but let’s not pretend this is innocent geopolitical analysis.”
Jewish California Democrat Scott Wiener Chased From Trans Rights March Over Israel Views
Antisemitism watchdog the Nexus Project, which also describes itself as a free speech advocate and has positioned itself to the Anti-Defamation League’s left, said that the harassment was “unacceptable.”
We Should Aim Higher Than ‘Not Quite Antisemitic’
Many forms of hatred and prejudice survive by existing just within acceptable boundaries. The standard can’t end at “can I defend this statement against a charge of bigotry?” We need to ask ourselves “what kind of social environment am I creating?” and “how do I expand my coalition or movement instead of siloing it?”
Joe Rogan Says Israel’s Influence ‘Creeps’ Americans Out
Joe Rogan’s Israel Remarks came during a discussion with comedian and podcaster Tim Dillon. He named Nick Fuentes, a right-wing figure considered to be a “white nationalist”. The Nexus Project, a nonprofit whose goal is to combat antisemitism, wrote on X that the exchange “is exactly how antisemitism becomes normalized.”
Trump envoy’s push to eliminate standalone Holocaust office divides Jewish leaders
Kevin Rachlin, the vice president of government relations for the Nexus Project, told JTA that the advance toward a potential merger marked “yet another attempt by the administration to cut government offices and roles without thinking through the ramifications or the consequences.”
Jewish groups rally behind bipartisan Senate antisemitism bill with $1B security allocation
We are pleased to support JASA, which includes serious tools that can tangibly help protect the American Jewish community. Many of the same tools are also included in the Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act, which Nexus also supports,” Kevin Rachlin, Nexus Project’s vice president of government relations, said in a statement to JTA. “Importantly, neither of these two bills seek to push forward an unhelpful, contested definition
Alex Soros commits $30 million to organizations fighting antisemitism — and its weaponization
The Nexus Project, for example, was significantly expanded in 2024 after creating an alternative to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, which classifies much criticism of Israel as antisemitic and continues to be promoted by the country’s largest Jewish groups.
Antisemitic assaults reach record levels, audit says. What data shows
“The audit is crucial, [NCAR Director Aryeh Tuchman] added, but incidents need to be studied to understand people’s motivations and factors leading to physical assaults against Jews. “Simply looking at a list of incidents is not going to tell you that answer,” he said. “You need to study it much more deeply.”
