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
There Is a Better Way to Fight Antisemitism
In an Opinion piece published by Newsweek, Nexus Project Board Members Hannah Rosenthal and Rabbi David Saperstein discuss the contradictions of the new Trump Administration vowing to fight antisemitism while threatening to crack down on peaceful protests and free speech.
For Colleges, Defining Antisemitism Hasn’t Gotten Any Easier
Writing for the CHE, Maddie Khaw references Nexus: With the new Trump administration turning its eye to higher education, Harvard in particular may be “bowing its head” to political pressure, preemptively “cutting [its] losses,” said Jonathan Jacoby, national director of the Nexus Leadership Project.
Netanyahu Defends Elon Musk Amid Spate Of Nazi Puns
After the Israeli prime minister defended Musk following controversy over a gesture at a Trump rally, the tech executive wrote a tweet full of Nazi-related wordplay. Jonathan Jacoby is quoted: “Elon Musk has a long track record of promoting white nationalist and antisemitic ideas and conspiracies,”
One Day After Trump Takes Office, Harvard Settles Two Antisemitism Lawsuits
Harvard reached a settlement in two ongoing Title VI lawsuits accusing the university of mishandling antisemitism. Harvard’s decision to adopt the IHRA definition could blur the lines between legitimate political discourse and antisemitic rhetoric. David H. Myers and Joshua Shanes (both sit on the Nexus Project Task Force) are quoted in the article.
Trump urged deportation of foreign students with pro-terrorism views
“While the rapid rise in campus antisemitism demands serious action by the incoming administration and Congress, threatening to deport students based on their political views about Israel and Palestine would be a dangerous overreach that undermines both academic freedom and America’s democratic values,” said Kevin Rachlin, Nexus.
Will Trump’s Threats to Defund Colleges Over ‘Antisemitic Propaganda’ Become a Reality?
“That, to me, is the hard thing: to say you want to do something while at the same time endorsing classical antisemitic tropes,” said Kevin Rachlin, Washington director for the Nexus Leadership Project, a nonprofit that combats antisemitism. “Actions speak louder than words in this case.”
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 Jonathan Jacoby in his op-ed for The Hill analyzes how this creates the conditions for a familiar and dangerous antisemitic chain reaction.
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 spurious lawsuit and accusing the Trump administration of exploiting “legitimate Jewish concerns over antisemitism as a thinly veiled excuse to attack and bully major academic institutions.”
Trump administration sues Harvard for allegedly discriminating against Jewish, Israeli students
In response to the Trump administration’s latest escalation in its battle with Harvard University over its alleged failure to protect Jewish students following October 7, 2023, Nexus Project wrote on X “This authoritarian abuse of power doesn’t make Jewish students safer, or reflect the recommendations of antisemitism experts.”
Latest Epstein files release unleashes wave of antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media
With the release of a slew of documents in the Epstein Files there has been an alarming rise in related antisemitic conspiracies and rhetoric online. The Nexus Project released a thread discussing the rampant antisemitic conspiracy posts on X, which JTA shared and quoted from: “The Epstein files are real. The antisemitism they’re fueling is also real. And right now, the second part is getting almost no
Senator Cassidy’s IHRA Crusade Is a Political Stunt, Not a Plan to Protect Jews
Kevin Rachlin, Nexus Vice President of Government Relations and Washington Director, wrote a blog for the Times of Israel discussing how Senator Cassidy’s campaign to elevate the IHRA definition of antisemitism amounts to a political stunt rather than a genuine plan to protect Jewish communities, arguing that definitional debates distract from substantive measures that address real-world antisemitism.
Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort at watchdog Nexus
Aryeh Tuchman will direct a new Nexus research center focused on improving data, definitions and public understanding of antisemitism.
Mamdani’s antisemitism strategy: Reluctant to confront extremist threats while pledging to protect Jews
After NYC’s Mayor Mamdani revoked some executive orders issued by his predecessor, including one that had adopted the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism, Nexus Project National Director Jonathan Jacoby told Jewish Insider that Mamdani “and all public officials should be judged by the actions they take to protect Jewish communities — not by their adherence to any one controversial definition of antisemitism.
Here we go again: Why are we still fighting about antisemitism definitions?
Kevin Rachlin, Nexus Vice President of Government Relations and Washington Director, wrote a blog for the Times of Israel discussing the Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to revoke the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)