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
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.”
A growing number of Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
In JTA, Nexus Project and other Jewish groups vocally condemned the arrest of pro-Palestinian protestor Mahmoud Khalil. The Nexus statement, while expressing concern about antisemitism and the tome of campus protests, said, “Authoritarian federal overreach and apparent disregard for due process only makes Jews less safe.” NYJA likewise condemned campus antisemitism.
An Open Letter to Jonathan Greenblatt: This Time, Choose Engagement
If Jewish safety is the goal, engagement should be part of the strategy. And when the Mamdani administration takes meaningful steps to protect Jews and combat antisemitism, including measures ADL itself has advocated, those steps create common ground ADL can build on.
Moment Debate | Can Jewish Groups Work with the Democratic Socialists of America?
Yes—with an “if.” Jewish groups can work with the DSA if it is willing to engage with them. It’s OK to engage with people with whom we disagree on political principles when we also have shared goals. That doesn’t mean we’re endorsing them.
Why Tucker Carlson Is Defending This Democrat in a Key Senate Race
Director of the Nexus Center for Antisemitism Research Aryeh Tuchman explained to The New York Times how Michigan Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s criticism of Israel can upset some Jewish Americans while still avoiding crossing the line into overt antisemitism.
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 — using our community’s safety as a pretext to punish political opponents and gut academic freedom. That betrays the very people these investigations claimed to protect.”
Whistleblower Claims Trump’s Campus Antisemitism Crackdown Was a Cash Grab
The report has prompted Jewish U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) to initiate an investigation into the allegations. The Nexus Foundation, a watchdog organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and protecting free speech, released a statement supporting Raskin and Van Erem.
The Great Agreement: Conspiracy About Israel’s Orchestration of Moroccan Migrants Embraced Across the Spectrum
Nexus Project, a center-left counterweight to the conservative Anti-Defamation League, argues that left-wing proponents of the Israel conspiracy theory share a central element of traditional Great Replacement logic. Nexus writes:
