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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 Esther has shaped Trump’s antisemitism strategy. The Shofar Report is a liberal Jewish response

Following the release of the Nexus Project’s Shofar Report, JTA reported on the report’s impact as a major Jewish response to Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther.
Project 2025’s Other Project

Project 2025’s Other Project

The New York Times’ podcast, The Daily, released an episode discussing Project Esther, a blueprint developed by the Heritage Foundation, and embraced by the Trump administration, that laid the groundwork for deporting pro-Palestinian students under the guise of combating antisemitism.
Most American Jews say Trump is using antisemitism as an 'excuse' to silence free speech at universities

Most American Jews say Trump is using antisemitism as an 'excuse' to silence free speech at universities

A newly released Impose poll conducted in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Rochester, showed that 72% of Jewish Americans are concerned about antisemitism on campus
Tucker Carlson: If JD Vance Were President, We Would Not Be At War

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.”

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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?”

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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.”

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jewish groups rally behind bipartisan Senate antisemitism bill with $1B security allocation The Jewish American Security Act Democratic author is Jacky Rosen the Jewish se

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

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Universities were forced to pay up despite little evidence of antisemitism, Trump whistleblowers say

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.”

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The Met’s Galliano Show Is Already Controversial. Can It Be Done Right?

The exhibit also comes amid a spate of high-profile antisemitic attacks in the US and abroad. “At a time when so many are feeling fearful of antisemitism, it’s going to make people understandably a little discomforted in the American Jewish community,” said Nate Wolfson, the communications director for the Nexus Project, a US non-profit which works to combat antisemitism.

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Engaging Mamdani in the Fight Against Antisemitism

After New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a video last week calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, several Jewish leaders responded by accusing him of fueling antisemitism and making Jewish New Yorkers less safe. Those accusations intensified after the brutal stabbing of a Jewish man outside a Manhattan synagogue.

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Tucker Carlson: If JD Vance Were President, We Would Not Be At War

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.”

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