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
An Open Letter to Jonathan Greenblatt: This Is Not The Way
Jonathan Jacoby penned an open letter to ADL’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, urging him to address right-wing extremism and emphasize unity against the Trump administration’s attempt to divide Jewish Americans.
ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks
After the ADL narrowed its mission by modifying its website to eliminate ‘Protect Civil Rights’ amid right-wing attacks, Nexus Project National Director Jonathan Jacoby, warned: “The Trump administration’s actions are not just challenging liberals or progressives or Democrats, they’re challenging Jews to respond. They’re challenging every Jewish organization. It’s a clear example of why every Jewish organization, or every organization that represents Jewish interests, should be calling
Ella Messler Upholds Democracy, Jewish Advocacy With the Nexus Project
Ella Messler, Nexus Project’s Programs Associate, spoke with the Washington Jewish Week about her work with the Nexus Project, which includes supporting the Nexus Task Force and advocacy initiatives. Ella spoke about rising antisemitism, noting that as Jewish Americans “see antisemitism weaponized by our leaders for their own political aims — which is a big focus of the Nexus Project — I think this moment of crisis
Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response
The Forward announced the release of the Nexus Project’s Shofar Report, highlighting its extensive recommendations for countering antisemitism and preserving democracy.
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace to Jewish progressive: ‘I have a good surgeon if you ever want to get your nose done’,
After GOP Rep. Nancy Mace made a hateful comment to Jewish Congresswoman Sara Jacobs reflecting antisemitic stereotypes, the Nexus Project swiftly condemned Mace’s remark, calling on Mace and all members of Congress to refrain from “antisemitic, schoolyard bullying about [Mace’s] Jewish colleagues’ noses generally, and especially in a post about respecting women’s bodies.”
UCLA’s Jewish community unites against Trump’s $1-billion demand: ‘Misguided and punitive’
Professor David Myers, a Nexus Project Task Force member and professor of Jewish history at the University of California, Los Angeles, highlighted that universities settling litigation related to antisemitism claims with the Trump administration could set a “dangerous” precedent. Myers told the Los Angeles Times
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:
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.
Mamdani’s Netanyahu Video Fuels The Debate Over The Meaning of Antisemitism
Whether they support the Israeli government or not, the conflation of Jews and Israel is “one of the most serious challenges that we face,” said Jonathan Jacoby, the national director of the Nexus Project, an antisemitism watchdog group positioned to the left of the ADL.
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.
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.”
