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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism - NEXUS

The Shofar Report

The Shofar Report is a call to defend both democracy and Jewish safety. It is the Nexus Project’s answer to Project Esther, which is the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for using weaponized claims of antisemitism to

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Executive Summary

The Shofar Report is a call to defend both democracy and Jewish safety. It is the Nexus Project’s answer to Project Esther, which is the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for using weaponized claims of antisemitism to

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

The Shifting Uses of Antisemitic Tropes

Antisemitic “tropes” are phrases or images that evoke myths, stereotypes, and conspiracy theories about Jews rather than state them explicitly. As shorthand tools to express hatred towards Jews or Judaism, they are directly and indirectly

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Antisemitism in the “Golden Land”?

Download Copy This Report to Clipboard Lila Corwin Berman Lila Corwin Berman is the Paul & Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and the director of the Gold- stein-Goren Center for American Jewish History.

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Antisemitism and US Foreign Policy

History and research show that whenever Israel engages in major military operations causing significant Palestinian casualties, antisemitic incidents and hate crimes against Jews spike worldwide, as Jews are unfairly blamed for Israel’s actions. Antisemitic attitudes

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Antisemitism and Universities

Universities have not only been sites of huge economic innovation and mobility; they have bastions of American democracy, promoting ideals of equality, free expression, and the right to protest. For centuries, the university has been

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Antisemitism and Xenophobia

At present, the Trump administration is convening task forces and advancing projects predicated on a fiction that the left is singularly responsible for antisemitism in our country, while ignoring its root causes and the vile

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Antisemitism and Democracy

American Jews are being offered a false choice that suggests countering real and rising antisemitism requires us to abandon the democratic norms and values inherent to our safety and advancement. We are told that we

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The Shofar Report - A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Antisemitism and Jewish Safety

We are at a painful moment in American Jewish history. On the very evening of October 7th — when 1,195 human beings in Israel were murdered by Hamas and 251 additional human beings were taken

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The Nexus Document

The Nexus Document is a resource designed for policymakers and community leaders, aiming to enhance their understanding of the issues that intersect at the nexus of antisemitism, Israel, and Zionism. It was welcomed in the

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Testimonies & Events

Explore recordings of Nexus Project Events and Testimonies featuring Jewish leaders, politicians, government leaders, and other experts on key topics.

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Nexus Project Statement In Response To The Introduction Of The Combating Antisemitism Act of 2024

Partner Resources

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Definitions & Frameworks

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Nexus Project Statement In Response To The Introduction Of The Combating Antisemitism Act of 2024

Strategy & Guides

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Project Esther: A Nexus Project Briefing

Project Esther reframes protest as antisemitism and dissent as a national security threat. It was developed with minimal Jewish input, it advances a far-right agenda, not Jewish safety. It is already being implemented: visa revocations,

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Campus Guide PDF

This Guide offers a nuanced framework for recognizing antisemitic behavior on college campuses. It distinguishes itself by carefully delineating between antisemitic speech and legitimate criticism of Israel or Zionism, providing clear guidelines to navigate this

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Partner Resources

The Nexus Document is a resource designed for policymakers and community leaders, aiming to enhance their understanding of the issues that intersect at the nexus of antisemitism, Israel, and Zionism. It was welcomed in the

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Antisemitism x Democracy PDF

In the coming pages, you’ll find an analysis of the current landscape in the fight against antisemitism, with an eye towards efforts that highlight the connections between antisemitism and our democracy

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Chants of Infatada

For many Jews on campus, chants of “Intifada” recalls the more recent “Second Intifada” and its widespread violence targeting Jewish civilians of Israel. Since such slogans re-emerged in a widespread way within hours of the

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Nexus Project Statement In Response To The Introduction Of The Combating Antisemitism Act of 2024

Another Domain of Discourse

Download Copy Resource to Clipboard       Discourse that can be offensive, dangerous or supportive of indiscriminate violence, even if not necessarily antisemitic In the midst and aftermath of the campus protests of 2023-24,

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Nexus Project Statement In Response To The Introduction Of The Combating Antisemitism Act of 2024

Definitions of Antisemitism

The three widely accepted definitions of antisemitism are: The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), The Nexus Document, The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism.

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Nexus Project Statement In Response To The Introduction Of The Combating Antisemitism Act of 2024

The Nexus White Paper PDF

The Nexus White Paper, Understanding Antisemitism at its Nexus with Israel and Zionism, serves as the foundation for the principles articulated in the Nexus Document and the Guide for Identifying Antisemitism in Debates About Israel.

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Nexus White Paper

The Nexus White Paper, Understanding Antisemitism at its Nexus with Israel and Zionism, serves as the foundation for the principles articulated in the Nexus Document and the Guide for Identifying Antisemitism in Debates About Israel.

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Nexus Project Statement In Response To The Introduction Of The Combating Antisemitism Act of 2024

The Nexus Document PDF

The Nexus Document PDF is a resource designed for policymakers and community leaders, aiming to enhance their understanding of the issues that intersect at the nexus of antisemitism, Israel, and Zionism. It was welcomed in

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The Nexus Document

The Nexus Document was welcomed in the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism as a valuable tool to raise awareness and increase understanding of antisemitism.

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