The Nexus Newsletter

Every week, the Nexus Project equips you to understand and confront antisemitism in all its forms. Our newsletter unpacks the headlines, reveals the patterns shaping our democracy, and highlights real ways forward. And on alternating weeks, the Nexus Watchdog calls out true antisemitism… and pushes back against those who exploit it for politics.

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Newsletter Archive

The (now former) White House press secretary’s Holocaust problem

October 16, 2026
This week, antisemitism came from the new White House press secretary and from a UN special rapporteur, two people who would each say they oppose it. Nexus holds both to the same standard, whatever cause they claim to serve.

An Oct. 7 vigil overrun, inside the ADL’s antisemitism count, and more

October 9, 2026
Three years after October 7, the grief is still close to the surface, and so is the fear. Jewish parents are checking school blacktops for swastikas.

Mamdani Releases Antisemitism Strategy, Commission on Civil Rights Critiques Trump

September 29, 2026
This week, two major releases made clear that fighting antisemitism and protecting democracy go hand in hand.

Macklemore Said “Free Palestine.” Was It Antisemitic?

September 25, 2026
Yom Kippur asks for an honest accounting. This year, many Jews made theirs inside synagogues guarded by police, and that fact belongs in the accounting too.

When a Watermelon Counts as Antisemitism and a Holocaust Denier Doesn’t

September 18, 2026
Rabbi Sharon Brous told her congregation on Rosh Hashanah that she no longer trusts the tools most Jewish organizations use to track antisemitism. She is not alone.

Vance Blames Immigrants for Antisemitism. Jews Have Heard This Before.

August 27, 2026
Sixty-three years ago, Rabbi Joachim Prinz stood at the Lincoln Memorial minutes before Dr. King and warned America against becoming a nation of onlookers.

The Antisemitism Accusations Made Headlines. The Antisemitic Attacks Didn’t.

August 27, 2026
The word "antisemitism" was everywhere this week. A movie studio aimed it at a critic of its merger.

DOJ Whistleblower: The Antisemitism Investigations Had Predetermined Outcomes

August 21, 2026
Some of what we cover this week is antisemitism. Some of it is the word being used for something else.

Piker’s “Inbred” Defense, Hunter Absolves Tucker

August 14, 2026
Antisemitism is a tangible reality, not just theory or online debates. This week showed how few people with a platform treat it that way.

Devil Horns, Border Conspiracies, and a Win at Penn

August 7, 2026
An AI-generated image of a Jewish candidate with devil horns is still the same image antisemites have drawn for centuries. A conspiracy theory about Israel engineering a migrant crisis is just another form of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.

A Better Path Forward with Mayor Mamdani

July 31, 2026
Everything this week comes back to a single question: what actually keeps Jews safe? Not statements, not confrontation, not investigations announced in the name of Jewish safety.

Was Mamdani’s Netanyahu Video Antisemitic?

July 23, 2026
This week, New York's mayor called for the arrest of a foreign head of state over the war in Gaza. Meanwhile, a leader of one of the country's most prominent young Republican clubs was photographed making what appears to be a Nazi salute.
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