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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 3h
This appears to be another example of an individual, this time an Israeli Jew, being targeted for anti-Israel advocacy. Withholding or removing someone's legal status over a constitutionally protected right to protest doesn't make Jews more safe. It erodes the protections we have long relied on.
nytimes.com
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported. (Gift Article)
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 4h
BREAKING: Bipartisan federal commission has released a new report criticizing the Trump administration's campus antisemitism strategy.
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Nexus Welcomes U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Call for a Balanced Response to Campus Antisemitism - Nexus Project
The Nexus Project welcomes the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ unanimous conclusion that combating campus antisemitism requires both protecting Jewish students from discrimination and safeguarding ci...
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This plan shows that Mayor Mamdani has listened to the concerns of Jewish New Yorkers — and put forward meaningful commitments and real funding to help keep them safe. Our full statement on NYC's first-ever municipal strategy to combat antisemitism:
A M N Y headlien: "Mamdani unveils long-awaited antisemitism strategy with $7.4M for prevention, security." "The Nexus Project appreciates and encourages the implementation of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. We are pleased to see the Nexus Document included among the tools that the New York City government will utilize to identify and confront antisemitism."Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: "“This plan shows that Mayor Mamdani has listened to the concerns of Jewish New Yorkers — and put forward meaningful commitments and real funding to help keep them safe. Mayor Mamdani’s strategy is rooted in an important recognition that confronting antisemitism is a critical part of the wider struggle against bigotry. Jews have always thrived in pluralistic democracies. When we defend one another and build a society where no group can be singled out for discrimination, we're all safer and more secure.”Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: “We're proud and encouraged to see the Nexus Document is helping guide how New York City understands and responds to antisemitism.

Building this strategy on a strong, pluralistic framework will help stem the rise in antisemitism while protecting the free expression and civil liberties that keep all of us safe.”Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: “We are particularly encouraged to see the strategy double funding for the Partners Against the Hate (PATH) program as well as significant investment in new resources to secure synagogues, nonprofits and other vulnerable institutions as well as expanding Holocaust and Jewish history and culture education.

This is a very important first step. The strategy’s success now depends on implementation and turning a plan into real action with real impact. We call on everyone across the ideological spectrum to help make it succeed — by offering feedback, working with city and communal partners, and encouraging the mayor's office to deliver on this promise.”
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our President, Jonathan Jacoby, was asked whether Jewish groups should work with the DSA. Here's his response.
Text-based graphic asks "Can Jewish groups work with the Democratic Socialists of America?" The response is attributed to Jonathan Jacoby, President of The Nexus Project. It reads "“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. Some people say we should not engage at all with the DSA unless it changes its position on Zionism, because they consider that position to be antisemitic. I don’t make that presumption. I know that there are people in the DSA who are not antisemitic. To say that anti-Zionists in the DSA are ipso facto antisemitic is as reductive and absolutist as saying that all Zionists are anti-Arab.”"Can Jewish groups work with the DSA. Continued." Jonathan Jacoby President of The Nexus Project's response continues: “One caveat: There are anti-Zionists in the DSA and elsewhere on the left who are willing to engage with people who believe in Israel’s right to exist—but not with Jews who hold that view. That’s crossing a line into antisemitism. I’m willing to engage in a conversation with them about why certain statements and actions are antisemitic. But I struggle to engage, even around common goals, with someone who is essentially denying my right as a Jew to have a certain view. To be clear, I’m not saying I believe, as some do, that Zionism is an integral part of Jewish identity. But a Zionist Jew shouldn’t have to check that part of themselves at the door to engage with the DSA.”
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"97.6% of Americans are not Jewish. If we want to be safer, we need as many of those 97.6% as possible to want us to be safer too." Rabbi Rachel Timoner nailed it 💯
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The forthcoming report from the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights affirms what we have long said about the Trump Administration using antisemitism as a pretense for its crackdown on higher education.
haaretz.com
Bipartisan federal commission plans to rebuke White House antisemitism strategy
Unanimous report says the administration's crackdown rested on a tenuous legal theory and details cuts to the Education Department office that handled most post-October 7 antisemitism complaints
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ncarinsights.bsky.social @ncarinsights.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nearly half of ADL's 2025 Audit was tied to Israel. A new report from NCAR breaks down what's in that number, from Jews harassed or attacked over Israel's actions to public expressions of hostility toward Israel that ADL considers antisemitic, like 'From the River to the Sea.'
picture of a wall with a Jewish star written on it all tinted blue.
The nexus center for antisemitism research logo is on the top left and the title is written in white text: "Counting Antisemitic Incidents: What the ADL Audit Reveals - and Obscures
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well said by Professor of Israel Studies at UCLA and Scholar in Residence at the Nexus Project, @dovwaxman.bsky.social
A tweet by Dov Waxman says "In the past couple of days we have learned about a potential mass shooting that was narrowly averted outside a synagogue in Belleville, Canada; a foiled terrorist plot to attack the Jewish community in Manchester, England (where a deadly attack took place outside a synagogue last year); and a thwarted ISIS-inspired plot to attack a synagogue in Pennsylvania (where a massacre took place in 2018 in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh). This is why Jews are so worried about and fearful of antisemitism nowadays. This fear should not be ignored or dismissed, nor should it be politically exploited for partisan purposes. Jewish people need everyone's support and solidarity - regardless of their politics - just as much as other victims of violence do."
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"If your love prevents criticism, I’m asking you to re-examine your love. And if your criticism lacks love, I’m asking you to re-examine your criticism." -Rabbi Morris Panitz, @weareikar.bsky.social Associate Rabbi, Yom Kippur 5787
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As we prepare to attend our own Yom Kippur services, we are horrified by the news of a shooting outside Sons of Jacob Congregation in Belleville, Ontario Sunday evening.
nytimes.com
Police Officer Injured in Shooting Near Ontario Synagogue on Yom Kippur
There was an exchange of gunfire near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville as congregants gathered inside to mark Yom Kippur, the authorities said.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today marks the sixth yahrzeit of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As Justice Ginsburg reminded us, Jewish tradition and tzedek, the Hebrew word for justice, go hand in hand.
Graphic showing a picture of and quote attributed to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: My heritage as a Jew and my occupation as a judge fit together symmetrically. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition. I take pride in and draw strength from my heritage, as signs in my chambers attest…the command from Deuteronomy: ‘tzedek, tzedek, tirdof’ — ‘Justice, justice shall you pursue.’
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Macklemore's most recent advocacy for Palestine may be uncomfortable, but it isn't necessarily antisemitism or hate speech, explains The Nexus Project's President, Jonathan Jacoby. Watch Jonathan's interview with DW News for our analysis.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Gutting anti-discrimination policies for most minority groups while supercharging them for Jews is hypocritical. The hypocrisy is the point. It turns civil rights law into a political protection racket, a tool [...] to attack higher education and other perceived enemies." - @jloeffler.bsky.social
nytimes.com
Opinion | For Trump, Jews Are Proving to Be a Very Useful Tool
Debates about Jews are never just about Jews.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CT House candidate William Gifford asks if it's antisemitic to "not like someone because they are Jewish" given "what the Jewish religion says against white Christian men." This is hiding a dangerous canard behind "just asking questions." CT GOP and Rep. Tim Ackert, who endorsed him, must condemn.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CT House candidate William Gifford asks if it's antisemitic to "not like someone because they are Jewish" given "what the Jewish religion says against white Christian men." This is hiding a dangerous canard behind "just asking questions." CT GOP and Rep. Tim Ackert, who endorsed him, must condemn.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is an excellent excerpt from Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social . It's well worth two minutes of your time. I'll be reading her full text later today.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In a powerful Rosh Hashanah sermon, @weareikar.bsky.social's Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social explains why she's become disillusioned with how we track antisemitism today.
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Jewish Council for Public Affairs @thejcpa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As we mark this painful anniversary, we are seeing extreme voices exploit 9/11 to renormalize Islamophobia. We know precisely where this leads – and that it makes all of our communities less safe. We all have an obligation to reject this hate.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Comparing constitutionally protected boycotts to Nazism is absurd and exploits and trivializes the memories of those killed in the Holocaust for a cheap political jab. And to add the Islamophobic claim that "these people will force the Sharia laws on you..." is deeply harmful.
Screenshot from a Jewish Telegraphic Agency article.
Headline: Israeli consul general Ofir Akunis’ Rosh Hashanah message: ‘Wake up’
Subheadline: The country’s top diplomat in NYC is comparing Mayor Zohran Mamdani to the Nazis. Some on the left say that’s not helping.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THREAD 🧵 This week, Elon Musk's America PAC launched hundreds of anti-trans ads, part of a $100 million midterm spend. In 2024, a Musk-funded PAC ran antisemitic ads reminding Muslim voters that Doug Emhoff is Jewish. That's not a coincidence.
Screenshot of an article headline reading, “Elon Musk Targets Democrats on Transgender Issues in Key Senate Races.” The subheadline says a political group associated with Musk is running attack ads against Democrats in Texas, Ohio, and Iowa.Screenshot of an article headline reading, “Antisemitic Ads About Doug Emhoff Target Muslim Voters in Michigan.” The subheadline says a Republican-linked group appears to be running ads reminding Muslim voters of Kamala Harris’s pro-Israel views and her husband’s Jewish faith.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The antisemitic "dancing Israelis" conspiracy theory seems to be going around again. If you missed it, here's our explainer on it from our antisemitic myths series.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"...being an American Jew is an identity and a commitment to ritual, to belief, to story, and to an understanding of what it means to be 'othered.'" Ahead of the High Holidays, The Nexus Project’s Becca Israel wrote about Jewish identity and belonging amid the fight to protect our democracy.
blogs.timesofisrael.com
The Blogs: Protecting Jews Means Protecting Democracy
From the blog of Becca Israel at The Times of Israel
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David Brody @dbrody.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Really insightful thread from @nexusproject.bsky.social about the parallels between anti-trans hate and antisemitism. The same propagandists use the same playbook for both forms of hate.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THREAD 🧵 This week, Elon Musk's America PAC launched hundreds of anti-trans ads, part of a $100 million midterm spend. In 2024, a Musk-funded PAC ran antisemitic ads reminding Muslim voters that Doug Emhoff is Jewish. That's not a coincidence.
Screenshot of an article headline reading, “Elon Musk Targets Democrats on Transgender Issues in Key Senate Races.” The subheadline says a political group associated with Musk is running attack ads against Democrats in Texas, Ohio, and Iowa.Screenshot of an article headline reading, “Antisemitic Ads About Doug Emhoff Target Muslim Voters in Michigan.” The subheadline says a Republican-linked group appears to be running ads reminding Muslim voters of Kamala Harris’s pro-Israel views and her husband’s Jewish faith.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The calls for Mayor Mamdani to sit out the 25th anniversary 9/11 memorial are thoughtless, disrespectful, and in many cases Islamophobic. 🧵
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
These posters, which have been wheatpasted around NYC since at least April, are part of a troubling trend. This article delves into the history of the overlap of housing advocacy, anti-Zionist rhetoric, and when combining both has turned antisemitic. 1/3 www.timesofisrael.com/in-protests-...
A paper sign posted to a New York City street light says "locals vs. Zionists, locals vs. Epstein clowns, locals vs. cheats, locals vs. trespassers, locals vs. related cos., locals vs. MCB4, locals vs. RAD/PACT, locals vs. Rothschilds."
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Over the weekend, AfD ("Alternative for Germany"), an extreme right-wing, anti-immigrant party that has trafficked in antisemitic conspiracies and Holocaust minimization, won a state election in Germany. They have enjoyed the support of figures like Elon Musk, V.P. Vance, and now President Trump.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A must-read in @latimes.com by UCLA professor and Nexus Taskforce member David N. Myers and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) President & Co-Founder Salam Al-Marayati: Jewish and Muslim, we have a shared responsibility to combat the rise in anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hate.
latimes.com
Contributor: Combating Islamophobia and antisemitism is a shared responsibility
The recent Jewish American Summit in Los Angeles was Exhibit A for the rise of uninhibited and insidious hate speech.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is what you get when you build a force to terrorize immigrant communities and recruit for it with Great Replacement fear mongering and slogans borrowed from white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is what you get when you build a force to terrorize immigrant communities and recruit for it with Great Replacement fear mongering and slogans borrowed from white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Vice President Vance is wrong. Let’s break it down.
Text-based graphic reads "No, Vice President Vance, scapegoating immigrants doesn’t protect Jews. It harms everyone. In recently leaked audio from this week's RJC (Republican Jewish Coalition) Summit in Las Vegas, Vice President Vance argued that a driving force behind rising antisemitism in America is immigrants bringing "ancient ethnic hatreds" into the country. He then used this fear to justify an attack on immigration as a pro-Jewish position, while simultaneously pitting vulnerable communities against one another."
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
At the Jewish American Summit in Los Angeles this weekend, Mosab Hassan Yousef told the crowd: "I don't want Muslims in America. Get the f*** out of the United States." A large portion of the crowd applauded and cheered. 1/2
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Kudos to Brad Lander for focusing here on the fight for pluralistic, liberal democracy. It's a shame those harassing him couldn't appreciate that focus too. So, too, is it a shame that others have stepped forward to say that he somehow deserves this because of his support for Palestinian rights.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Screenshot of a Facebook post by Gili Getz: “The hate directed at Brad Lander at the protest against the anti-Hindu nationalist supremacist RSS, to which he was invited by the organizers, is a form of anti-Zionist pathology that needs to be confronted. Anti Zionism like Zionism can be expressed through violence, hate and intolerance. 

This is exactly what it looks like when anti-Zionism becomes antisemitic, intolerant, and violent in the name of Palestinian liberation. This kind of hatred doesn’t advance the Palestinian struggle. It greatly undermines it. It undermines us all.”
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today marks 63 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Just before Dr. King took the stage to deliver his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, the Berlin Jewish community’s rabbi under Hitler and president of the American Jewish Congress, addressed the crowd.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
ICYMI: Ben Shapiro called Hannah Einbinder “as Jewish as a ham sandwich” and lobbed a homophobic attack against Matt Bernstein while criticizing their support for Mark Ruffalo. The ham sandwich line has been Shapiro’s go-to insult about Jews he doesn’t like for years. It’s antisemitic and wrong.
Screenshot of Ben Shapiro's quote tweet of Matt Bernstein, both dated August 24, 2026. Shapiro's tweet says "Hannah Einbeinder is about as Jewish as a ham sandwich. And the dude quoting her is a "queer jew w long nails...he/they." If you believe that these people represent Jews or Judaism, then you believe Madonna represents Catholics and Catholicism." Bernstein's tweet says "reposting hannah’s words because i couldn’t have said it better," and has a screenshot of Hannah Einbinder's Instagram post.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another perspective on yesterday's Hasan Piker discourse from Nexus scholar-in-residence Dov Waxman 👇
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Piker: "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action — not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews." This argument is incredibly dangerous. Here's why...
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Claiming Mark Ruffalo is antisemitic is misguided. He expressed his opinion about a corporation’s actions and investments, not an executive’s religion. 1/3
Variety headline from August 21, 2026 reads "Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
According to a new whistleblower report, Trump administration officials allegedly used the fight against antisemitism as a cover for a campaign against institutions of higher education. The Nexus Project's Communications Director, @n8w0lf.bsky.social, explains.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: A whistleblower report describes the Trump administration's gross exploitation of Jewish Americans' legitimate fears to coerce and extort universities. These officials allegedly used the fight against antisemitism as cover for a campaign against institutions of higher education.
nexusproject.us
The Nexus Project Call for Full Investigation into Claims Trump Administration Officials Weaponized Antisemitism Claims to Coerce and Extort Universities - Nexus Project
The Nexus Project commends Ranking Member Jamie Raskin and the House Judiciary Committee for demanding accountability from the Department of Justice following whistleblower reports that senior Trump A...
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The good news in this report is a 21% decrease in antisemitic hate crimes. The bad news is that still means there was a tragically high number of antisemitic crimes and attacks last year (1528, down from 1938 in '24). Further, those account for two-thirds of all reported religious-based hate crimes.
fbi.gov
FBI Releases 2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics | Federal Bureau of Investigation
Data reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program shows 2024 to 2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Bilzerian is a neo-Nazi professional troll. It’s shocking but not surprising that his closing argument is two and a half minutes of pro-Hitler AI slop. That he’s even in the conversation, let alone treated as a viable candidate, is disturbing and a sign of how far discourse on the right has fallen.
timesofisrael.com
Florida candidate’s pro-Hitler campaign video vs. Jewish congressman sparks alarm
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Last night's disturbance and attack at Central Synagogue was horrible and could have been so much worse. Everyone deserves to be able to pray without fear of violence.
cnn.com
Man charged with hate crimes after disrupting service at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue | CNN
A man has been arrested and charged with multiple hate crimes after disrupting Shabbat services and injuring a woman at Central Synagogue in Manhattan Friday night, New York police said.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
DHS just revealed "Operation Puppet Master," an undercover surveillance campaign against anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota launched days after federal agents killed Alex Pretti. The name alone set off our alarm bells. A deeper look made it worse. 🧵 www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
huffpost.com
Undercover Operation Targeted Minnesota ICE Protesters, Labor Unions
The Department of Homeland Security surveilled protesters and pulled bank records for unions and a major climate group in a crackdown on “domestic terrorism.”
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This week, Hasan Piker defended his use of "inbred" against ultra-Orthodox Jews by pointing out that he calls other groups inbred too. Piker should know that’s not how tropes work. Something can be offensive to one group and not to another. And this word has been used for centuries to attack Jews.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is encouraging news. From the beginning, this lawsuit sought to exploit legitimate Jewish concerns over antisemitism and safety to attack and bully major academic institutions.
nytimes.com
Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard
The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.”
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This shocking act by the Trump Administration should send a chill down the spine of everyone who cares about dismantling white supremacy and authoritarianism.
erickward.substack.com
She Warned Us What Was Coming. Now the Government Is Prosecuting Her
The case against Heidi Beirich should get civil society’s attention
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Targeting a Jewish representative with a swastika is unacceptable. Full stop. This isn’t happening in a vacuum. One of Fine’s opponents is an outspoken antisemitic conspiracy theorist and Holocaust denier. 1/2
fox35orlando.com
Swastika spraypainted on Jewish Congressman Randy Fine's campaign sign
Flagler Beach police are investigating after a swastika was spray-painted over a campaign sign belonging to Jewish Congressman Randy Fine at an early voting location. Fine noted that because the antis...
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Dear Hunter, You don't get to absolve Carlson (or anyone) of antisemitism. You shouldn't have gone on the show at all. And now you're whitewashing his bigotry. You should apologize. For going on the show. And the cover you're giving him now. And that apology should be as loud as your defense.
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