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Yet another example of Trump's long history of saying that Jews are "disloyal" or shameful if they do not vote for him or his chosen candidates. According to him, one can only be a real American Jew if they support Israel specifically by voting for him and his picks.

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Trump on El-Sayed: "Any Jewish person that supports this guy should be ashamed of themselves. I'll tell you right now, you should never speak to them again. I'm polling at 99% in Israel. I cannot understand how anybody who's Jewish can even think about voting for this guy."

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We once again remind the president that American Jews don't need to be "loyal" to a candidate or party to be both American and Jewish and it's unconscionable to say they should be "ashamed" or cast out for failing to do so.

THREAD 🧵 Jewish history keeps teaching us the same lesson: when democracy is strong, Jews are safer. When it weakens, we're often among the first to feel it. With Election Day less than two weeks away, that lesson should shape what we do next.

Constitutional protections matter. Due process, free speech, and equal protection guard every community, especially those who have historically been targeted. Defending them is how we defend ourselves and our neighbors. Strong democracy keeps us safe. It’s up to us to keep it safe.

Here’s what you can do: The ACLU has an excellent resource laying out how to check your voter registration, what your rights are and what to do if someone impedes on those rights. Learn more at aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights

Voter intimidation and claiming some people’s votes shouldn’t count can not be viewed as “politics as usual.” Deploying federal agents to polling stations to scare off potential voters doesn’t actually protect the vote. It’s an attack on the system that protects all of us.

Federal law prohibits intimidating voters or interfering with the election. Threats against election workers and voters must be met with accountability.

To be clear, democracy doesn't erase antisemitism. But independent courts, a free press, equal protection, and the power to vote out those who threaten these safety nets give us recourse. Those tools only work if elections are free, fair, and trusted.

That’s why election security and protecting our democracy are Jewish issues. Secure elections mean every eligible voter can vote, every vote is counted, and the results are certified. That’s a value every party should share and fight to protect.

This lesson dates to our country’s founding. A foundational moment in American religious liberty is George Washington’s letter to the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island, saying the US government “gives bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”

The promise of Jewish security is tied to the strength of the constitution and courts developed in that same era. Over centuries of American history Jewish freedom has been protected by our constitutional rights, including equal citizenship, freedom of worship, and equal protection under law.

forward.comAt a Georgetown College Republicans event, member of Germany’s far-right party tells students the Holocaust is ‘used as a weapon’Marc Bernard, a member of the AfD, told students that accusations of Nazism had become ‘inflationary’

Holocaust minimization, anti-Arab, and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Unacceptable anywhere, especially a college campus. The hosting organization (Georgetown College Republicans) was also reprimanded last year for tweeting, "Let’s Be Honest: Muslims have no place in American society."

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In the 2025 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, ADL recorded 6,274 incidents. But what’s in that number? Read our full report: ncar.us/papers/count...

🧵 Elon Musk has donated a staggering $369M to influence the 2026 elections, making him the largest individual political donor in modern US history. And yet, he continues to invoke George Soros as a shadowy force secretly manipulating elections and the world as we know it. Let’s take a closer look.

In addition to the antisemitic conspiracy of Jews trying to corrode society, this fits another pattern: using antisemitic tropes to deflect and project blame. It’s important to recognize the playbook.

When people in power invoke age-old antisemitic tropes to cast Jewish people as a threat to society while positioning themselves as the ones exposing the danger, we must call it out.

Musk repeatedly spreads Soros-related conspiracy theories, including frequently comparing him to the X-Men villain Magneto, who, like Soros, is a Holocaust survivor. The implication? Both Soros and Magneto are shadowy puppet masters secretly manipulating the world.

Musk himself has accused Soros of wanting to “end Western civilization,” a take on the antisemitic "cultural Marxism" trope that paints Jews as undermining Western society through a planned culture war.

There is nothing inherently antisemitic about criticizing a billionaire’s political spending or philanthropy. But casting a Jewish man as the hidden hand behind global unrest isn’t criticism — it’s the age-old antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jews secretly control the world.

That the world’s richest man is one of the most notorious purveyors of that very conspiracy is no coincidence. It’s a playbook.

Antisemitic caricatures of George Soros frequently portray him as a “puppet master” secretly controlling government, media, the economy, and even migration. These tropes are a modern manifestation of the age-old antisemitic myth that Jews are conspiring to control the world.

Who said it?

nbcnews.comTrump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in KansasTrump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash. He said at the time that he wasn’t aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations.

Time and time again, Trump defaults to antisemitic slurs and tropes. It's not a fluke. It's who he is. And he can't claim ignorance on the antisemitic roots and impact of calling someone a "shylock-type guy" because he used that excuse when he used the term last year.

cnn.comTeen accused of plotting mass shooting at Chicago-area Hindu temple | CNNPolice in a Chicago suburb announced Wednesday that they had thwarted a potential mass shooting, arresting a 19-year-old man who they said may have planned to target a Hindu place of worship.

We are horrified by this plot and relieved no one was hurt. We stand with Hindu and Indian Americans. No one should fear being murdered at prayer. The white supremacist behind it targeted Jews and Black people too, as often happens. Showing up for others is how we protect ourselves.

This was out of line. Criticizing foreign investment and real estate, including Israeli investment, is fair game. But it's not fair game to frame Israeli investments as part of a broader narrative about global domination and the root of society’s problems.

Singling out Israeli investment and portraying it as inherently sinister is where criticism of Israel and Israelis crosses into an antisemitic trope.

The new White House Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia, claimed abortion pills contain the same chemicals used in Nazi extermination camps. 1. This is false. 2. Invoking Nazi atrocities to attack abortion access politicizes and weaponizes Holocaust memory to justify a crackdown on reproductive rights.

nytimes.comFederal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan OmarThe search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.

This is an undemocratic attack on an elected official just weeks before the midterm elections. We find reports that the justification is immigration paperwork from her childhood to be deeply upsetting, too.

This is part of a larger trend of threatening and targeting elected officials. We condemn it and everyone else should too.

jta.orgProtesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani - Jewish Telegraphic AgencyDemonstrators mocked and yelled at participants in the event organized by the left-wing group Israelis for Peace.

There can be absolutely no excuse for glorifying terror and the murder of innocents. Chants of "intifada" and "long live Hamas" at a rally to honor the victims of October 7 and support Palestinian freedom are inciting and unacceptable.

Three years ago today, on October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded Israel and carried out a deadly, horrific attack, murdering around 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages. Families were torn apart in a single morning. We remember every one of them.

There must be no equivocation in mourning those killed and expressing solidarity with those who lost loved ones. Pain and sympathy are not zero-sum, and everyone should find the space in their hearts to hold these victims and their families.

blogs.timesofisrael.comThe Blogs: An open letter to Jonathan Greenblatt: This time, choose engagementThe ADL praised Trump while criticizing parts of his antisemitism policy. Why not take the same approach to Mamdani's new plan for safeguarding Jewish New Yorkers?

"If Jewish safety is the goal, engagement should be part of the strategy." In a new open letter on @timesofisrael.com, Nexus Project President Jonathan Jacoby asks ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to reconsider the ADL’s response to the Mamdani administration’s new strategy to combat antisemitism.

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NCAR Director Aryeh Tuchman examined what ADL’s faculty reports show about campus antisemitism, and what they don’t. Read the full piece here: ncar.us/papers/ncar-...

The Nexus Center for Antisemitism Research is now on socials! Give them a follow for data-driven insights on antisemitism and how it's discussed in culture, media, scholarship & more! 📷 www.instagram.com/ncarinsights/ 🧵 www.threads.com/@ncarinsights ✖️ x.com/NCARinsights ☁️ bsky.app/profile/ncar...

forward.comMayor Mamdani's antisemitism strategy doesn’t define antisemitism. That’s a good thing.Contrary to some critics' beliefs, we don't need a definition to fight hatred

We wrote one of the definitions of antisemitism listed in @mayor.nyc.gov's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. We're glad our definition (or any definition, for that matter) is not being codified into law. This piece by @emilyctamkin.bsky.social sums up why.

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In our new guide produced in collaboration with @nexusproject.bsky.social, @n8w0lf.bsky.social .social 0lf.bsky.social breaks down six common tropes, how they’re used, and how we can name and challenge them. Read: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/six-antise... 2/2

jstreetdotorg.substack.comSix Antisemitic Tropes Conspiracy Theorists Use to Demonize JewsThis explainer is a collaboration between J Street and the Nexus Project.

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This report should be required reading for every university president and board member in the country.

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BREAKING: Bipartisan federal commission has released a new report criticizing the Trump administration's campus antisemitism strategy.

nexusproject.usNexus Welcomes U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Call for a Balanced Response to Campus Antisemitism - Nexus ProjectThe 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...

ICYMI: This week, the US Commission on Civil Rights rebuked the Trump administration’s approach to campus antisemitism, confirming what we've been saying all along. For more, check out this throwback to Nexus Project VP of Government Relations Kevin Rachlin’s testimony to the commission.

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BREAKING: Bipartisan federal commission has released a new report criticizing the Trump administration's campus antisemitism strategy.

nytimes.comA 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.

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.

BREAKING: Bipartisan federal commission has released a new report criticizing the Trump administration's campus antisemitism strategy.

Don't just take it from us: the Trump administration's approach to combating campus antisemitism is doing more harm than good. That's the finding from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ new bipartisan, unanimous report. Our full statement here:

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:

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov

The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.

nexusproject.usThe Nexus Project Appreciates NYC's First-Ever Municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism, Encourages Its Implementation - Nexus ProjectThe 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 Ne...

Our President, Jonathan Jacoby, was asked whether Jewish groups should work with the DSA. Here's his response.

momentmag.comMoment Debate | Can Jewish Groups Work with the Democratic Socialists of America?"You can get a lot more done when you're sitting at the table."

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"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 💯

haaretz.comBipartisan federal commission plans to rebuke White House antisemitism strategyUnanimous 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

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.