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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13h

Really glad to see this much needed report. The Nexus Project is the moral voice we need against antisemitism and for democratic pluralism, at a time when too many other organizations have abdicated that role.

The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14h

This just in: Today, we’re releasing our response to the weaponization of antisemitism by the Trump administration and Project Esther.

The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.

Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.

Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld.Most American Jews have taken a...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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James Grebey @jgrebes.bsky.social · 9h

Instead of watching "video podcasts," people should subscribe to the Criterion Channel.

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Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 10h

Honestly, this doesn’t look that different from the Charlottesville neo-Nazis’ chats. Same exact antisemitism, racism, and violence — a reminder of how normalized it’s all become.

Politico @politico.com · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

Basically I hope you will use this as a way to think and talk through what's not working and why and, instead of staying stuck in the brokenness, think and talk through how we might imagine something better
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The Shofar Report: A Call to Defend Democracy and Confront Antisemitism

Explore how defending democracy and confronting antisemitism ensures safety for all. Discover actionable steps inside this report.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

I hope you'll read Irwin Kula on generational differences on approaching antisemitism, fear, and security, and why the current modes are not working
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Between Power and Peril: The Fracturing of Antisemitism

Explore the generational divide on antisemitism, trauma, and Jewish identity. Debates over power and safety fracture today’s community

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

I hope you'll read Joshua Shanes on antisemitic tropes and their evolutions (and exploitations)
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The Shifting Uses of Antisemitic Tropes

Explore the changing tactics of antisemitic tropes, from historic myths to modern conspiracies—learn what to watch for and how to push back.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

I hope you'll read @itamann.bsky.social and @lihiyona.bsky.social on how attempts to chill speech around Israel are also attempts to legislate/rule on Jewish identity
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Governing Jews: Antisemitism, Pluralism, and the Role of Law in the Trump Era

Discover how US law shapes Jewish identity and why legal responses to antisemitism must also protect pluralism, free speech, and diversity.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

I hope you'll read @lilacb.bsky.social on the myth of the Golden Land and why the story we tell ourselves about antisemitism in America past and present is wrong
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Antisemitism in the “Golden Land”?

Examine how the ‘Golden Land’ myth shaped American Jewish history—and why recognizing antisemitism is vital to justice and progress today.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

I want to draw your attention to the second half: all new essays by some of the smartest thinkers on Jewish history and antisemitism. It's my hope it will help us articulate how we got here and how we might find a way out nexusproject.us/nexus-resour...

A Language for and From Here: Introducing the Shofar Report, Part II

Explore how the Shofar Report redefines antisemitism and democracy for American Jews. New language for understanding today’s challenges

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 14h

Proud to have played a part in The Shofar Report, @nexusproject.bsky.social's response to Project Esther, the Trump administration, and the idea that Jews should abandon liberal democracy. You can read about it in this thoughtful @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social write up 1/?
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Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.

Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld.Most American Jews have taken a...

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Betsey #NoNewWomensPrison Chace @betseychace.bsky.social · 1d

“[We can’t] we delude ourselves into thinking of this as a victory or a kind of tabula rasa, as though the lives lost and hate spewed are all behind us, forgotten, atoned for. The last two years will never not have happened. What happens next depends on all of us fully appreciating that.”

Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen some accuse those who protested for a ceasefire as being disingenuous by not celebrating this one so for @forward.com I wrote about the difference between relief and joy and what the ceasefire can’t do

forward.com/opinion/7754...

I know exactly why leftists aren't celebrating this ceasefire

Why not celebrate the ceasefire? Because, while it's a relief, it won't undo all the suffering and death of the past two years.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 1d

Before you yell at me, consider I explicitly put “don’t yell at me” in my bio

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 1d

not a problem, pete will just text them the state secrets directly.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

"Of course it’s a relief that the families of hostages don’t need to live one more day in torment & anguish. Of course it’s a relief that more bombs will not fall on Gaza.

But celebration implies, to me anyway, that this is a positive w/out caveats. And in this situation there are so many caveats."

Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen some accuse those who protested for a ceasefire as being disingenuous by not celebrating this one so for @forward.com I wrote about the difference between relief and joy and what the ceasefire can’t do

forward.com/opinion/7754...

I know exactly why leftists aren't celebrating this ceasefire

Why not celebrate the ceasefire? Because, while it's a relief, it won't undo all the suffering and death of the past two years.

forward.com

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: "That's all I do in my life, I make deals. I'm good at it"

Meanwhile.... lots of very moving footage has come out of hostages being reunited with their families

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

These are people who are protesting against a synagogue, and yet have somehow convinced themselves the other side are the antisemites.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure I've ever seen a headline that more screams "Leopards eating faces" than this one.

"'A conspiratorial Right is rising' in America, Ben Shapiro tells 'Post'
US political commentator Ben Shapiro in candid conversation with The Jerusalem Post: 'You get a lot more likes and clicks if you are promoting an anti-Israel, anti-Jewish agenda.'"

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 2d

This is the Project Esther playbook: targeting a liberal Jewish philanthropist and left wing Jewish groups. It’s ostensibly to fight antisemitism. In reality, it’s authoritarian overreach and harmful to our democracy and the Jews in it.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 2d

Further, given that their Jewish identity is the very thing that leads many Jews to speak up around Israel, the administration’s approach will necessarily catch many Jews in its draconian net.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration is suggesting that Jewish groups critical of its foreign policy vis a vis Israel are engaging in terrorism.

This is appalling politicization of the term and gross executive overreach.

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

The threatened crackdown is a multi-agency effort with Stephen Miller playing a central role.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 2d

This is how everyone should have talked about this farce for every city from the beginning

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

It’s this multiple times a day

They don't even bother to lie badly anymore.
I suppose that's the final humiliation.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen some accuse those who protested for a ceasefire as being disingenuous by not celebrating this one so for @forward.com I wrote about the difference between relief and joy and what the ceasefire can’t do

forward.com/opinion/7754...

I know exactly why leftists aren't celebrating this ceasefire

Why not celebrate the ceasefire? Because, while it's a relief, it won't undo all the suffering and death of the past two years.

forward.com

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