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

JL;DR SUMMARY The Shofar Report, released by the Nexus Project, serves as a liberal counter to the conservative Project Esther proposed by the Heritage Foundation for tackling antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Heritage FoundationTrump AdministrationFree SpeechHolocaust EducationJewish SafetyDemocratic InstitutionsProject EstherShofar ReportNexus Project

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Kevin Rachlin, Washington director of the Nexus Project, listens during a House committee hearing on campus antisemitism on May 15, 2024, as protesters raise their hands in the background."
New York, United States
"John Ruskay, the former director of UJA-Federation of New York, said that the Shofar Report comes at a time when Jewish leaders have poured resources into fighting antisemitism, often without much basis in data or a cohesive strategy and that could help those who want to go beyond sloganizing."
Washington DC, United States
"Kevin Rachlin, Washington director of the Nexus Project, listens during a House committee hearing on campus antisemitism on May 15, 2024, as protesters raise their hands in the background."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"But a few pages later, David Myers, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, offers a forceful defense of higher education."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"like the absence of Jewish studies experts at the University of Chicagos Department of Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity."
New York, United States
"Rep. Jerry Nadler, the New York Democrat, has become a champion of Nexus approach, which focuses as much on concern for freedom of expression as on raising the alarm about antisemitism itself."

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