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Project Esther has shaped Trump’s antisemitism strategy. The Shofar Report is a liberal Jewish response.

JL;DR SUMMARY The Shofar Report, crafted by the Nexus Project, offers a liberal Jewish response to what they perceive as right-wing manipulation of antisemitism narratives, particularly strategies put forth by the Trump administration under the influence of the Heritage Foundation's Project Esther. 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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Jewish DiasporaTrumpJewish SafetyCivil RightsJewish CoalitionUniversity FundingProject EstherShofar ReportNexus Project

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Contributors to the Shofar Report include Amy Spitalnick, head of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs; J Street CEO Jeremy Ben-Ami and UCLA professor Dov Waxman; New Israel Fund president David N. Myers..."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"James Druckman and Bruce Fuller, wrote in an op-ed this week for the Chicago Tribune."
Washington DC, United States
"Hannah Rosenthal, a former U.S. envoy for combatting antisemitism under the Obama administration;"
United States
"Jewish presidents of top universities rejecting a federal funding compact that critics said would have compromised academic freedom in order to restore grants pulled over purported antisemitism concerns."
Israel
"Waxman and Ben-Ami backs the presidents 20-point plan to secure Gaza, dismantle Hamas and extend its ceasefire with Israel..."

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