“Settler violence” has been the subject of a growing international campaign that seeks to equate acts of vandalism, or, really, any action by Jews in the West Bank and Jerusalem—or even their presence there—with murderous terrorism by Palestinians, in an effort to create a moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. Democratic Congress members, led by Rep. Jerry Nadler, recently proposed legislation that would codify the Biden administration’s unprecedented sanctions on Israe

"On NYPD’s own confirmed numbers, anti-Jewish hate crimes rose 70.8% year over year in May," Goldfeder, who also directs the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS. "On the broader reported numbers, if compared to the way NYPD presented the data last year, anti-Jewish hate-crime reports rose from 24 to 60, which is a 150% increase. Either way, the signal is unmistakable. Jews remain the leading target of hate crimes in New York City by a staggering margin, and the trend is

The movement that once preached "give peace a chance" now finds itself excusing terrorism, boycotting Israel, and turning against the world's only Jewish state. "The National Jewish Advocacy Center filed a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights. New York law prevents blacklisting products based on protected classes, such as national origin. Another action is planned pursuant to the New York law that governs corporations, of which co-ops are included. Intim

“Can legal accountability succeed where public diplomacy has failed? In this episode of Basic Law, attorney Mark Goldfeder explains how a series of innovative legal challenges are taking aim at what he describes as a growing ecosystem of anti-Israel discrimination, defamation and institutional bias. Viewers will learn how shareholder activism is being used to scrutinize the New York Times over controversial reporting, why a Brooklyn food co-op's boycott of Israeli products ma

In April 2024, two men went to work at Columbia University. They were surrounded by masked rioters, punched, barricaded inside the school’s Hamilton Hall, called “Jew-lovers,” and physically prevented from leaving. They eventually escaped, but they did not recover. They lost their janitorial jobs, and they remain on workers’ compensation. And yet a federal court just told them that none of this adds up to a civil rights violation. Judge Colleen McMahon’s decision dismissing t

A federal judge is weighing whether a lawsuit, in which a Jewish Emory University professor alleges that he was falsely accused of abetting genocide for serving in the Israeli military, can proceed. Dr. Joshua Winer, a surgical oncologist at Emory University School of Medicine, accuses defendants, including the medical student Umaymah Mohammad, Doctors Against Genocide Society and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, of defaming him and conspiring against him after he t

Photo credit: Politico NEW YORK, N.Y. — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) has sent a formal shareholder demand letter to The New York Times Company demanding inspection of the Company’s books and records pursuant to New York Business Corporation Law Section 624 and New York common law. The demand was filed on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), a beneficial shareholder of the Company, and targets the Board of Directors’ oversight of the

Northampton, MA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) and the Gevura Fund, together with co-counsel Libby Hoopes Brooks & Mulvey, P.C., have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in Massachusetts Superior Court seeking to immediately halt enforcement of the City of Northampton’s anti-Israel divestment resolution before it causes irreversible harm to the public. The motion follows a lawsuit NJAC filed in March on behalf of Northampton taxpayers challenging th

A California judge has turned a routine vandalism case into a dangerous question: Can a Jewish prosecutor who speaks about antisemitism be trusted to prosecute antisemitic activists? On June 5, 2024, protesters occupied the office of Stanford University’s president. Prosecutors say they broke windows and furniture, disabled security cameras, spray-painted the building and caused more than $360,000 in damage. Nearly a year later, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rose

Photo credit: Britannica.com VIA CERTIFIED MAIL AND EMAIL Board of Directors The New York Times Company Attn: Diane Brayton Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary 620 Eighth Avenue New York, New York 10018 nytsecretary@nytimes.com May 29, 2026 Re: Common-Law Shareholder Demand for Inspection of Books and Records Dear Ms. Brayton: We write on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research (the “Stockholder” or “NCPPR”), a beneficial sh

NEW YORK — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) today sent a cease-and-desist and document-preservation letter to the Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) on behalf of PSFC members and both an importer and a reseller of Israeli-made food products, demanding that the Brooklyn cooperative immediately rescind a boycott of Israeli products and end what NJAC describes as a hostile environment directed at Jewish and Israeli member-owners. NJAC contends that PSFC’s Board “has allowed a

From Fox News: "[A] Jewish advocacy group asked the Justice Department to probe the Twitch streamer for allegedly serving as an unregistered agent for the communist nation." "Questions have risen as to whether Piker should have to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The National Jewish Advocacy Center told Fox News Digital the organization called on the Justice Department to investigate Piker over FARA rules on Thursday." Read the ful

"Rabbi Mark Goldfeder and Andrew Cuomo critique the local government’s failure to adequately protect Jewish students from harassment through a proposed buffer zone bill. The speakers argue that while the legislation is constitutionally sound and viewpoint-neutral, it has been significantly weakened to exclude universities, representing a symbolic rather than substantive effort to combat anti-Semitism. Goldfeder highlights the disparate treatment of the community, noting that

by Mark Goldfeder Yesterday, the Trump administration removed Francesca Albanese from the U.S. sanctions list after a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement on First Amendment grounds. That may have been a tactical decision, but it was not a legal concession, and it should not be treated as one. The injunction remains in effect, meaning the government cannot relist her without immediately running into the same order. The only way out is through the D.C. Circuit, and th

Chicago, IL — The National Jewish Advocacy Center, together with its partners at Seiden Law, announced today that following their intervention, Israeli athletes will be allowed to compete openly and proudly under their own banner at the 2026 World Championships, without being forced to conceal their national identity. The issue arose after the Board of Directors of the International Roundnet Federation told the Israeli Roundnet Association that the Israeli National Team would

NJAC CEO Mark Goldfeder appeared on the Fox show Life, Liberty, Levin with host Mark Levin on Saturday night to discuss the meaning of zionism and anti-Zionism as it relates to antidiscrimination law. https://x.com/MarkGoldfeder/status/2056583108577644616?s=20

NJAC CEO Mark Goldfeder appeared on the Fox show Life, Liberty, Levin with host Mark Levin on Saturday night to discuss the legal significance of NYC Mayor Mamdani's problematic governance. https://x.com/MarkGoldfeder/status/2056412905654866413?s=20

The District Court of Colorado ruled that UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese could no longer evade service in NJAC's defamation suit, allowing NJAC to serve her by email and Twitter. Mark Goldfeder Tweet: https://x.com/MarkGoldfeder/status/2055379856335007785 NJAC Full Service by Twitter Thread: https://x.com/NJACLaw/status/2055397332904988770 Christian Friends v. Albanese Suit: http://njaclaw.org/christian-friends-v-albanese

On Wednesday, May 13, NJAC Associate Director and Senior Counsel Ben Schlager spoke as part of the Jewish Bar Association of New Jersey's Continuing Legal Education program entitled, "We Will Not Be Silenced: The Legal Battle Against Antisemitism." He spoke about the way in which NJAC innovated the use of the FACE Act to protect synagogues from protest disturbances and the various Anti Terorrism Act cases that NJAC has brought in federal courts throughout the country.