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.

ATLANTA, GA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), together with the Middle East Forum (MEF) and the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), today filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in support of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's Executive Order 25-244. The Executive Order prohibits state agencies from contracting with or directing taxpayer funds to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The brie

Atlanta, GA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) and the Gevura Fund, together with co-counsel Libby Hoopes Brooks & Mulvey, P.C., filed a motion on Thursday for preliminary injunction in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking to immediately halt enforcement of the City of Medford's so-called “Values-Aligned Local Investments Ordinance.” The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Medford taxpayers and public fund beneficiaries Zachary R. Cher

Photo: Checking the Court: What Can Be Done to Rein in the Supreme Court? - Public Discourse ATLANTA, GA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) filed an amicus curiae brief on Friday in the Supreme Court of the United States in Grand v. City of University Heights, Ohio, urging the Court to hear the case of Daniel Grand, an Orthodox Jewish man who was ordered by his city to stop hosting prayer services in his own home. NJAC drafted and filed the brief on behalf of itsel

🏆 Three victories in seven days. Here's what the National Jewish Advocacy Center accomplished this week to protect Jewish civil rights during Passover. Passover is one of the most sacred times in the Jewish calendar. This week, we made sure that observing it didn't cost Jewish Americans their civil rights. 1. NYC Department of Parks & Recreation rescheduled its antisemitism training off of Passover. After NJAC intervened, the City agreed to move a training titled “Understand

Surfside — US Census Bureau Miami, FL — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) along with its partners at GS2 Law today secured a significant legal victory protecting the voting rights of Jewish residents in the Town of Surfside, Florida, in connection with the April 7, 2026 mayoral runoff election scheduled during Passover. Following an emergency hearing, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida recognized the serious burdens imposed on observant Jewish voters by holding

An anti-Israel protest at Harvard Law School, October 2023. Photo: Ira Stoll The disclosure to potential investors in documents for Harvard’s planned new $675 million tax-exempt bond offering doesn't give enough warning about the risks, a watchdog group says. The National Jewish Advocacy Center, a nonprofit legal group that works to combat anti-Semitism, wrote on Monday, March 30 to lawyers working on the bond offering...

Miami, FL — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) and GS2 Law PLLC today filed an emergency lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, on behalf of Chabad of Surfside, Rabbi Zalman Lipskar, United Orthodox Synagogues of Surfside, and six individual registered voters of the Town of Surfside, seeking a temporary injunction to postpone the Town’s mayoral runoff election from April 7, 2026, to April 14, 2026, because

Northampton, MA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), together with the Gevura Fund and Libby Hoopes Brooks & Mulvey, P.C., today filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts Superior Court on behalf of Northampton taxpayers challenging the legality of a City Council resolution directing City officials to make investment decisions based on improper ideological criteria. The Resolution directs the Northampton City Treasurer and City Retirement Board to divest from and refuse futur

Philadelphia, PA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) and the Deborah Project today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for entering into an arbitrary and capricious agreement with the School District of Philadelphia to resolve the alleged hostile antisemitic environment, and then failing to enforce even that inadequate agreement. OCR had previously investigated widespread allegations of antisemiti

(Photo credit: Chesnot/Getty Images) "College Station Smash has removed the ban on a Jewish-American E-Sports player and apologized for spreading false claims about him. This comes after the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) sued CSTAT Smash under the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 (referring to contracts) and 1964 (places of exhibition/entertainment). CSTAT Smash is the official channel for the College Station Smash Bros community. It hosts tournaments every week during the

NJAC Joins National Civil Rights Leaders in Harvard Federal Funding Lawsuit

NJAC's CEO, Mark Goldfeder, appears on Life, Liberty & Levin with Fox News host Mark Levin to address how the First Amendment is being misused to shield those who support terror

In a win for NJAC clients and for the fight against terrorism, a U.S. federal judge ruling acknowledged that was reason to believe a US nonprofit knew its employee was holding Israelis captive in Gaza

NJAC CEO Mark Goldfeder Raises Concerns About the Release of Mohsen Mahdawi