Why these Jews are protesting the Anti-Defamation League’s annual antisemitism conference in Manhattan

The Anti-Defamation League kicked off “Never Is Now,” its annual summit on antisemitism and hate, at the Javits Center in Hudson Yards on Monday morning. Some 4,000 people gathered to hear from speakers like Israeli writer and social media influencer Hen Mazzig, CNN host Van Jones and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant.

By sundown, however, more than 100 Jews had gathered at a park around the corner in protest, waving signs and chanting “Trump and Musk are bad for Jews” to a klezmer soundtrack.