Reply to FIRE’s Analysis of StandWithUs Letter to Santa Monica College re: Academic Freedom

July 15, 2024    StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department’s Reply to FIRE’s Analysis of StandWithUs Letter to Santa Monica College re: Academic Freedom    On July 9, 2024, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (“FIRE”)  published  an analysis (“FIRE’s Response”) of a  StandWithUs letter  to Santa Monica College (“SMC”) dated June 10, 2024 (the “StandWithUs Letter” or the “Letter”). While some of the positions expressed in FIRE’s Response are correct in […]

Press Release: Screening of “Screams Before Silence”

Call to Action: Scooter Braun and Daphna Edwards Ziman Host a Private Screening of “Screams Before Silence” to Unify With Women and Multifaith Organizations to Jointly End the Violence Against Women and Children. In an effort to alert the community on the horrific treatment by Hamas on women, men, and children, a private screening of […]

Pro-Israel education group warns of ‘antisemitism and anti-Israel bias’ in teachers’ union proposals

By Rebekah Riess | CNN | Wednesday July 3, 2024 Several items being proposed at an upcoming education convention in Philadelphia are raising concerns among a pro-Israel advocacy group about potential antisemitism and anti-Israel bias. Delegates of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers’ union in the United States, will meet at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia for […]

Major Teachers’ Union to Vote on Resolution Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’

By Zach Kessel | National Review | July 2, 2024 National Education Association members will vote on several anti-Israel resolutions at the union’s annual “Representative Assembly” in Philadelphia this week, including the adoption of an official position holding that Israel is conducting a “genocide” in Gaza and that opposing the Jewish state’s existence is not […]

StandWithUs urges Northwestern trustees to nullify agreement with anti-Israel encampment protesters

Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs sent a letter to the Northwestern University Board of Trustees asking them to nullify an agreement that administrators made with the anti-Israel encampment “agitators.” Adam Sabes | Campus Reform | July 4, 2024 Screenshot taken from X account of Mark Weyermuller. Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs sent a letter to the Northwestern University Board […]

Colorado’s Jewish Community call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices

We, the undersigned members of Colorado’s Jewish Community, call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices in its coverage of anti-Israel and antisemitic activity and its oversimplification and overt sympathy toward anti-Israel and racist protesters. We ask that you examine your coverage and commit to including Jewish voices […]

WE DID IT! StandWithUs Colorado Applauds the Colorado Democratic Party Central Committee for Voting Down Ceasefire Resolution

Denver, CO – StandWithUs Colorado applauds the Colorado Democratic Party (CDP) Central Committee for voting down a misleading ceasefire resolution . The resolution was introduced to the CDP Central Committee and voted on July 1st, 2024. The result of the vote was 40.4% in favor, 55.1 % against, and 4.5% abstained, with over 300 voters […]

Press Release: StandWithUs Urges Northwestern University Trustees to Nullify Unlawful Agreement Giving In to Encampment Agitators

Legal opinion by Kasowitz Law Firm on behalf of StandWithUs claims Northwestern leadership’s actions are unlawful and urges the Board of Trustees to invalidate the agreement that places Northwestern’s values, reputation, standing and endowment in jeopardy. Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2024 –  StandWithUs, utilizing the legal counsel of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, sent a legal demand letter to the trustees of Northwestern University (“Northwestern”) […]

Letter to Northwestern University Trustees Urging Them to Nullify Unlawful Agreement

Legal opinion by Kasowitz Law Firm on behalf of StandWithUs claims Northwestern leadership’s actions are unlawful and urges the Board of Trustees to invalidate the agreement that places Northwestern’s values, reputation, standing and endowment in jeopardy.   View the official letter below. To navigate, simply use the arrows to flip through pages, and utilize the […]

Breaking! North Carolina passes Shalom Act to fight antisemitism

(Raleigh, NC, June 26, 2024) —  The North Carolina Senate passed 45-2 the Shalom (Standing Up To Hate And Leading with Our Moral Principles) Act, HB942 on June 26, 2024.  The Shalom Act ensures that North Carolina state agencies adopt the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance, IHRA, Definition as a tool for training, educating, recognizing, and combating antisemitic […]

American Jewish Medical Association and StandWithUs Demand Justice after Antisemitic Subway Incident in New York

The American Jewish Medical Association and StandWithUs call on New York City authorities to prosecute suspects who terrorized Jewish passengers on the NYC Subway System on June 10, 2024, and appoint a special prosecutor to address antisemitic hate crimes. The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224 Letitia […]

Jewish Student’s Diploma Withheld Over Run-in With ‘Antisemitic’ Poster

By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | June 13, 2024 EXCLUSIVE — A Jewish student at the University of California , Irvine, is having his diploma withheld over claims he stole or damaged a poster that was part of the school’s anti-Israel encampment . Alex Minn, 33, was delivered a sanction letter demanding that he […]

UC Irvine Jewish Student Gets Big Win as Civil Rights Lawsuit Looms

By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | June 15, 2024 EXCLUSIVE — A University of California , Irvine Jewish student will be allowed to graduate after the school initially withheld his diploma following a run-in with an antisemitic poster on campus. The Washington Examiner reported on Thursday that Alex Minn was punished with a required […]

Santa Monica College Professors Accused of Creating Antisemitic Assignments

Ethnic Studies professor and Art History professor require students to promote notion that Israel is committing genocide Alyssa Erdley | Santa Monica Oberserver | Jun 25, 2024 June 14, 2024 — Santa Monica College has received a legal complaint letter from nonpartisan education organization StandWithUS regarding two class assignments that they call bigoted, harassing, and […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic and Anti-Israel New Business Items Proposed at NEA Representative Assembly

(Philadelphia, PA – June 24, 2024) – StandWithUs strongly condemns multiple antisemitic and anti-Israel New Business Items (NBIs)  that have been introduced ahead of the  National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly.  The assembly, which brings together over 6,000 delegates from across the United States will take place in Philadelphia from July 3-7, 2024.   “As a […]

A Resolution Of The Board of Regents Of The University of Colorado in Response to Protests That Occurred On June 1, 2024, and June 17, 2024, at The Private Residences of Regents

WHEREAS On June 1, 2024, and June 17, 2024, a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) conducted protests related to its demands that the University of Colorado “divest” from corporations that do business with Israel; WHEREAS The protests occurred in front of the private residences of members of the University of Colorado Board […]

Organizations Fighting Antisemitism Stand In Solidarity With CU Board Of Regents For Condemnation Of Protests At Private Residences

Anti-Israel Protests at CU Regents’ Homes Lead to Swift Action Calling Out Antisemitism (June 20, 2024 – Pueblo, CO) — The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado on June 24, 2024 unanimously passed a resolution condemning the anti-Israel protests that took place at the homes of two Regents — Board Chair Callie Rennison […]

Press Release: Department of Education OCR Resolves SWU’s Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College, CUNY

(June 17, 2024 – New York, NY) – On June 17, 2024, StandWithUs was pleased to learn that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has resolved a Title VI Civil Rights complaint filed in November 2021, along with three students, against Hunter College, a CUNY school.  StandWithUs’ complaint  alleged a pervasively hostile […]