StandWithUs Letter to Northwestern University – January 2024

StandWithUs and Alums for Campus Fairness wrote to Northwestern University on January 15, 2024,   urging the administration to take concrete action against antisemitism on campus, including a thorough investigation of recent incidents and robust enforcement of existing university policies. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO SAIDOFF LEGAL DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE

Pro-Israel Chicagoans brave sub-zero weather at rally marking 100 days since Oct. 7

By: Jacob Magid | The Times of Israel | January 14, 2023 CHICAGO, Illinois — Some 200 pro-Israel Chicagoans brave the sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures to attend a rally marking 100 days since some 240 hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught. Israel’s Consul General to the Midwest Yinam Cohen addresses a […]

StandWithUs Demands That ICJ Drop Baseless Case Slandering Israel

(The Hague, The Netherlands – January 12, 2024) Between January 11-12, 2024, Israel heard and rebutted the first round of oral arguments in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) —the judicial organ of the United Nations—where the South African Government accused Israel of genocide. As it awaits the ICJ’s ruling on a request for a […]

Legal Letter to Lehigh University January 2024

StandWithUs and Alums for Campus Fairness sent a legal letter to Lehigh University on January 8, 2024. The Lehigh administration and campus police appear to have deliberately downplayed and failed to curb antisemitic incidents on an increasingly hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students on campus. In doing so, Lehigh has ignored its legal obligations, […]

StandWithUs Joins Jewish Groups On an Amicus Brief in Support of Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (“JASTA”)

Letter to Santa Monica College – Dec 2023

StandWithUs wrote to Santa Monica College (SMC) on December 21, 2023, in response to their letter of November 22, 2023. We requested (1) that SMC impose all appropriate disciplinary measures on the students who violated university policies and attempted to commit unlawful antisemitic conduct and (2) that SMC immediately remove from office the ICC chairperson […]

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki: ‘Be Brave’ and Condemn Hamas, or You’re ‘Speaking Against Peace’

By: Shiryn Ghermezian | Algemeiner | December 15, 2023 Israeli judoka and Olympic medalist Sagi Muki is urging the public to “speak out” against Hamas and not be afraid to condemn the Palestinian terror group’s deadly rampage in Israel on Oct. 7, even while others glorify the massacre of Israeli civilians. Muki shared a message […]

Rutgers University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine chapter

The university becomes the first public institution of higher education to suspend SJP By: Adam Sabes | Fox News | December 12, 2023 Rutgers University suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter on Tuesday. The New Jersey public university issued an “interim suspension” of the pro-Palestinian organization, according to a letter obtained by […]

Enes Freedom announces plans for world’s ‘biggest basketball school’ to bring Abrahamic faiths together

“They’re gonna learn from each other,” he said, “because it’s a team sport.” By: David Swindle | Jewish News Syndicate | December 12, 2023 Jerry Rothstein, co-founder and COO of StandWithUs; former athelete and activist Enes Kanter Freedom; UAE-based social media activist Loay Alshareef; and Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of SWU, in Los Angeles […]

Calls for a premature ceasefire are ‘immoral and counterproductive’

By: Julie Paris | Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle | December 13, 2023 Israel was forced to enter a war that it never wanted in a fight for its survival and a race against time to rescue the hostages. More than two months have passed since thousands of Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel by land, air and sea […]

StandWithUs Letter to Yale University – December 2023

StandWithUs sent a legal letter to Yale University on December 19, 2023 about a   series of discriminatory and antisemitic statements posted by Zareena Grewal, Associate Professor of American Studies, Ethnicity, Race, & Migration, and Religious Studies at Yale University. These posts on her public X (Twitter) and Facebook accounts promote violence and display an […]

MICHIGAN REP. THANEDAR ATTACKED FOR REFUSING TO STAND WITH HAMAS

Anti-Israel protesters choose to be loud instead of right. Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) has been under attack by anti-Israel protesters because he refuses to dismiss Hamas’ atrocities against Israeli civilians on October 7, because he calls for the release of Israeli hostages, and because he will not equivocate on Israel’s right to self-defense in light of Hamas’ […]

StandWithUs “Festival of Lights” 2023 LA Gala a Unifier

Photo Credit: Jonah Light Photography                        Michal Mivzari StandWithUs’ (SWU) annual “Festival of Lights (FOL)” gala was a resounding success in all ways.  With more than 1,000 people in attendance, the memorable evening was heartfelt and inspiring, and a true display of solidarity with Israel and […]

ACTION ALERT: Join our network of K-12 Educators!

My name is David Smokler and I’m the new Director of K-12 Educator Outreach for StandWithUs, an international organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and educating the public about Israel.  I joined StandWithUs in the middle of the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, after 26 years as a public school teacher and administrator. I made that decision because […]

Letter to City College of New York Re SJP

StandWithUs wrote to City College of New York (CCNY) to express our concern about the actions of the CCNY’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine since October 7, 2023, which we believe merits the immediate revocation of their status as a recognized student organization and accompanying loss of privileges. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK […]

StandWithUs statement on the Congressional Hearing on Campus Antisemitism

StandWithUs is deeply disturbed by the lack of accountability, transparency, and urgency from the presidents of Harvard University, UPenn, and MIT, who were called to testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 6, 2023 about their response to the shocking outbreak of antisemitism at their universities since the October 7th Hamas massacre. These universities […]

StandWithUs Calls on Montclair State University To Suspend SJP Chapter

Jewish Link By Faygie Holt November 30, 2023 The antisemitism watchdog group StandWithUs is calling on Montclair State University to suspend the school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine after the group violated a campus policy regarding protests. In a Nov. 21 letter to Junius Gonzalez, the school’s provost and senior vice president for […]

Letter to Northeastern Illinois University

StandWithUs sent this letter to bring to the University’s attention faculty misconduct in violation of university policies, apparently motivated by antisemitic political ideology. We ask that the administration take immediate proactive measures to ensure that there are repercussions and corrections made to listserv use. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO SAIDOFF LEGAL DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE