Lefkovits Honored with Movement Builder Award
Atlanta Jewish Times | COMPILED BY AJT STAFF | June 15, 2023 The 2022-23 UGA StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, won second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. University of Georgia StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, has been honored with second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. […]
StandWithUs: Fighting antisemitism and supporting Israel — more than ever
Jewish Life Now | June 1, 2023 | by Sergio Carmona Founded in 2001, the non-partisan international education organization StandWithUs (SWU) finds that its core mission of supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism is needed now more than ever. From its humble beginnings in the living room of co-founders Roz (CEO) and Jerry (COO) Rothstein together […]
SWU Condemns New Hayward Unified School District Contract With “Liberated” Ethnic Studies Group
June 16, 2023 StandWithUs strongly condemns the latest contract signed by Hayward Unified School District (USD) with the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC). LESMCC and its leadership have a record of promoting antisemitism, anti-Israel narratives, and other forms of bias. The contract was unanimously approved at a Hayward USD Board of Education meeting […]
Controversy at UCLA Screening of “Israelism”
The J ewish Journal By Aaron Bandler June 8, 2023 Photo by Aaron Bandler A screening of “Israelism” at UCLA Wednesday night was marked by tough questions from a group of students who were troubled by the film’s anti-Israel message. The presentation of the controversial 84-minute documentary, which argues that the American Jewish community raises […]
Santa Ana School Board Passes Anti-Israel Ethnic Studies Courses
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education approved two ethnic studies courses that Jewish groups say contain anti-Israel bias. By Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | May 4th, 2023 The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education approved two ethnic studies courses that Jewish groups say contain anti-Israel bias. The […]
Superintendent: District Has ‘No Intention’ To Remove Any ‘Narrative’ From Anti-Israel Curriculum
Daily Caller News Foundation KATE ANDERSON May 24, 2023 Screenshot/Santa Ana Unified School District/YouTube Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Superintendent Jerry Almendarez said Tuesday that the board would not be removing any “narrative” from its new ethnic studies curriculum, despite complaints of its anti-Israel rhetoric. SAUSD approved two courses, “ Ethnic Studies: World Geography […]
‘Expression of Hate’: CUNY Condemns Commencement Speech Which Demonized Israel
The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre May 31, 2023 CUNY Law School commencement speaker Fatima Mohammed. Photo: Screenshot The City University of New York (CUNY), facing widespread criticism from Jewish groups and lawmakers over a law school commencement speech in which a student demonized Israel, has issued a statement condemning hate speech. “The remarks by […]
StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitism in CUNY Law Commencement Address
On May 25, 2023 CUNY Law School Released Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s commencement address. Here in its entirety is the vitriolic, evil, antisemitic @CUNYLaw commencement address from Jew hater Fatima Mohammed. Unimaginably, it is even worse than last year's hate spewed by Nerdeen Kiswani. No wonder CUNY Law, under state investigation, tried to hide this video. […]
StandWithUs Statement on the “US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism”
On May 25, 2023, the White House released its “US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” StandWithUs applauds the comprehensive nature of the plan and its “whole-of-society” calls to action, which recognize that effectively combating antisemitism requires the commitment of not only the government but also law enforcement agencies, civic and religious organizations, corporations, and educational […]
What teens really think about antisemitism
By Kara Baskin | CJP’s Fighting Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Initiative | March, 2023 In March 2023, I asked teen Jewish leaders to discuss antisemitism: how it affects them, how they address it and their hopes for the future. They were passionate, articulate—and hopeful. Teddy Friedman attends Gann Academy in Waltham. He has been a Peer […]
LA Mayor and City Officials Address Antisemitism – “A Show Of Solidarity”
Taylor Torregano Spectrum 1 News February 21, 2023 Los Angeles city leaders and elected officials met with community members in a town hall on February 20, 2023 to address their concerns about antisemitism and violence. This comes after two Jewish men were targeted and shot as they were leaving synagogues in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. StandWithUs […]
Letter to New York Medical Board re Walid Khass
BACKGROUND: Operation Shield and Arrow
On May 9, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Shield and Arrow with a series of airstrikes targeting three commanders in Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a terrorist organization based in Gaza. The Operation resulted from escalating tensions between Israel and Palestinian terror groups in April and May 2023. The conflict was sparked when […]
StandWithUs South Africa Counters Hateful “Israel Apartheid Week”
By: Cassandra Mayekiso | The Times of Israel | May 3, 2023 Noa Raman, StandWithUs Israel Director of Partnerships converses with students during “Israel Apartheid Week” 2023. (left to right) — Cassandra Mayekiso, Noa Raman, Noah Shufutinsky (aka Westside Gravy) and Chad Silver, South Africa Emerson Fellow from the University of Cape Town during “Israel […]
StandWithUs UK raises over £600K in support of their students and communities
More than 1,000 donors pledged support for Israel educational charity one week after its London offices were broken into. By: Michelle Rosenberg | Jewish News | May 3, 2023 Israel education charity StandWithUs UK has raised more than £600k in a 72-hour fundraising campaign. The support from more than a thousand donors will enable the […]
StandWithUs Statement: Any company profiting from this theft from Jewish victims of the Holocaust..
Any company profiting from the theft from Jewish victims of the Holocaust, is participating in one of the greatest crimes against humanity. We agree with the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and hope that Christie’s will be the link to stop the chain of wrongdoings immediately. And if they don’t, the action of profiting from selling […]
UN rapporteur, who appeared on Hezbollah-affiliated channel, must resign – opinion
Albanese’s antisemitic statements do not deviate far from the antisemitic groups she associates with. Jerusalem Post Jordan Cope April 23, 2023 This month, anti-Israel terrorists murdered a mother and her two daughters in one attack, as well as an Italian tourist in a separate attack in Tel Aviv. Instead of condemning these murders, Francesca Albanese, […]
‘Intimidation’: Vandals Break Into StandWithUs UK Office
The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre April 27, 2023 2:29 PM An unknown person or group broke into the London office of StandWithUs (SWU UK), an educational nonprofit that promotes education about Israel, the group confirmed on Wednesday. The perpetrators came in through the ceiling on the morning of Israel Independence Day and left a […]
