StandWithUs Applauds Arkansas for Unanimously Adopting the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
(Little Rock, Arkansas – February 15, 2023) — StandWithUs applauds the State of Arkansas, and lead sponsors Senator Jim Dotson and Representative Mindy McAlindon, for the unanimous passage (95-0) of Senate Bill 118 (SB 118), which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism on February 15, 2023. Jordan Cope, Director of […]
StandWithUs Calls on University of Denver to Act After Antisemitic Hate Crimes on Campus
(Denver, CO – February 14, 2023) – StandWithUs is appalled by abhorrent attacks targeting the dorm rooms of three Jewish students at the University of Denver. The incidents, which occurred between February 9 – 12, included pork left on the doorstep and smeared on the dorm room door of one Jewish student and mezuzahs ripped […]
Calling on GWU: Take Jewish students’ claims about Dr. Lara Sheehi seriously
By: Daniel Burston | The Times of Israel | February 2, 2023 The psych professor, who has posted hateful rhetoric against Zionism and Israelis, should be suspended for now from teaching a required diversity course The following open letter was co-authored by Daniel Burston, PhD, Cary Nelson, PhD, David Sasso, MD, MPH, and Ilene Serlin, […]
IAC Antisemitism Sessions Roundup: The Kanye Effect
By: Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | January 30, 2023 The Israeli American Council’s (IAC) National Summit had several hours’ worth of breakout sessions dedicated to antisemitism on January 20 and 21 at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, TX. Here is one of the highlights covered by the Journal. The Kanye Effect A panel later […]
The GW Hatchet Editorial: Antisemitism allegations fit pattern of discriminatory classroom conduct
By Editorial Board | The GW Hatchet | Jan 30, 2023 Over the past year, instances of racism and discrimination in the classroom haven’t been a question of if, but when. Like clockwork, professors target students with prejudice on the basis of their identity, leading to a wave of condemnation and outrage but rarely consequences […]
StandWithUs Condemns SARU Decision to Withdraw Invitation to Tel Aviv Heat Rugby Team
(Johannesburg, South Africa, February 9, 2023) — South African Rugby Union’s (SARU) decision on February 3, to withdraw their invitation to the Tel Aviv Heat to compete in the Mzansi Challenge Rugby Tournament is unconscionable, hypocritical, and non-transparent. StandWithUs calls on SARU to reinstate the Israeli team immediately. Credit: Matt Impey, Saracens SARU president Mark […]
StandWithUs Responds to Lara Sheehi’s Article re: Title VI Complaint at George Washington U
StandWithUs’ filing of a Title VI complaint at George Washington University (GW) was for one primary purpose: to seek a remedy for the antisemitic climate created by Dr. Sheehi’s conduct in her mandatory diversity course at GW, as reported by her students who experienced the discrimination. Despite her mischaracterization of StandWithUs’ motives in filing the […]
Letter to GWU Students from Psychologists Against Antisemitism
January 31, 2023 Dear Professional Psychology Students of George Washington University (GWU), We, Psychologists Against Antisemitism, are an independent organization with over 300 members within the field of psychology, including clinicians, academics, and trainees. Psychologists Against Antisemitism is not a politically oriented group; in fact our membership represents the full political spectrum. What our members […]
Snohomish County Council adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
By: Kienan Briscoe | Lynnwood Times | January 18, 2023 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 18, 2023 —The Snohomish County Council unanimously approves resolution 2023-0072 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism today, January 18, at its General Legislative Session . John Michael Graves, with StandWithUs , an international educational organization, spoke in […]
George Washington University Professor Accused of Anti-Semitism Says Zionism Is a Mental Illness
By: Josh Christenson | The Washington Free Beacon | January 19, 2023 Lara Sheehi says Israeli Jews have ‘violence embedded’ within them. A clinical psychology professor at George Washington University teaches that Zionism is a mental illness and claims Jews commit “violence” against every Palestinian they meet. Lara Sheehi, the professor at the center of […]
The Limits of Academic Freedom | Opinion
By: MARK GOLDFEDER , DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH ADVOCACY CENTER | NEWSWEEK | JANUARY 17, 2023 Last week, the organization StandWithUs filed a complaint against George Washington University (GW) after a psychology professor repeatedly harassed and demeaned the Jewish students who were required to take her class. When those students reported her actions, the […]
George Washington University Responds to Discrimination Allegations
By Allison Hageman | NBC Washington | January 14, 2023 George Washington University responded Friday to allegations of discrimination against students in a campus course. George Washington University responded Friday to allegations of discrimination against students in a campus course. A complaint was filed by StandWithUs, an Israel education organization, which claims a professor in […]
Jewish Students Reported a Professor for Anti-Semitism. Their University Retaliated Against Them
By: Josh Christenson | Washington Free Beacon | January 12, 2023 Lara Sheehi smeared students who challenged her anti-Israel statements, watchdog says. On the first day of classes last fall, a psychology professor asked students in one of George Washington University’s required diversity courses to share their names and identities. The professor went around the […]
George Washington University Ignored Professor’s Antisemitism, Says New Civil Rights Complaint
By: Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | January 12, 2023 A Jewish nonprofit has filed a civil rights complaint against George Washington University (GWU), alleging that it neglected to protect students from a psychology professor accused of a creating a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students enrolled in a graduate level psychology program. […]
Antisemitism Watchdog Files Complaint Against GWU For Alleged ‘Hostility’ Toward Jewish Students
By Kate Anderson | Daily Caller | January 12, 2023 StandWithUs (SWU), an antisemitism watchdog organization, filed a Title VI complaint against George Washington University (GWU) Thursday alleging that the university and a psychology professor created a “pervasive, hostile, and discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students.” (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images) Professor […]
StandWithUs Files Complaint Against GWU Over Prof Allegedly Targeting Jewish Israeli Students
By: Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | January 12, 2023 On August 29, 2022, the first day of class, Sheehi asked each student to share their identity and she validated each of them, until one Jewish student said they were Israeli. Dr. Lara Sheehi from Twitter, George Washington University Professor’s Gate by AgnosticPreachersKid/ Creative Commons […]
Why the US Government is right in using the IHRA definition of Antisemitism
By: Roz Rothstein | The Algemeiner | January 10, 2023 The adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is extremely important, but not everyone understands why. The key reason to adopt this widely accepted definition, in addition to responding to the rising anti-Jewish bigotry we are witnessing across the US […]
‘Just The Simple Truth’: El Al Relaunches Program to Have Flight Personnel Share Israel’s Story With
By: Shiryn Ghermezian | The Algemeiner | January 18, 2023 EL AL flight personnel taking part in the EL AL Ambassadors program. Photo: Anastasia Shub. The Israeli airline carrier El Al announced that it has restarted a program that aims to teach people more about Israel and help them get closer to the Jewish state […]
