Nevada Bd. of Regents First to Adopt IHRA Definition in Its Anti-Discrimination Training
(Las Vegas, Nevada — December 4, 2022) — The Nevada Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s eight universities, voted on Friday, December 2, to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ( IHRA ) Working Definition of Antisemitism for use in its anti-discrimination training and education. It is the first state higher education department to […]
StandWithUs Warns Texas A&M University About Antisemitic Story on Snapchat
December 1, 2022 M. Katherine Banks President, Texas A&M University BG Joe E. Ramirez, Jr. Vice President For Student Affairs Annie S. McGowan Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity Josh Brown, Director of Student Activities, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Student Organizations VIA EMAIL : president@tamu.edu ; joe.ramirez@tamu.edu ; al-mcgowan@tamu.edu ; jhbrown@stuact.tamu.edu Dear President Banks, […]
NYPD: Christopher Brown, Matthew Mahrer arrested, accused of making threats against New York synagog
BY JENNA DEANGELIS, JENNIFER BISRAM | CBS NEWS NEW YORK | NOVEMBER 19, 2022 Two men who allegedly made threats against synagogues in New York City were arrested late Friday night. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue, and 22-year-old Matthew Mahrer, of the Upper West Side, were taken into custody at Penn Station around 11:30 p.m. […]
StandWithUs opens office in South Africa, country that inspired ‘Israeli apartheid’ slander
By Susan R. Eisenstein | Jewish News Syndicate | November 17, 2022 “The truth is that Israel bears no resemblance to the oppressive apartheid regime that oppressed my people,” said SWU South Africa Executive Director Cassandra Mayekiso. StandWithUs staff including Noa Raman; Miss Universe Iraq 2017 Sarah Idan; representatives from SAUJS and students at WITS […]
Free speech or hate speech? Clifton candidate’s comments on Middle East may sway election
By: Deena Yellin | NorthJersey.com | November 3, 2022 Eighteen months later, a city school commissioner’s critical comments about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians are dogging him on the campaign trail — and fueling a debate over political speeches during public meetings. Fahim Abedrabbo, a trustee on the Clifton Board of Education, is seeking a new […]
LA City Council adopts working definition of antisemitism
By City News Service | Los Angeles Daily News | November 2, 2022 The definition, which was recently adopted by the cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, states that: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish […]
Los Angeles to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
November 1, 2022 / JNS We need a widely accepted definition that will equip us to fight bigotry against Jews, said Roz Rothstein, CEO and co-founder of StandWithUs. “Goyim Defense League” banners supporting Kanye West’s comments about Jews over a Los Angeles bridge, Oct. 22, 2022. Source: Twitter. The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday […]
StandWithUs opens office in South Africa “the ground zero of BDS”
By Tali Feinberg | South African Jewish Report | Nov 3, 2022 “South Africa is ground zero for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions [BDS] movement, and has one of the most violent and antisemitic Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) campaigns in the world,” says Noa Raman, the director of partnerships in Israel, who has been leading StandWithUs’ […]
Statement on Israel’s 2022 Elections
Photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 With final results announced in Israel’s elections, StandWithUs reaffirms our respect for Israeli democracy. Some have quipped that Israel has “too much democracy,” because it is a multiparty system and Israelis have gone to the polls several times in recent years. In a world where democracy is all too scarce and a region where […]
StandWithUs Nederland is Grateful That the IND Banned David Icke From Entering the Country
(Amsterdam, Netherlands — November 4, 2022) — StandWithUs Nederland advocates for standing up to misinformation about Israel through education, as well as combatting antisemitism all over the world. Following recent events in the Netherlands, we are grateful that the Dutch immigration service, IND, decided to ban the known antisemite and controversial conspiracy theorist, David Icke, […]
StandWithUs Praises LA City Council Resolution to Define and Fight Antisemitism
(left to right): Esther Renzer, International President SWU; Roz Rothstein, co-Founder and CEO SWU; Max Samarov, SWU Executive Director Research & Strategy; Richard Hirschhaut, Director AJC Los Angeles; Councilmember Paul Koretz; James Conlon; Councilmember Bob Blumenfield; Saba Soomekh, Associate Director, AJC Los Angeles; Dr. Nili Alon Amit, Associate Director SWU Holocaust Education Center; Tanaz Golshan […]
StandWithUs Welcomes Morningstar’s Reversal On its Risk Rating of Israel
(Los Angeles, CA — November 1, 2022) — StandWithUs welcomes Morningstar’s announcement that it will change its discriminatory methodology in determining its risk ratings for companies doing business in and with Israel. Morningstar came under fire for giving biased, anti-Israel guidance regarding investments in Israeli companies and other firms targeted by the hateful Boycott, Divestment, […]
StandWithUs Australia Set to Launch
Sydney 10 March, 2022 Photos courtesy StandWithUs Australia International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs – whose mission is to inspire and educate people of all ages and backgrounds about Israel, challenge misinformation and fight antisemitism – has announced it will be opening national operations in Australia. StandWithUs is already well-known locally in Australia. The organisation has […]
Press Conference against UNHRC at UN October 27, 2022
(October 27, 2022) — Dozens of organizations sponsored a press conference to express their collective outrage against the kangaroo court and modern-day antisemitism of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “Commission of Inquiry” The conference was held prior to chair Navi Pillay presenting its finding to the General Assembly. Watch the press conference HERE. […]
These Law Firms Don’t Know What They’re Doing — Hopefully (Opinion)
By ROZ ROTHSTEIN Newsweek 10/20/22 AT 2:23 PM EDT Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The ongoing attempts by campus student organizations to marginalize Jews have garnered significant attention recently, most notably an August 2022 incident at the University of California Berkeley Law School in which nine law school student groups, led by the efforts of Berkeley […]
The Palestinian leaders are promoting murder and nobody cares – opinion
People have had enough of the UNHRC ignoring human rights abuses worldwide or actively protecting dictatorships. By ROZ ROTHSTEIN Jerusalem Post OCTOBER 19, 2022 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock On October 27, the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry (COI), led by Navi Pillay , is slated to present its findings to the […]
University of California Newspaper Demands Action Against Antisemitism After Series of Incidents
By Dion J. Pierre The Algemeiner OCTOBER 21, 2022 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The school newspaper of University of University of California-Davis is urging administrators to “do more to support the Jewish community,” after a series of antisemitic incidents which have occurred on and near the campus since 2015. On Friday, the editorial board of […]
Kanye West ‘Spewing Dangerous’ Antisemitic ‘Rhetoric’
National Jewish Organization Urges Brands To Drop Him The National Jewish Organization told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Kanye’s recent remarks promote ‘hate and ill will towards Jews’. Sara Whitman, James Vituscka Hollywood Life October 24, 2022 Kanye “Ye” West has doubled and even tripled down on his antisemitic tweets and views he has proudly made known […]
