StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson on Ben and Jerry’s – ILTV

Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson sat down with ILTV to discuss the recent policy announcement by Ben and Jerry’s. Join our campaign to protest the discriminatory boycott by Ben and Jerry’s and auto-send a letter to the CEOs and top execs of Ben and Jerry’s and Unilever, their parent company here: https://p2a.co/zXvY5AK

Jewish groups await action by Hopkins on TA considering grading ‘Zionists’ lower

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate FAYGIE HOLT July 20, 2021 Six months after a teaching assistant at Johns Hopkins University polled followers on Twitter about giving “Zionist students” lower grades, the school has yet to take any public action, according to a July 9 letter to school administrators. StandWithUs joined with the Louis D. Brandeis Center in […]

Sarsour Announces Twitter Hiatus After Endorsing Tweet Mocking IDF Involvement in Surfside Rescue

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler | July 7, 2021 Photo: a katz / Shutterstock.com Former Women’s March, Inc. leader Linda Sarsour announced that she’s taking a hiatus from Twitter after coming under fire over endorsing a tweet mocking the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) efforts in helping rescue the victims of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida. […]

Locals grab clean drinking water outside the Rocky Ridge Gas and Market in the Hard Rock Chapter o

Native News Online BY ANDREW KENNARD | JULY 15, 2021 ROCKY RIDGE, Ariz. — The Rocky Ridge Gas and Market is the only store in a rural Navajo community in northeastern Arizona. It offers a variety of basic needs, including food, toilet paper and, most recently, clean drinking water. From a concrete pad next to […]

Jewish orgs calls on Hopkins to affirm no tolerance for antisemitism

The Jerusalem Post JULY 16, 2021 Photo: Alejandro Guzmani / Shutterstock.com More than six months after a Johns Hopkins University teaching assistant posted on social media what Jewish organizations have called overtly antisemitic posts, the university has not yet made a public action to affirm that antisemitism will not be tolerated according to StandWithUs (SWU) […]

Whatever happened to that John Hopkins teaching assistant who wanted to punish ‘Zionist students?’

The Forward Stewart Ain | July 15, 2021 Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has reportedly concluded its investigation into the actions of a teaching assistant who asked in a tweet last Nov. 15 if she could lower the grade of “Zionist students” because of their support for “ethnic cleansing.” But the university has not disclosed […]

Does Technology Share or Shape History?

Princeton Perspectives A Closer Look At What Matters To Princeton Lisa Jacknow July, 2021 In Princeton, we are lucky to be able to stand in front of the home where Albert Einstein spent his final years, touch the gravestone of Aaron Burr or walk along the battlefield where soldiers fought during the Revolutionary War. Now […]

LAUSD School Board Unanimously Passes Resolution Condemning Antisemitism

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 14, 2021 The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board unanimously passed a resolution on July 13 condemning antisemitism, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The resolution, which was introduced by School Board Member Scott Mark Schmerelson, stated that “there has been a significant rise in hate crimes here […]

NBA legend Rick Barry visits kids at basketball camp in Jerusalem

The Hall of Famer stopped by the International YMCA to speak with youngsters about the fundamentals behind the sport. Jewish News Syndicate NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry talks with kids at a basketball summer camp held at the Jerusalem International YMCA on July 8, 2021 (July 13, 2021 / JNS) Retired National Basketball Association […]

Jewish groups to rally in Washington amid growing antisemitism

“As antisemitic attacks have become more frequent… concern in the Jewish community and among our allies has reached a fever pitch,” says Melissa Landa, director of Alliance for Israel, which is spearheading the rally. Israel Hayom By JNS and ILH Staff Published on 07-06-2021 Photo by: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132701445@N06/18662006614/ Dozens of national and local Jewish organizations are […]

Brandeis Center and StandWithUs Demand Action at Johns Hopkins University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johns Hopkins Fails to Publicly Condemn or Address Teaching Assistant’s Poll on How to Grade ‘Zionists’ Brandeis Center and StandWithUs Demand Action (Baltimore, MD – July 14, 2021) – After more than six months and no public action by Johns Hopkins University to address its teaching assistant’s overtly anti-Semitic posts, the Louis […]

Israeli, Native American partnership brings clean water to Navajo Nation

Jerusalem Post JULY 8, 2021 Israeli company Watergen has installed a Gen-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas and Market (RRGM), located in the Hard Rock Community of the Navajo Nation in Arizona as part of a pilot project to ensure access to clean drinking water for Indigenous American communities. The Gen-M water generator’s innovative […]

Coalition brings Israeli water technology to Hard Rock community in Navajo Nation

JNS/Jewish News Service July 8, 2021 The Israeli company Watergen has implemented a pilot project, installing a GEN-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas & Market (RRGM) in the Hard Rock community of the Navajo Nation. It was facilitated by store owner Germaine Simonson, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA), StandWithUs, Bright Path Strong (BPS) and 4D […]

UCLA Title VI Supplemental Information Letter

July 1, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( Maria.Asturias@ed.gov ) Maria Asturias, Civil Rights Attorney U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 50 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1543 San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: Supplemental Information Relevant to OCR Case No. 09-20-2016 Dear Ms. Asturias, We write to bring to the attention of the Office for Civil […]

Watergen Brings Innovative Water Tech to Navajo Nation, Backed by Jewish & Native American Coalition

Watergen Brings Innovative Water Technology to the Hard Rock Community in Navajo Nation, Backed by a Jewish and Native American Coalition (Hard Rock Chapter, Navajo Nation, AZ – July 7th, 2021) — The Israeli company Watergen has implemented a pilot project, installing a GEN-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas & Market (RRGM), located in […]

Dozens of Jewish groups plan Washington rally to raise awareness of anti-Semitism

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate July 6, 2021 Dozens of national and local Jewish organizations are banning together for “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity With the Jewish People,” to be held on July 11 in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness about growing anti-Semitism in person and online. The rally will feature Israeli actress and author Noa […]

Anti-Israel Item Before Largest US Teacher’s Union Overwhelmingly Defeated at Assembly

The Algemeiner Algemeiner Staff JULY 4, 2021 NEA Headquarters in Washington DC//WikiCommons An anti-Israel item placed before the National Education Association (NEA)’s Representative Assembly was overwhelmingly voted down, with only 23 percent of representatives supporting it, while another was sent back to committee. The largest union in the United States, the NEA has more than […]

StandWithUs to Aid House of Israel in Balboa Park

San Diego Jewish World Donald H. Harrison July 2, 2021 SAN DIEGO — The leadership of the House of Israel in Balboa Park is less worried today about the possible burnout of their volunteers. which could have led to the organization being unable to keep the doors open to the public from 11 a.m. to […]