StandWithUs Letter to SPS Interim Superintendent Jones Expressing Concern over BDS Resolution

June 16, 2021 Brent Jones, Ph.D. Interim Superintendent Seattle Public Schools Office of the Superintendent MS: 32-150; PO Box 34165 Seattle, Washington 98124-1165 VIA WEBSITE SUBMISSION Dear Superintendent Jones, We write on behalf of StandWithUs Northwest, the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education […]

Statement on the New Israeli Government

As a new Israeli government is sworn in, StandWithUs reaffirms our respect for Israeli democracy. We are a non-partisan education organization. As such, we do not endorse or oppose any Israeli political leadership. However, we do educate about political issues and believe it is important to highlight some important facts. In Israel, governments can only […]

StandWithUs Letter to UCSD Chancellor Khosla Concerning Statement of Solidarity with Palestine

June 11, 2021 Pradeep K. Khosla, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive #0005 La Jolla, California 92093-0005 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellor@ucsd.edu ) Dear Chancellor Khosla, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting […]

StandWithUs Letter to UCLA Chancellor Block Concerning Statement of Solidarity with Palestine

June 11, 2021 Gene Block, Ph.D. Chancellor UCLA 2147 Murphy Hall Los Angeles, California 90095-1405 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellor@ucla.edu ) Dear Chancellor Block, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and combating antisemitism. The purpose […]

They Want to Silence Jews and Israel; It Won’t Work

The Algemeiner by Yael Lerman | JUNE 9 Photo by: EQRoy / Shutterstock.com In my 15 years of working as a civil rights lawyer, I have never seen a wave of requests for legal help like I am experiencing now. At the organization where I work, StandWithUs, we have seen a 300 percent increase in […]

Hundreds of Harvard students condemn Israel in statement that omits any mention of Hamas

Palestinian student groups at Harvard painted Israel as an ‘apartheid’ state following its defensive operations against Hamas, which led to civilian casualties. The students pressed Harvard to cut ties from businesses that work with Israel. Campus Reform Ben Zeisloft | June 9 Photo by: g0d4ather \ Shutterstock Over 900 students and nearly 100 students groups […]

StandWithUs Letter to SFUSD Superintendent Vincent Matthews Expressing Concern over BDS Resolution

June 9, 2021 Vincent Matthews, Ed.D. Superintendent San Francisco Unified School District 555 Franklin Street San Francisco, California 94102 VIA EMAIL: ( matthewsv@sfusd.edu ) Dear Superintendent Matthews, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and […]

StandWithUs to Create New Visitors Experience and Studio in Jerusalem Education Center

Announcement was made at virtual celebration for StandWithUs’ 20th anniversary (Jerusalem – June 7, 2021) – During a celebration of its 20th anniversary, StandWithUs announced that it is expanding its Education Center in the heart of Jerusalem. The new addition is scheduled to open its doors to visitors in early 2022. The new facility will […]

StandWithUs Applauds UCSD Graduate Student Government for Choosing Cooperation Over BDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE StandWithUs Applauds UCSD Graduate Student Government for Choosing Cooperation Over BDS (San Diego, CA – June 8, 2021) – StandWithUs commends the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for rejecting a destructive and one-sided resolution calling for an academic boycott against Israel on Monday, […]

StandWithUs Responds to UMBC Administrative Departments Antisemitic Instagram Posts

June 2, 2021 Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, PhD President University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, Maryland 21250 Nancy D. Young, PhD Vice President for Student Affairs University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, Maryland 21250 VIA EMAIL: ( hrabowski@umbc.edu ; nyoung@umbc.edu ) Dear President Hrabowski and Vice President Young, We […]

Urging Administrative Action to Address Antisemitism at the University of Chicago

June 3, 2021 Robert J. Zimmer, PhD President The University of Chicago 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Suite 501 Chicago, Illinois 60637 VIA EMAIL: president@uchicago.edu RE: Urging Administrative Action to Address Antisemitism at the University of Chicago Dear President Zimmer, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating […]

CHRISTIANS AND JEWS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL IN JACKSONVILLE, FL ON MAY 30

(Jacksonville, FL) — On Sunday, May 30th, Christ the Messiah Church – JAX , together with the newly-formed northeast Florida chapter of StandWithus/Southeast , hosted a spectacularly proud and exuberant rally with Christians and Jews unequivocally supporting Israel and strongly condemning the onslaught of violent and global antisemitism we have seen. It was a magnificent, […]

Cambridge City Council Removes BDS from Resolution on Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler May 26, 2021 The Cambridge City Council in Massachusetts unanimously passed a resolution regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that removed a provision promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. According to StandWithUs and the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the resolution initially called on the city to “review corporate contracts and identify […]

Google diversity head in 2007: Jews have ‘insatiable appetite for war’

NY Post Y aron Steinbuch June 2, 2021 Google’s head of diversity strategy is under fire over a 2007 blog post in which he wrote that Jews have “an insatiable appetite for war and killing” — and an “insensitivity” to people’s suffering. Kamau Bobb made the comments in a Nov. 30, 2007, post titled “If […]

Statement on the New Israeli Government

With a new Israeli government about to be sworn in, StandWithUs reaffirms our pride and respect for Israeli democracy. We are a non-partisan education organization. As such, we do not endorse or oppose any Israeli political leadership. However, we do educate about political issues and believe it is important to highlight some important facts. In […]

StandWithUs Congratulates Isaac Herzog on Becoming Israel’s 11th President

Photo: lev radin / Shutterstock.com We congratulate Isaac Herzog on becoming Israel’s 11th President. As a non-partisan education organization, we do not endorse or oppose any political leaders in Israel. However, we do educate about political issues. In Israel, the President plays a largely symbolic but important role, often working to heal divisions in Israeli […]

BDS Resolution Narrowly Defeated At UCSB

The final vote was 12 in favor and 13 against; zero members of the student senate abstained. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler May 27, 2021 Photo: Claudine Van Massenhove / Shutterstock.com A resolution calling for UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) to divest from various companies that conduct business with Israel narrowly failed in the student senate on […]

‘We would not have attained these achievements had we not made Aliyah’

Tens of thousands of new immigrants move to Israel every year, each with their own personal story, but there are those whose immigration shapes and affects many other people’s lives for the better YNet News Meital R. Fishman 05.27.21 Make Israelis better leaders The work of Michael Dickson (43), for Israel and for the Jewish […]