StandWithUs Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against UC Berkeley For Failing to Protect Jewish Students
(Berkeley, CA, March 18, 2025) – StandWithUs Saidoff Legal and a Jewish undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley filed a federal Title VI civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), with notice to the Department of Justice. The complaint alleges that masked pro-Hamas aggressors assaulted an identifiably […]
Bridging Faiths, Defending Truth: Christian Zionists in the Emerson Fellowship
By Bella Brannon | Ha’am UCLA’s Jewish Newsmagazine | March 3, 2025 Photo by StandWithUs C.S. Lewis once wrote, “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” The Christian, StandWithUs Emerson Fellows are not just friends of the Jewish people; they are bound by a deeper recognition […]
StandWithUs International Conference in LA draws 650, biggest attendance yet
CEO Roz Rothstein told JNS that the pro-Israel gathering is “nourishing” for young Jews: “They are facing so much hostility. They need to be in this room. They need to be at this conference.” By Izzy Salant | Jewish News Syndicate | March 4, 2025 Participants of the StandWithUs International Conference in Los Angeles from […]
StandWithUs pilot study: Safety and security on campus
The survey showed that while campuses have resources in place, there is a clear need for enhanced measures to ensure all students feel safe and supported. By Alexandra Chana Fishman | The Jerusalem Post | December 13, 2024 The StandWithUs Data and Analytics Department recently conducted a pilot study to assess safety and security concerns […]
How pro-Israel students were affected by antisemitism in fall and spring 2024 – survey
The survey results highlight the impact of antisemitism on students’ ability to participate fully in campus life. By Alexandra Chana Fishman | The Jerusalem Post | February 18, 2025 StandWithUs reached out to 250 of our Emerson Fellows on college campuses to participate in a timely survey. We wanted to know how antisemitism during the […]
Middlebury College, facing antisemitism investigation, is among those warned by Trump administration
While some organizations that support Israel have expressed support for the Trump administration’s action, other free speech organizations have said the administration is trying to silence speech it opposes. By Greta Solsaa | vtdigger | March 12, 2025 Middlebury College is among 60 higher education institutions that received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education […]
Cryptocurrency platforms need better clarity to avoid being a petri dish for antisemitism – opinion
By allowing such tokens to feature on its platform, and occasionally on its very homepage, Pump has become tacitly complicit in promoting their obscene messaging. Jerusalem Post By Jordan Cope March 11, 2025 Since the infamous October 7 attacks, antisemitism has exploded and adapted in its virus-like tendencies, finding new ways to achieve popularity by […]
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BIG ONLINE ISRAEL INFLUENCER?
Israel educational organizations Let’s Do Something , StandWithUs , and DiploAct Launch ‘Ascend’—A Cutting-Edge Digital Incubator for Pro-Israel Creators New program trains the next generation of digital storytellers to shape online narratives and fight misinformation [Los Angeles, CA — March 12, 2025] – Let’s Do Something (LDS) , in partnership with StandWithUs and DiploAct […]
StandWithUs Leads Lecture for Medical Professionals Regarding Workplace Antisemitism
March, 2025 Julie Paris, Regional Director StandWithUs Mid Atlantic, and Deedee Bitran from StandWithUs along with Professor Rona Kaufman led a webinar for medical professionals titled “Combatting Antisemitism Insights from World Class Legal Experts”. The webinar discussed common issues arising in the workplace nationwide, such as discrimination and harassment of Jewish and Israeli employees, and […]
Federal Anti-Semitism Complaints Filed Against Three California Schools – Scripps, Cal Poly, and Etiwanda District
Brandeis Center, ADL, StandWithUs, Jewish on Campus Allege California Schools Willfully Ignored Severe Anti-Semitic Harassment & Intimidation, Urge Feds to Intervene Washington, D.C., March 6, 2025… Leading Jewish organizations, today, announced they have filed federal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education against California State Polytechnic , Scripps College , and California’s Etiwanda School District […]
Bringing the Fight to Workplace Antisemitism
“There is no mathematically precise test to prove a hostile work environment; courts consider issues like the frequency and severity of the conduct.” By Deedee Bitran, a Senior Counsel and Director of Pro Bono in the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and Of Counsel at Shutts and Bowen LLP . (March 5, 2025 / JNS) “My […]
Trump says any school that “allows illegal protests” will lose funding as Columbia faces review of federal contracts
Carly Gammill, StandWithUs Director of Legal Policy, explains to CBS New York when campus protest activity is unlawful, a rampant problem at universities across the country. By: CBS New York Team | Lisa Rozner | March 4, 2025 Read article here President Trump is threatening to pull funding from schools that allow what he calls […]
State of Florida Tackles BDS With New Bills
(Tallahassee, Florida, March 5, 2025) — The State of Florida is once again taking a leading role in combating antisemitism by bolstering its protections against taxpayer dollars becoming embroiled in discriminatory treatment of Israel. Bills were introduced on Wednesday in both the Florida House and Senate to extend the state’s anti-BDS law to prohibit state […]
Addressing Potentially Unlawful Employee Conduct at Alamo Drafthouse in New York
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal sent a letter to Sony, which owns Alamo Drafthouse, asking its leadership to enforce its own policies after employees wore keffiyehs while working at a movie screening of September 5 , a film about the murder of Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympics. The letter explains how Alamo Drafthouse’s policies appear to prohibit such conduct within […]
StandWithUs Calls on Barnard to Take Action After Disgraceful Response to Violent Occupation of Campus Hall
StandWithUs wrote to Barnard College on March 3, 2025, to express our dismay at the wholly inadequate response of Barnard College’s administration to the violent takeover of Milbank Hall. It appears that Barnard not only blatantly disregarded its own rules, but actively aided and abetted, and purportedly rewarded the individuals violating those rules. StandWithUs calls […]
City of Miami Beach, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and the Center for Combating Antisemitism Take Action Against Antisemitism in Medicine.
The Program Is the First of Its Kind to Launch First in the Nation. (Miami Beach, FL — February 27, 2025) — In a groundbreaking move to address the growing concern of antisemitism in health care, the City of Miami Beach has unanimously agreed to partner with and help fund a new antidiscrimination program developed […]
Shurat HaDin Sues Al Jazeera on Behalf of Victims of Terrorism
(Washington, D.C. – February, 2025) —Shurat HaDin, in partnership with StandWithUs, filed suit against the Al Jazeera Media Network on February 23, 2025 at US District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit seeks to hold Al Jazeera accountable for its role in providing material support to terrorist organizations, and seeks financial compensation and justice for […]
Shurat HaDin Sues Al Jazeera on Behalf of Victims of Terrorism
(Washington, D.C. – February, 2025) —Shurat HaDin, in partnership with StandWithUs, filed suit against the Al Jazeera Media Network on February 23, 2025 at US District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit seeks to hold Al Jazeera accountable for its role in providing material support to terrorist organizations, and seeks financial compensation and justice for […]
