Protesters in S.F. lash out at French ruling in Sarah Halimi murder

J. The Jewish News of Northern California BY GABRIEL GRESCHLER | MAY 3, 2021 Approximately 60 people gathered Sunday in front of San Francisco’s City Hall to protest a French court’s decision in the killing of Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old Jewish French woman who was the victim of an antisemitic attack in her Paris apartment […]

Heartbreaking Tragedy In Israel

We are shocked and heartbroken at the loss of life at the Mount Meron tragedy in Israel, where so many have been killed as they celebrated the holiday of Lag B’Omer. We pray that the injured may heal quickly and mourn together with those who have lost loved ones.

AP Changes Spelling of “Anti-Semitism” to “Antisemitism”

The Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 27, 2021 Important move! The Associated Press has changed its spelling of the word “antisemitism,” now writing it without a hyphen — joining the many who fight against Jew hatred.https://t.co/ORBlbi8BAX — StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) April 27, 2021 The Associated Press (AP) announced on April 23 that they have changed the […]

The Holocaust will never be retro chic

Jewish News Syndicate MELISSA LANGSAM BRAUNSTEIN (April 26, 2021 / JNS) Armani, known for being sleek and polished, recently stumbled. Big time. It all started in early April when a private citizen named Janet Rosenblatt spotted a striped jacket in the window of Armani’s Beverly Hills store. Given how common stripes are, that wouldn’t have […]

Protestors Rally for Sarah Halimi in Front of French Consulate

Jewish Journal Harvey Farr April 26, 2021 Photo by Harvey Farr About 150 protestors, including many French residents, gathered at the Los Angeles French Consulate on Sunday to protest the French Supreme Court’s decision that the killer of Dr. Sarah Halimi will not be held criminally responsible because he was under the influence of cannabis. […]

LA Resident Spray-Paints Over “The Jew Is Guilty” Graffiti

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 22, 2021 Instagram/dannyblue26 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Danny (@dannyblue26) A Los Angeles resident discovered graffiti stating “The Jew Is Guilty” on the sidewalk of the Abbott Kinney area of Venice Beach on April 20. The resident, Daniel Khalili, posted a video of himself on Instagram […]

Pomona College Student Gov’t Passes BDS Resolution

The Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 23, 2021 Mason Hall and the Academic Quadrangle, Pomona College. Photo by Nostalgicwisdom under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. The Pomona College student government unanimously passed a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution on April 22. The Claremont Independent reported that the resolution, which was authored […]

StandWithUs Letter to Pomona President Concerning Student Senate BDS Resolution

April 23, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( president@pomona.edu ) Dr. G. Gabrielle Starr President, Pomona College Office of the President 333 N. College Way Claremont, California 91711 Dear President Starr, We write to you on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit Israel […]

From the Frontlines: Israel Activism on Campus

The Algemeiner Stephanie Margolis APRIL 22, 2021 Colleges work hard to support their various student populations — but Jewish and pro-Israel students often don’t receive this consideration. As a pro-Israel activist at UMass Amherst, I faced not only alienation, but outright discrimination. Zionist students, alumni, and campus organizations must unite and take action to create […]

Armani removes from sale blazer resembling Holocaust concentration-camp uniform

This is an awful look for anyone who cares about Holocaust memory or for anyone with their own personal memory of Nazi concentration-camp uniforms that prisoners were forced to wear,” said StandWithUs. Jewish News Syndicate (April 15, 2021 / JNS) The Italian high-end fashion house Giorgio Armani recently removed from sale a blazer that resembled […]

StandWithUs Informs UC Merced Chancellor Munoz About Campus-Affiliated Zoom Link Hosting Terrorist

April 15, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellormunoz@ucmerced.edu ) Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California, Merced 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 Dear Chancellor Muñoz , We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit Israel education organization. […]

StandWithUs to UC President Drake: Speak Out Loudly Against Leila Khaled

April 15, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( president@ucop.edu ) Dr. Michael V. Drake, M.D. President University of California Office of the President 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, California 94607 Dear President Drake, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit […]

StandWithUs to CSU Chancellor Castro: Speak Out Loudly Against Leila Khaled and Yacoub Odeh Talks

April 15, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( jcastro@calstate.edu ) Dr. Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D. Chancellor The California State University Office of the Chancellor 401 Golden Shore Long Beach, California 90802 Dear Chancellor Castro, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit […]

TEENS SLAM BASKETBALLS IN FRONT OF MIAMI HEAT MURAL AS THE #DUNKONHATE KICKS OFF

(Miami, FL — April 18, 2021) — A massive graffiti art mural has appeared in the edgy Wynwood Walks neighborhood of Miami stating “WE LOVE THE HEAT. UNITED AGAINST ANTISEMITISM, RACISM & ALL HATE.” On Sunday, April 18th in front of the mural, South Florida teens from Miami to Jupiter kicked off #DunkOnHate , a […]

France Supreme Court Upholds That Suspected Jewish Woman’s Killer Unfit to Stand Trial

Jewish groups condemned the French court’s ruling. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 14, 2021 Photo: Polymagou / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 France’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a 2019 lower court ruling concluding that the suspected killer of a Jewish woman is unfit to stand trial. In 2017, Sarah Halimi was killed after […]

Hindu American Foundation and StandWithUs Event Brings Together Hindu and Jewish Communities

(Chicago, ILL – April 15, 2021) — The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and StandWithUs (SWU) held a virtual event “Indo-Judaic Ties: Ancient Cultures, Common Challenges, Modern Miracles” on Monday, April 12. The event brought together nearly 300 members of the Jewish American and Hindu American communities across the country. HAF Co-Founder and Board Member, Mihir […]

“I am a Zionist”: Our Herzlian Jew-Jitsu Moments Twenty Years Ago

Jewish Journal Gil Troy April 14, 2021 Although I felt alone — aside from my wife, who was my partner every step of the way — I later discovered that all over the Jewish world people like me were standing up and going public, not just to defend our people — but to celebrate us. […]

What I told my daughter about Israel

Times of Israel Blogs Michael Dickson APR 14, 2021 Looking at the array of outstanding individuals who were asked to speak on the topic of optimism tonight, I’m a little intimidated – I’m not an expert in Kabballah, I’m not a Life Coach. But there is one aspect of who I am that makes me […]