Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and my Grandmother

Jewish Journal By Max Samarov March 17, 2021 Tsilya, third from the right, was clearly up to no good. (Courtesy author) In 1979 my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov, a small town about an hour from her home in Moscow. The KGB — Soviet Russia’s infamous spy agency and […]

Jewish, pro-Israel groups express mixed reactions to adoption of California’s ethnic-studies track

The approved curriculum has undergone several revisions since the first draft was revealed in August 2019, which was strongly criticized for containing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content, including a mention of the BDS movement. Jewish News Syndicate A Yemenite family walks through the desert to a reception camp set up by the American Jewish Joint Distribution […]

Jewish groups condemn CNN’s Don Lemon for remarks suggesting Black and Brown Jews don’t exist

Fox News By Joseph A. Wulfsohn March 19, 2021 Photo: Ted Eytan Anti-Semitism awareness organizations are condemning CNN anchor Don Lemon for remarks he made this week suggesting that Black and Brown Jews don’t exist. Lemon appeared on “The View” Tuesday to promote his new book “This Is the Fire: What I Say to My […]

Series of online events held by students to promote coexistence

Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem features in discussion with Gulf leaders, as the role of sport in promoting peace also comes in to focus Jewish News By JEWISH NEWS REPORTER March 18, 2021 Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan Nahoum. Photo: Gilabrand A series of online discussions were held by students to celebrate coexistence between Israel […]

CA State Board of Education Approves Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler March 18, 2021 The California State Board of Education unanimously approved the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) on March 18. According to Gabe Stutman, editor of the Jewish News of Northern California, the final draft “includes two lessons on Jewish Americans and part of the [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] definition […]

StandWithUs to Oberlin College: Protect Your Students and Investigate Allegations Against Professor

March 19, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( cambar@oberlin.edu ) Carmen Twillie Ambar President Oberlin College Cox Administration Building, 201 Oberlin, Ohio 44074 Dear President Ambar, 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. We […]

StandWithUs Statement on Approval of California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum

(Los Angeles — March 18th, 2021) — StandWithUs is disappointed that California’s K-12 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) was approved without the reasonable changes called for by so many people across the state. The State Board of Education (SBE) voted for the final version unanimously, despite massive numbers of comments asking for edits before and […]

Series of online events held by students to promote coexistence

UK Jewish News March 18, 2021 Event focusing on the Abraham Accords A series of online discussions were held by students to celebrate coexistence between Israel and its Arab neighbours, and counter the movement to boycott the Jewish state. Three virtual events in StandWithUS UK’s Peace Week 2021 programme featured leading Israeli and gulf politicians […]

Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and my Grandmother

Jewish Journal Max Samarov March 17, 2021 Tsilya, third from the right, was clearly up to no good. (Courtesy author) In 1979 my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov, a small town about an hour from her home in Moscow. The KGB — Soviet Russia’s infamous spy agency and Putin’s […]

SOUTH FLORIDA JEWISH COMMUNITY EMBRACES MIAMI HEAT & APOLOGETIC MEYERS LEONARD WITH STREET ART

Photo Credit: Luis Mendoza (Miami, FL) –– The Jewish community of South Florida is embracing both the Miami HEAT and basketball player Meyers Leonard following his apology and his efforts at making amends after using an antisemitic slur while publicly live-streaming a video game over Twitch. A massive street art mural says, “WE LOVE THE […]

University of Texas Student Gov’t Passes IHRA Resolution

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler March 16, 2021 Photo by: Larry D. Moore | Wikimedia Commons The student government at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism on March 9. The resolution, which was obtained by the Journal, states that adopting […]

Jewish Groups Charge Grammy Awards With ‘Insensitivity’ for Featuring Tamika Mallory

The Algemeiner Shiryn Ghermezian MARCH 12, 2021 Tamika Mallory in a virtual discussion as part of the Black Music Collective’s Inaugural GRAMMY Week Celebration, held on March 10, 2021. Photo: Screenshot. The Grammy Awards is facing criticism from Jewish groups for listing Women’s March co-leader Tamika Mallory — who is also a longtime supporter of […]

SWU presses for Jewish history in Ethnic Studies Curriculum

San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison March 10, 2021 StandWithUs panel on March 10 on proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum included top row Katie Chavez and Bella Yadegar; bottom row: Anna Maya and Max Samanov. SAN DIEGO – The stories of Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews who came to the U.S. from the Middle East should […]

NBA player put on leave after using anti-Jewish slur on video-game platform

Jewish News Syndicate “The words used by Meyers Leonard were wrong, and we will not tolerate hateful language from anyone associated with our franchise,” read a statement released by the Miami Heat. (March 10, 2021 / JNS) Miami Heat NBA basketball player Meyers Leonard was caught this week using an anti-Semitic slur on Twitch, a […]

StandWithUs to NBA and NBPA: Adopt IHRA in Wake of Meyers Leonard Antisemitic Slur

In the wake of Meyers Leonard’s recent antisemitic slur during an online gaming session, StandWithUs and its Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA) sent the attached letter calling upon the NBA and the NBPA to use this opportunity to take the positive step of formally adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. […]

StandWithUs Deeply Disappointed in Normalization of Anti-Jewish Hate at 2021 Grammy Awards

Photo credit: Dmileson (Los Angeles — March 10, 2021) — The 2021 Grammy Awards is featuring two people, Tamika Mallory and Jay Electronica, who are both known for their enthusiastic support for Nation of Islam’s antisemitic and homophobic leader Louis Farrakhan. Mallory remains unapologetic in her support for Farrakhan. In her Twitter and Instagram accounts […]

Jewish group calls on AZ pol to apologize for joining Holocaust denier’s event

Jewish News March 9, 2021 Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons The Jewish watchdog group StandWithUs called on Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to apologize for being the keynote speaker a week ago at the America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, an event organized by white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. “This is […]

SWU Disappointed in Miami Heat Center Meyers Leonard’s Antisemitic Slur

StandWithUs is disappointed to learn that yet another celebrity has been caught using a vulgar antisemitic slur. Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard’s use of the word “k-ke” in a derogatory manner toward another player in an online game is wholly unacceptable. The worst part may be that he didn’t appear to know that the term […]