First Online Gala a Huge Success for StandWithUs UK

Maajid Nawaaz awarded “Beacon of Light Award” for standing up to antisemitism Thousands of Brits tuned in to the first-ever virtual Gala in aid of StandWithUs UK. On November 23, StandWithUs UK hosted their first virtual annual gala, garnering thousands of viewers. The event showcased the accomplishments of the Israel education organization which works with […]

StandWithUs Proudly Joins Coalition Letter to Tufts University Regarding Dental Student

StandWithUs has written to Tufts about Adam Elayan, a Tufts dental student with an alleged long history of violent, antisemitic statements on Twitter . Recently, StandWithUs proudly joined a coalition letter signed by 12 organizations. The coalition letter pointed out that Tufts’ administration has indicated that “we are following a rigorous process and will take […]

UIUC Acknowledges Zionism Is ‘Integral’ to Jewish Identity

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler November 16, 2020 The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) released a joint statement with Jewish groups on November 16 condemning anti-Semitism as well as acknowledging the importance of Zionism to Jewish identity. The statement, which was issued in conjunction with the university’s Hillel and Chabad, Hillel International, Jewish United Fund Chicago, […]

Exclusive: StandWithUs director, ‘inspired by Israelis,’

World Israel News Joseph Wolkin November 18, 2020 The Jewish people are known to be resilient. Throughout history, dating back to the times of the prophets, the resilience of the Jewish people has never failed. But no group of Jews has been as resilient as the Israelis, who have continuously been under attack since the […]

How Israelis have mastered the art of resilience to thrive against all odds

Times of Israel November 17, 2020 This week on The Times of Israel Podcast we’ll hear a Behind the Headlines video interview that was conducted for The Times of Israel Community with Michael Dickson and Dr. Naomi Baum, the authors of “Isresilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World.” The book takes readers on a journey […]

SFSU Student Government Passes BDS Resolution

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler Nov. 18, 2020 San Francisco State University’s (SFSU) student government passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution on November 18. According to journalist Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler, the resolution passed with 17 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions. The resolution, which was authored by the university’s General Union of […]

SJP at Northeastern University promote US-designated terrorist group

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman November 19, 2020 The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Northeastern University in Boston has promoted via social media the U.S.-designated terrorist group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In a since-deleted Instagram post featuring a graphic titled “Reading is for radicals” is the text: “SJP will […]

Bar mitzvah’s paddle board challenge promotes health, heritage

South Florida Sun Sentinel SERGIO CARMONA NOV 19, 2020 For his bar mitzvah project, Asher Wolfe Berenson of Jupiter formed a paddle board team that participated in a fitness challenge. The challenge took place at the Jupiter Pointe Club and Marina in Tequesta. With his team consisting of family and friends/classmates from Arthur I. Meyer […]

StandWithUs Applauds Revisions to California Ethnic Studies Curriculum, Urges Further Improvements

(November 19th, 2020 — Los Angeles, CA) — StandWithUs is encouraged by revisions to California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), which were approved on November 18th and 19th by the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC). The IQC adopted multiple recommendations submitted by StandWithUs. Those changes include the removal of a widely criticized lesson which framed the […]

JNS top 40 global advocates for Israel online

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate November 15, 2020 Michael Dickson is the executive director of StandWithUs Israel—one of the leading pro-Israel groups in the world—and himself a leading advocate for the Jewish state. He has also just published his first book, ISRESILIENCE , which talks about what Israelis can teach the world. Read the article here.

The Israeli secrets to resilience that anyone can learn

Israel21C Abigail Klein Leichman NOVEMBER 15, 2020 Dr. Naomi L. Baum, left, and Michael Dickson, authors of a book profiling 14 resilient Israelis. Photo by Roy Stein How did Israeli Air Force helicopter pilot Noam Gershony go from a near-fatal crash to winning a Paralympic gold medal in wheelchair tennis? How did a little boy […]

Community calls for Long Island sanitation commissioner’s resignation after bias posts online

ABC 7 News Stacey Sager Tuesday, November 10, 2020 OCEANSIDE, Long Island (WABC) — There are growing calls for a Long Island sanitation commissioner to resign after a series of offensive social media posts surfaced online. On Tuesday, community leaders and advocates from just about every group, condemned the conduct of Oceanside Sanitation Commissioner Ryan […]

California advisory board to vote on proposals to ethnic-studies curriculum

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate November 13, 2020 The flag of California. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. An advisory board to California’s board of education is scheduled to vote next week on recommended changes to the state’s proposed ethnic-studies curriculum. The Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) is expected to vote on the recommended changes by the California Department of Education (CDE) […]

ISResilience: Resilience as an inherent element of the Israeli psyche

Jerusalem Post NEVILLE TELLER NOVEMBER 12, 2020 The authors of this volume, Michael Dickson and Naomi L. Baum, decided to invent a portmanteau term for its title. They chose to do so, one imagines, because they believe that the issue they are concerned with is unique and needs its very own descriptive label. Unpacked, it […]

University Presidents: Please Speak Out Against A Convicted Terrorist Lecturing At Your University

November 12, 2020 VIA EMAIL RE: Campaign Promoting Convicted Terrorist Leila Khaled Dear University Presidents, 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 previously wrote to you about your administration’s role in […]

StandWithUs Condemns Campaign to Prevent Positive Changes to the CA Ethnic Studies Curriculum

(Los Angeles, CA — November 11th, 2020) — StandWithUs supports numerous recommendations by the California Department of Education (CDE) to change the state’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), along with additional clarifications and revisions. We urge the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to adopt changes which will improve the curriculum at its November 18th meeting, and […]

TELL CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS: Keep Bias and Hate Out of Our Schools

Photo by Andre M, Wikipedia We need your help to keep hate and bias out of California public schools, and we have made it EASY for you. Just fill out the form below to email California education officials, urging them to fix the state’s ethnic studies curriculum. BACKGROUND INFORMATION In September, we asked you to […]

StandWithUs Statement on Passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Everyone at StandWithUs is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Rabbi Lord Sacks, an inspirational leader in the Jewish world and beyond. We will remember him as a giant in Torah learning, a man who stood up against antisemitism, who spoke with with a moral voice that resonated far beyond the Jewish community […]