THE REAL WINNER OF EUROVISION WAS ISRAEL

Jerusalem Post Michael Dickson 5/19/2019 People celebrate the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 by Israel’s Netta Barzilai with her song “Toy” , at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 13, 2018. (photo credit: REUTERS/CORINNA KERN) Israel’s Eurovision entry barely made a dent on the scoreboard but there’s no doubt that the Jewish […]

Williams College administrators override student government’s rejection of pro-Israel group

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 5/17/2019 The administration at Williams College overrode the student government’s rejection earlier this month of a pro-Israel group being formed on campus. A college spokesperson, Gregory Shook, told the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which fights to free speech on college and university campuses, that since Tuesday, […]

Williams College bypasses student government, recognizes pro-Israel student group

College Fix Greg Piper 5/16/2019 The Williams College student government ignored its own bylaws by refusing to recognize the pro-Israel student group Williams Initiative for Israel last month, citing the group’s political views. That posed a problem for the private college, which could get sued for breach of contract under Massachusetts law if it didn’t […]

Honoring Survivors, StandWithUs in Israel

Jewish Journal Ryan Torok 5/15/2019 Husband-and-wife Roz and Jerry Rothstein, CEO and COO of pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU), respectively, took part in a mission to Israel for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut. StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein (far left); Jerry Rothstein, COO of StandWithUs (far right); and StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson (center) met with […]

Israeli Culture, Food and Music at Celebrate Israel Festival

Jewish Journal Ryan Torok 5/15/2019 Although Israel’s 71st anniversary officially was May 9, you can still celebrate all things Israel this Sunday, May 19, at the Israeli-American Council’s (IAC) annual Celebrate Israel Festival at the Cheviot Hills Park and Recreation Center in Rancho Park on the Westside. The festival, now in its eighth year under […]

Harvard satirical publication apologizes for sexualized Anne Frank bikini photo

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman The Harvard Lampoon, Harvard University’s student-run satirical newspaper, has apologized for publishing over the weekend a sexualized photo of Anne Frank in a bikini. “Gone Before Her Time: Virtual Aging Technology Shows Us What Anne Frank Would Have Looked Life if She Hadn’t Died,” stated the text above the edited […]

Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign campus anti-Semitism bill, possibly on trip to Israel

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 5/15/2019 Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated that he will sign a bill aimed at combating anti-Semitism in public education, and it could occur during his planned trip to Israel later in the month. DeSantis made this statement during a trip in Miami Gardens, Fla. The bill would bar discrimination […]

California’s Not So Golden History of White Supremacy

The Tower Lauren Post 5/15/2019 California leads the nation with 83 active hate groups, six of which operate in the Sacramento area, according to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Moreover, in 2018, California led the nation with a 28% increase in anti-Semitic incidents, compared to 5% overall. These statistics are shocking. […]

Living For San Diego & Pittsburgh: Reflection & Unwavering Action

Times of Israel Justin Feldman 5/6/2019 I am sickened. I am sickened that the progression of violent anti-Semitism worldwide is ignored, legitimized, swept under the rug, even praised. That only when the atrocious murder of Jews in the United States in 2018 and 2019 occurs by white supremacists, do some people challenge for a second […]

Semester in review: 5 most anti-Israel stories in Spring 2019

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 5/13/2019 During the spring 2019 semester, Campus Reform has reported on multiple anti-semitic incidents, perhaps more than any other semester. As the semester comes to a close and students head home for summer, Campus Reform thought it appropriate to talk with leaders who are on the front lines of battling this […]

StandWithUs Counters Breaking the Silence with Pro-Israel Billboard

Jewish Journal Erin Ben-Moche 5/14/2019 To counteract a recent anti-occupation billboard made by Breaking the Silence (BTS), a non-profit organization made up of IDF veterans who “expose reality of everyday life in the occupied territories”, StandWithUs (SWU) will run its own billboard above Israel’s Ayalon Freeway for a week beginning on May 15. The billboard […]

Emory Investigation Concludes Mock Eviction Notices Weren’t Anti-Semitic

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/9/2019 Emory University’s Senate Standing Committee on Open Expression concluded in an April 15 report that Emory Students for Justice in Palestine’s (ESJP) mock eviction notices were not anti-Semitic. The notices, which found in Emory residence halls April 2, told residents that their suites were “scheduled for demolition in three days.” […]

STANDWITHUS COUNTERS BREAKING THE SILENCE WITH ALTERNATIVE ‘DREAM’ TOUR

The Jerusalem Post Maayan Jaffe- Hoffman 5/13/2019 The pro-Israel NGO StandWithUs has purchased and will erect a massive vertical billboard over the Ayalon Highway in protest to a campaign by the left-wing NGO Breaking the Silence, daring Eurovision visitors to “dream of peace, security and coexistence.” Breaking the Silence put up a billboard on Sunday […]

Israeli anti-occupation NGO under fire for Eurovision billboard

AFP 5/13/2019 An Israeli anti-occupation NGO came under fire Monday for using this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv to offer foreign visitors tours to see “the reality” of military rule over Palestinians in the West Bank. The billboard put up Sunday along Tel Aviv’s busiest main road by Breaking the Silence says in […]

StandWithUs Counters Anti-Israel Billboard in Israel May 15, 2019

(Tel Aviv, May 12, 2019) Israel education organization StandWithUs was quick to respond to the “Breaking the Silence” (BTS) campaign when BTS used the opportunity of the Eurovision incoming tourism to Israel to promote politicized tours. Breaking the Silence are a small group of disgruntled soldiers who regularly appear at international forums to defame Israel […]

Israel comes to a standstill to mark Yom HaShoah and remember 6 million

Jewish News 5/2/2019 Israel came to a standstill on Thursday morning with a two-minute siren wailing across the country in remembrance of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Pedestrians stood in place, buses stopped on busy streets and cars pulled over on major roads – their drivers standing on the roads with their […]

Anti-Semitic Cartoons Found at Stanford

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/7/2019 Several flyers containing anti-Semitic cartoons were found at Stanford University May 3 advertising a May 10 Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) event. One of the cartoons depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempting to turn American Jews into evangelicals in order to […]

DePaul professor ignites free-speech uproar with unabashed pro-Israel views

Washington Times Valerie Richardson 5/7/2019 Since arriving from Jamaica with $120 in his pocket, DePaul University professor Jason D. Hill in many ways has embodied the American dream, until he received a rude awakening over his unabashed admiration for Israel. His article last month declaring that Israel has a “moral right to annex all of […]