Letter to NYU

April 19, 2019 VIA E-Mail ( andrew.hamilton@nyu.edu ) Andrew Hamilton President New York University Office of the President 70 Washington Square South New York, New York 10012 RE: Concern over Students for Justice in Palestine’s President Service Award Dear President Hamilton, I write on behalf of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit Israel education organization. We are […]

Remembering Lori Gilbert-Kaye: ‘She Was a Rainbow’

Jewish Journal Oren Peleg March 1, 2019 A blue-and-white sign inside the Chabad of Poway sanctuary indicates “Maximum Occupancy 696.” On the afternoon of April 29, with friends, family, community members, law enforcement representatives and elected officials gathered to honor Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the lone fatality in the April 27 attack, fire codes were no doubt […]

The Poway Synagogue Shooting is Dividing the Jewish Community of San Diego

Vice News Dexter Thomas & Ani Ucar May 1, 2019 SAN DIEGO — Last Saturday, a 19-year-old white supremacist walked into the Chabad of Poway synagogue and started shooting. On Monday, Laurie Gilbert-Kaye was laid to rest, as her family and an entire community looked on. In some ways, this attack has inspired members of […]

Letter to Michigan

May 2, 2019 VIA EMAIL: presoff@umich.edu , umregents@umich.edu Dr. Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D. President University of Michigan 2074 Fleming Administration Building 503 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340 The Regents of the University of Michigan 500 South State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Dear President Schlissel and Honorable Members of University of Michigan Board […]

Pro-Palestinian group tries to stop Jewish students from visiting Israel

Campus Reform Adam Sabes May 1, 2019 A pro-Palestinian group at the University of California, Berkeley demanded that the school’s Hillel chapter end its Birthright trip to Israel. This isn’t the first time IfNotNow has protested Hillel…. A pro-Palestinian student group protested Friday the University of California, Berkeley’s Hillel chapter in an attempt to get […]

CALL TO ACTION: Arkansas Tech must say no to Holocaust Denial

CALL TO ACTION: Arkansas Tech must say no to Holocaust Denial In December, 2018 Arkansas Tech University (ATU) received a $190,000 donation from the estate of a Holocaust denier. Despite being presented with evidence by the Jewish community, the ADL, and numerous scholars of the Holocaust and antisemitism, ATU is refusing to return the money. […]

Jewish and pro-Israel groups criticize back-to-back anti-Semitic cartoons in ‘NY Times’

Jewish National Syndicate / JNS.org Jackson Richman April 29, 2019 Jewish and pro-Israel groups criticize back-to-back anti-Semitic cartoons in ‘NY Times’ “We call on the paper to review and revise its editorial processes so that blatantly anti-Semitic and racist content will not be given a platform by one of the most widely read newspapers in […]

Columbia SJP Calls for Boycotting Pro-Israel Groups on Campus

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 29, 2019 Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) published a statement on April 28 advocating for the boycott of all pro-Israel organizations on campus. SJP issued the statement after Columbia’s Students Supporting Israel (SSI) invited SJP and Jewish Voice for Peace to discuss the Israel-Palestinian conflict. SSI also sent […]

Full Senate embraces anti-Semitism bill

Florida Politics Scott Powers 4/29/2019 The Florida Legislature stands united behind measures to address anti-Semitism in Florida’s schools, colleges and universities. The Florida Senate unanimously approved a bill Monday requiring schools to recognize anti-Semitism as a form of discrimination, and to treat anti-Semitic speech and acts as they would racist speech and acts. In addition, […]

Jewish, pro-Israel organizations grieve over Poway Chabad synagogue shooting

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate 4/29/2019 Jewish and pro-Israel organizations expressed solidarity with those directly affected by the shooting during Saturday-morning services at Chabad of Poway in Southern California, where a gunman killed one woman and injured three others, including the synagogue’s rabbi, 57-year-old Yisroel Goldstein, who lost his right index finger in the attack. This latest […]

Florida Senate passes anti-Semitism bill with clear mandate

JNS/ Jewish News Syndicate 4/29/2019 The Florida Senate unanimously passed an anti-Semitism bill previously passed unanimously by the Florida House, which adopts the U.S. State Department definition of anti-Semitism and mandates that discrimination against Jewish people be considered similar to acts of racial discrimination in Florida’s public-education institutions. Passed by a vote of 26-0, the […]

One Story Multiplied by Six Million

The Tower Peggy Shapiro 4/30/2019 On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we gather to remember the Shoah. Although it happened almost 75 years ago, it has left scars on us all and forever blemished humanity. But for me, it is very personal. I was born in a refugee camp in Lansberg, Germany, near the ashes […]

Scheduled during Passover, anti-Israel motion at the University of Maryland fails

The College Fix Daniel Payne 4/25/2019 Part of a series of BDS failures at numerous schools this year Another student government at another university has failed to pass an anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanction measure, adding to the numerous failures that that movement has recently experienced at schools across the country nationwide. A “BDS resolution” […]

South Floridians react to bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in state’s schools

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona 4/26/2019 South Floridians, including Holocaust educators and leaders of Jewish and Israel advocacy organizations, are reacting to the passage of Florida House Bill 741 that would prohibit anti-Semitism in the state’s public schools and universities. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Randy Fine (R-Palm Bay), was recently approved in […]

UC-Berkeley Jewish orgs. condemn ‘Zionist tears,’ other remarks amid student gov showdown

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 4/26/2019 Jewish groups at the University of California-Berkeley are condemning statements like “f*ck Zionists” and the claim that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) teaches American police to murder black people. The statements were reportedly used by multiple students during a student government meeting. The Associated Students of the University of California […]

Islamic studies center pays a price after hosting ‘anti-Semitic’ rapper

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 4/26/2019 Sponsors of a conference hosted by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies are requesting their money back after a performer displayed an act of what some perceived as “anti-Semitism.” The “Conflict over Gaza” conference took a turn when rapper Tamer Nafar used what […]

Florida Senate Unanimously Passes Antisemitism Bill April 29, 2019

Florida Senate Unanimously Passes Antisemitism Bill April 29, 2019 (Tallahassee, FL – April 29, 2019) — The Florida Senate unanimously passed an anti-antisemitism bill which was previously passed by the Florida House unanimously. The bill now moves to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to sign. The new bill defines antisemitism and mandates that discrimination against Jewish […]

A tribute to Lori Gilbert Kaye z”l

August 8, 1958 – April 27, 2019 Tribute written by former StandWithUs San Diego Director, Audrey Jacobs. On Saturday, April 27th, at Chabad of Poway synagogue, an anti-Semitic murderer shot and killed our dear friend Lori Gilbert Kaye z”l, age 60. Lori was a jewel of our community, a true Eshet Chayil, a Woman of […]