Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover

The Algemeiner JNS.org/Jewish News Syndicate Deborah Fineblum 4/10/2019 “There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said, “There’s no place like home … for Passover.” It’s no contest. Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), which begins this year at sundown on […]

Letter to Emory President Claire Sterk

April 9, 2019 VIA EMAIL : csterk@emory.edu Claire E. Sterk, PhD President, Emory University 408 Administration Building 201 Dowman Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Dear President Sterk, We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit, Israel education organization, in regard to the anti-Semitic mock eviction notices (notices) recently posted on doors in residential halls […]

Airbnb reverses decision over blacklisting Jewish properties in Judea and Samaria

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 4/9/2019 The online hospitality service Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it has reversed its November decision to blacklist about 200 Jewish-owned properties in Judea and Samaria and has settled all lawsuits. “Under the settlement terms, Airbnb will not move forward with implementing the removal of listings in the West Bank […]

Airbnb Succumbed To Pressure-Reversed discriminatory policy on de-listing Jewish properties 4-9-2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Airbnb Succumbed To Pressure Reversed it’s discriminatory policy on de-listing Jewish properties in West Bank We applaud the individuals who spoke out against this policy, including the 8,000 people who wrote emails of opposition via the StandWithUs Action Center, and the plaintiffs who filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the policy. We […]

Israel’s Democracy Deserves Your Respect

The Times of Israel Michael Dickson Dear World, This week an amazing thing will happen in the Middle East. Keep that in mind, because your local media may not represent it that way. Millions of citizens, men and women, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race or religion, will head to the polls. Totally free, democratic elections, […]

Brown Divest referendum ‘deeply harmful’

Jewish Rhode Island Jessica Raviv April 4, 2019 Unfortunately, on March 21, 2019, Brown University students voted to support a discriminatory divestment referendum against Israel. As a proud member of Brown Students for Israel (BSI) and a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, I stood with my community against this deeply harmful campaign. Introduced by Brown Divest, the […]

Linda Sarsour whitewashes Rep. Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism – StandWithUS

The Jerusalem Post April 6, 2019 Linda Sarsour whitewashes Rep. Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism – StandWithUS Sarsour also excused Omar’s antisemitic comments because Omar is Somalian-born, and wouldn’t have known better Women’s March co-chair and BDS supporter Linda Sarsour whitewashed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism in a video released on Thursday by StandWithUS, a pro-Israel advocacy group. […]

Columbia University Professor Compares Israel to ISIS

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 4, 2019 Hamid Dabashi, an Iranian studies professor at Columbia University, compared Israel to ISIS in a March 30 Facebook post. Dabashi began his Facebook post by asking what the difference between the two was, and then answered his own question by stating that “no decent human being on planet […]

Emory President Says Mock Notices ‘Exposed Several Flaws’ in Flyer Approval Process

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 5, 2019 Emory University President Claire E. Sterk acknowledged in a letter to members of the Emory community that the Palestinian mock eviction notices “exposed several flaws” in the university’s process for approving flyers. The notices, which were found on the doors of students living in dormitories on April 2, […]

South African activists talk apartheid, Arab-Israeli conflict

Michigan Daily Liat Weinstrein April 1, 2019 South African activists talk apartheid, Arab-Israeli conflict On Monday evening, South African activists and educators Klaas Mokgomole and Mmamalema Molepo spoke to a group of more than 30 students in the Ross School of Business about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its relation to the apartheid government in […]

Mock Palestinian Eviction Notices Found at Emory University Dorm

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 3, 2019 Several mock eviction notices were found outside the doors of student dorm rooms at Emory University on the morning of April 2. The notices state, “We regret to inform you that your suite is scheduled for demolition in three days.” It proceeds to state that “eviction notices are […]

Sarsour: ‘White Jews’ Who Label Omar An ‘Antisemite’ Base Their Criticism In ‘A Stereotype’

The Daily Caller Mike Brest April 5, 2019 Progressive activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour accused “white Jews” who are critical of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar of basing their criticism in stereotypes while speaking at an event earlier this week. “A black Muslim woman congresswoman, her ancestors wildest dreams that in America, a […]

NYU SJP Says They’re Receiving Award for ‘Exemplary Contributions to the NYU Community’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 4, 2019 New York University’s (NYU) Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter announced in an April 4 Facebook post that they are receiving an award from the university later in the month for their “exemplary contributions to the NYU community.” The post features a screenshot from an apparent email […]

Israel will thrive regardless of the election results

The Jerusalem Post Dov Lipman April 4, 2019 Israel will thrive regardless of the election results Israel survives and thrives despite its leadership and not because of it. ‘We are doomed.” “Israel is now run by weak leftists and will be destroyed.” “The fascist Right will now bring about the end of Israel as a […]

WeHo City Council Votes Down Measure Halting Screening of Anti-Israel Film

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 2, 2019 The West Hollywood City Council voted down a measure on April 1 that would have stopped the upcoming screening of an anti-Israel film inside the city council as part of West Hollywood’s Human Rights Speakers series. WEHOville reports that while Mayor John D’Amico and Mayor Pro Tem Lindsey […]

Former Special Prosecutor Explains History of Nazi Cases at StandWithUs Legal Dinner

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 5, 2019 Attorney Joel Greenberg discussed some of the notable prosecutions of Nazi war criminals that have occurred in the United States at the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department dinner at the Mark on April 4. Greenberg, who prosecuted Nazis during his tenure at the Office of Special Investigations, told the […]

Letter to Pitzer Board of Trustees in Support of President Oliver

April 4, 2019 VIA EMAIL: communications@pitzer.edu Pitzer College Board of Trustees 1050 N. Mills Avenue Claremont, California 91711 Dear Honorable Members of Pitzer College Board of Trustees, We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit, Israel education organization, and Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF), a non-profit organization that brings together alumni to combat […]

The Wrong Side of History

Times of Israel Blogs Carla Brewington 2/21/2019 Nazi church bell in Thuringia, Germany; Photo Credit: Screenshot “The Evangelical Church in the German state of Thuringia is being sued because of violating the state’s ban on Nazi symbols by continuing to use its bells which are decorated with Nazi inscriptions.” Deutsche Welle https://www.dw.com/en/germany-church-sued-over-nazi-bells-in-thuringia/a-47489723 As a believer, […]