StandWithUs Thanks Maine Legislative Committee for Rejecting BDS Bill
(Augusta, ME – March 4, 2026) — StandWithUs thanks the Maine Legislature’s Committee on State and Local Government for unanimously voting against LD 1383. While the language of the bill is broad, its supporters have made clear that its intent is to promote the hateful Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. “Committee members rejected a BDS bill that would […]
StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Announces Settlement of Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Columbia University
StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Announces Settlement of Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Columbia University LOS ANGELES — The StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) announced that a settlement has been reached in the federal lawsuit Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. et al. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al. (S.D.N.Y. 1:24-cv-01306-VSB-SN). SCLJ […]
StandWithUs Urges Newsom to Correct Deeply Misleading Claims
(Los Angeles, CA — March 4, 2026) — StandWithUs calls on California Governor and likely Presidential candidate Gavin Newsom to correct multiple deeply misleading claims he made about Israel and the war with Iran’s regime (starting at 24:55 of this video). According to numerous sources, Iran has been rebuilding key elements of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and working to shield them […]
StandWithUs files amicus brief in lawsuit seeking the return of artwork to Holocaust survivor’s family
On Monday, March 2, 2026 StandWithUs, along with the Monuments Men and Women Foundation, Jamie Kastner, Laura Baron Kastner, and the Dr. David Milch Foundation, filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in a lawsuit seeking to return artwork taken by the Nazis during the Holocaust […]
When antizionism violates the US Civil Rights Act
The demonisation of Israel is an attack on a core component of mainstream Jewish identity. It is not debate – it is unlawful discrimination Melissa Langsam Braunstein | The Jewish Chronicle | February 27, 2026 Is antizionism antisemitism? That’s no longer an intra-Jewish nor academic debate. Rather, it’s a question with legal and policy implications […]
Jewish Groups Sue State for Allegedly not Protecting School Students from Hate
LOS ANGELES — The Jewish support groups, the Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law and StandWithUs are suing the state of California on behalf of Jewish parents whose children allegedly have been subjected to “cruel, persistent and pervasive antisemitism” in public schools. City News Service Los Angeles | Spectrum News 1 | […]
BREAKING: Brandeis Center Files First-Ever Antisemitism Lawsuit Against a U.S. State – California
Some teachers have abandoned approved curricula and are replacing them with anti-Semitic materials of their own choosing By Evan Gahr | California Globe | February 27, 2026 California public schools are awash with anti-Semitic slurs, harassment and assaults but state authorities refuse to intervene, according to a lawsuit against California filed today on behalf of Jewish parents […]
Hope for a Better Future in Iran, Israel, and the Middle East
For decades, Iranian leaders called for death to the United States, the UK, Israel, and all others who oppose its reign of terror. They have brutally murdered the people of Iran, while exporting death and suffering across the Middle East, the Americas, Ukraine, and beyond. Like many Iranians, Americans, Israelis, and people of all backgrounds, […]
StandWithUs Northeast Testifies At NYC Council Committee to Combat Hate Hearing
On February 25, 2026 Avi Posnick, Northeast Director for StandWithUs (SWU) testified at a hearing by NYC Council Committee to Combat Hate on Intro 0001 that calls for the creation of a buffer zone around houses of worship. He thanked Speaker Julie Menin for introducing this legislation and the majority of the Council Members for supporting it. He urged […]
Major Lawsuit Filed Against California to Address Systemic Antisemitism in K-12 Schools
On February 26, the Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law and StandWithUs, in coordination with outside counsel, including veteran California plaintiffs’ attorney Michael A. Sherman, sued the State of California, the California State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, and Superintendent Tony Thurmond on behalf of Jewish parents whose children have been, and continue to be, the subjects of cruel, persistent, and pervasive anti-Semitism in their California public schools.
Op-Ed: Standing with Israel and our community
For more than 20 months, the East End Food Co-op has been the focal point of a campaign that targets Israel and, by extension, our local Jewish community. In July 2024, the EEFC Union 667 voted to “endorse the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and commit to transforming the EEFC into an ‘Apartheid Free Zone,’” […]
Identity, Inclusion, and Israel: 5 Things Jewish Students Need You to Understand
College is a time of incredible growth, new friendships, and discovering who you are. For Jewish students, it’s also a unique period of navigating identity, community, and often, unexpected challenges. These challenges go beyond classes or social events. Often, they involve what it means to be visibly Jewish, to support Israel, or simply to find a welcoming […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Law Testifies Before U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Carly Gammill, Director of Legal Policy & Litigation for StandWithUs Saidoff Law, testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on a panel titled, Antisemitism on America’s College and University Campuses: Current Conditions and the Federal Response. She clarified that Zionism is not a political idea but refers to the connection between the Jewish people and their […]
“For Such a Time as This” Responsibility in the Spirit of Purim
The story of the Book of Esther is not just a tale of ancient Persia. It is a mirror of what we are experiencing today, both collectively and individually. Then: A wicked ruler in Persia (modern day Iran) seeks to annihilate the Jewish people. Today: Exactly the same. Then: Purim begins with the majority of Jews so […]
StandWithUs Condemns Persistent Antisemitic Harassment of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Councilman Benjamin Hover
(Lansdowne, Pennsylvania — February 20, 2026) — StandWithUs strongly condemns the latest in a years-long series of antisemitic attacks against Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Borough Councilman Benjamin Hover. This statement is directed to Lansdowne borough and council leadership, whose continued inaction has allowed this pattern of harassment to persist. The most recent incident, a mocking caricature shared […]
Political Change Alone Does Not Produce Freedom
Sarah Mehrnia | Jewish Journal | February 18, 2026 A future Iran will not be judged by the promises it makes, but by whether families like mine could remain without fear, without bribery, and without contingency determining survival. As the world debates what a “post-revolution” Iran could look like, many assume that political change alone […]
A Model for Addressing Antisemitism in Health Care
Peggy Shapiro | ejewishphilanthropy | February 5, 2026 Hospitals, clinics and medical schools are supposed to be neutral spaces dedicated to healing. Yet antisemitism is increasingly infecting these institutions, from overt hate speech by health care workers to exclusionary practices that block Jewish clinicians from professional collaboration. Patients and providers alike are paying the price: […]
Video shows men saying ‘free Palestine’ to Dallas rabbi, spitting
“You would seriously come to my house, you would offer services and want me to pay you and then you would say, ‘free Palestine,’” the rabbi appears to say in the video. (Feb. 18, 2026 / JNS) StandWithUs shared video footage last week that appeared to show two young men, who had offered services at a […]
