StandWithUs Statement on Supporting Jewish Students and Faculty at UCLA

At this critical moment, our community’s focus should not be on the size of a penalty, media headlines, or politics. UCLA must ensure that Jewish students and faculty can learn, teach, and participate in campus life without harassment or discrimination. We understand Jewish students are concerned about increased hostility towards them and indifference to antisemitism on […]

How the law — and goodwill — are helping to end antisemitism

By: DeeDee Bitran | NY Post | June 23, 2025 Recent antisemitic attacks in Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C. are a chilling reminder that violent hatred toward Jews is not a relic of the past. These alarming incidents underscore the urgency of confronting antisemitism in the courts to hold wrongdoers accountable.  The murders of Yaron […]

NJ Assembly committee approves bill to establish definition of antisemitism

By Deena Yellin | NorthJersey.com | July 25, 2025 A New Jersey Assembly committee voted July 24 in favor of a measure to define antisemitism in the state, following over eight hours of heated debate on the issue. The Assembly State and Local Government Committee unanimously voted to advance the bill in the Assembly, which […]

Stanford leaders show ‘apathy’ after ‘identity-based harassment’ of student, per complaint

A Jewish doctoral candidate who left the university said she experienced “ancient stereotypes with modern progressive language, repackaged through social-justice discourse.” Aaron Bandler | JNS | July 24, 2025 Zahava Feldstein dropped out of a doctoral program at Stanford University due to what she describes as the “apathy” of leaders at the private university in […]

StandWithUs Saidoff Files Supplement to Title VI Complaint at Stanford University. Jewish Doctoral Student Withdrew From the Program Due to Rampant Antisemitism

(July 23, 2025 – Palo Alto, CA) – On July 22, 2025, StandWithUs and Co-Complainant Zahava Feldstein, a Jewish graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Education, submitted a filing to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The submission is a supplement to Co-Complainant’s federal Title VI civil rights complaint against Stanford University […]

Kasowitz and Barnard Announce Settlement of Lawsuit

July 07, 2025   Today, Barnard College, StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice, Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. and the Barnard student plaintiffs in the federal court action 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) announced an agreement to resolve claims against Barnard College. […]

StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ability of American Victims of Terrorism to Sue

June 23, 2025 StandWithUs Saidoff Legal applauds the June 20, 2025, unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Fuld v. PLO  and U.S. v. PLO, upholding the ability of American victims of foreign terrorism to sue the Palestine Liberation Organization (“PLO”) and Palestinian Authority (“PA”) in U.S. federal courts. StandWithUs is proud to have […]

Going to work has become ‘miserable’ for many Jews since Oct. 7, employment lawyer says

“People reach out to me when they’re already on medication to manage the emotional toll,” Deedee Bitran, of StandWithUs, told JNS. Vita Fellig | Jewish News Syndicate | June 6, 2025 Deedee Bitran, senior counsel and director of the pro bono network at the Saidoff Legal Department at StandWithUs, and Shai Davidai, a professor at […]

How donors can prevent their university gifts from funding antisemitism

By: Yael Lerman & Jonathan Rotter | https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/ | May 30, 2025 As antisemitism rises on American campuses, concerned donors are increasingly asking how to ensure their gifts to universities don’t end up supporting discrimination against Jews. At StandWithUs, we routinely hear from philanthropists who want to give responsibly; they want their gifts to reflect […]

StandWithUs Joins in Filing of Amicus Brief

StandWithUs Saidoff Legal jointly filed a motion for leave to file an amicus brief in the Eastern District of New York on May 20, 2025. The motion requests discovery from Democracy for the Arab World Now (“DAWN”) as a part of a larger effort to hold Yesh Din accountable for their unlawful sanctioning of a United […]

‘Vital role’ for lawyers in fighting Jew-hatred, StandWithUs says

“When there is a legal remedy, lawyers can play a vital role in ensuring that there is a strong response from our Jewish community to antisemitic activity,” Deedee Bitran told JNS. Jewish News Syndicate | May 9, 2025 Even attorneys with tight schedules can help fight Jew-hatred by pitching in as little as an hour […]

StandWithUs and the Bay Area Jewish Coalition File Title VI Complaint Against CA’s Santa Clara Unified School District for Disparate Treatment and Harassment of Jewish Students 

  Federal civil rights complaint alleges that district engaged in disparate treatment of Jewish elementary, middle and high school students, and ignored severe and pervasive harassment of Jewish students across multiple schools     Santa Clara, CA, April 3, 2025 – StandWithUs Saidoff Legal, a division of StandWithUs, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to educating […]

StandWithUs Title VI Complaint Against Lake Washington School District Prompts Investigation by Department of Education

(Seattle, WA — March 19, 2025) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened for investigation a federal Title VI complaint filed by StandWithUs Saidoff Legal against the Lake Washington School District (LWSD), which the complaint alleges has ignored and enabled rampant antisemitism. LWSD is located in King County, Washington, […]

Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies

School District Settles Lawsuit Brought by Brandeis Center, ADL, and AJC Alleging Ethnic Studies Courses were Developed in Secret and Infected with Anti-Semitism (Santa Ana, Calif., February 20, 2025) – Major Jewish organizations on February 20 announced that the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against the school […]

Exciting Resolutions to Title VI Investigations at Four Major US Universities!

Department of Education Resolves Title VI Complaints Filed by StandWithUs (Los Angeles, February, 2025) — In the final days of President Biden’s administration, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded its investigations into four federal Title VI complaints filed by StandWithUs and its partner organization, the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice […]

Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York

(Boston, MA, September 30, 2024)  –. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, on September 30 announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism […]

StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking to Hold UNRWA Accountable for October 7 Terrorism

StandWithUs filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York on September 20, 2024, along with the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, in support of a lawsuit recently filed against UNRWA by Israelis alleging UNRWA’s aiding and abetting the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. StandWithUs’ amicus brief argues UNRWA is not entitled […]

Press Release: StandWithUs Files Title VI Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against SUNY Purchase for Egregious Antisemitic Targeting by Student Government, Enabled by Administration

Los Angeles, CA –  The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, a division of StandWithUs, along with a current student and a recent graduate, filed a federal Title VI complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on August 20, 2024. The complaint alleges that Purchase College, State University of New York (“SUNY Purchase” […]