StandWithUs Responds to Lara Sheehi’s Article re: Title VI Complaint at George Washington U

StandWithUs’ filing of a Title VI complaint at George Washington University (GW) was for one primary purpose: to seek a remedy for the antisemitic climate created by Dr. Sheehi’s conduct in her mandatory diversity course at GW, as reported by her students who experienced the discrimination. Despite her mischaracterization of StandWithUs’ motives in filing the […]

StandWithUs files Title VI complaint against GWU for discriminatory, retaliatory antisemitic conduct

(Washington D.C, January 12, 2023) – On January 12, 2023, StandWithUs filed a complaint alleging a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging a pervasive, hostile, and discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students within the Professional Psychology Program (“Program”) at […]

StandWithUs Thanks Congressman Ted Lieu For Spearheading Letter to DOE about Title VI

February 9th, 2022 Photo: Evgenia Parajanian / Shutterstock.com StandWithUs would like to express sincere gratitude to Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) for spearheading a bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Education (DOE), asking the DOE to provide much needed technical assistance to the higher educations community about antisemitism, its various manifestations, and the protections […]

StandWithUs, With Students & Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College (CUNY)

Jewish News Syndicate November 12, 2021, JNS Wire On November 10, 2021 StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York […]

StandWithUs, With Students & Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College (CUNY)

(LOS ANGELES, CA) — On November 10, 2021 StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, to […]

StandWithUs Letter to UNC Chancellor Guskiewicz Demanding Proactive Measures to Comply with Title VI

August 27, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellor@unc.edu ) Dear Chancellor Guskiewicz, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit Israel education organization. We write to request that you immediately enact protective measures and issue guidelines to ensure that the University […]

UCLA Title VI Supplemental Information Letter

July 1, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( Maria.Asturias@ed.gov ) Maria Asturias, Civil Rights Attorney U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 50 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1543 San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: Supplemental Information Relevant to OCR Case No. 09-20-2016 Dear Ms. Asturias, We write to bring to the attention of the Office for Civil […]

Letter to President-Elect Biden re Title VI Protection for Jewish Students Facing Discrimination

December 1, 2020 RE: Continuing Longstanding Executive Policy of Extending Title VI Protection to Jewish Students Facing Antisemitic Discrimination Dear President-Elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Transition Team: We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and […]

OCR Responds to SWU and Zachor Legal Institute Title VI Filings Against UCLA 1-3-20

UCLA sign on the University of California, Los Angeles (Photo: Michael Gordon / Shutterstock.com) (Los Angeles, CA, January 6, 2020)  — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has notified StandWithUs and Zachor Legal Institute on January 3rd that it has accepted each of their respective complaints alleging that UCLA violated Title VI of […]

StandWithUs Applauds the Application of Title VI to Jewish Students

(Los Angeles, CA – December 11, 2019 ) StandWithUs applauds today the clarification that Title VI protections apply to Jewish students. With antisemitism on the rise, including on our nation’s campuses, this assurance is crucial. We recognize the vital importance of the IHRA definition, including its recognition that antisemitism often takes the form of hostility […]

UCLA Student & StandWithUs Submit Title VI Complaint Against UCLA Alleging Inaction on Antisemitism

(Los Angeles, CA — October 7, 2019) – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) student Shayna Lavi and the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department have submitted a complaint against UCLA to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). The complaint alleges that the university is in violation of its obligations under Title VI of […]