Title VI Complaint Filed Against Ohio State by StandWithUs, ADL & Brandeis Center

StandWithUs, ADL & Brandeis Center File Title VI Complaint Against Ohio State, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students. Read the official complaint sent to the Department of Education below. To navigate, simply use the arrows to flip through pages, and utilize the toolbar for additional options such as zooming or fullscreen mode. Read our […]

Press Release: StandWithUs, ADL & Brandeis Center File Title VI Complaint Against Ohio State, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students

Complaint claims OSU repeatedly failed to address incidents, leaving students vulnerable New York, NY, April 9, 2024  … Three Jewish defense organizations today submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Ohio State University, alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish […]

StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice’s Federal Complaint Filed Against Lehigh University Opened for Investigation

Federal complaint describes a pervasively hostile campus climate for Jewish and Israeli students at Lehigh University alongside an indifferent administration. (Bethlehem, PA – April 2, 2024) – StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) on April 2, 2024, learned that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into Lehigh University in […]

Press Release: StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Files Title VI Complaint Against UC Davis

Federal complaint describes a pervasively hostile and antisemitic campus climate at UC Davis, details incidents of unlawful discrimination and harassment against Jews (Davis, CA — April 1, 2024)  – StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) on April 1, 2024,  filed a federal Title VI complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on […]

StandWithUs UK hosted the largest conference on countering antisemitism on social media in the UK.

29 March 2024 StandWithUs UK hosted over 200 students from Jewish and non-Jewish schools gathered at Stone X Stadium for the Swipe-Up Rise-Up conference in tackling antisemitism on social media. This the second year in a row that StandWithUs UK held the SURU conference as part of its efforts to educate and empower sixth form pupils […]

StandWithUs UK stands with the Jewish students at Glasgow University

28 March 2024 We stand with Jewish students at Glasgow in expressing our dismay at the election of Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah. It is regrettable that positions of power at Glasgow University have become unnecessarily politicised. We are alarmed to read reports published of Dr Ghassan and his problematic history, including praising the terrorist leader Maher […]

StandWithUs Urges Universities Nationwide to Adopt Best Practices for Anti-Israel Protests on Campus

University administrators have tried to justify their refusal to enforce existing university policies to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, discrimination, and physical assault during campus protests based on a misapplication of First Amendment principles. In the letter below, StandWithUs wrote to universities to review recommendations recently published  by Columbia University’s Task Force on Antisemitism […]

FIU Shabbat dinner honoring visiting October 7th Israeli survivors targeted by protestors

By StandWithUs | South Florida Sun Sentinel | March 21, 2024 Photo courtesy of StandWithUs: From left, Neta Zeevi, Neta Fanta and Shye Klein. Courtesy of StandWithUs Between February 27th and March 10th, StandWithUs hosted the “October 7th – Survival and Resilience” Tour where eight Israelis traveled throughout the United States recounting their harrowing experiences surrounding […]

Only time can reveal the ICJ’s true motives — opinion

By Jordan Cope | Jerusalem Post | February 7, 2024 In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its South Africa vs Israel case, released its interim order. The ICJ refused to dismiss South Africa’s baseless charges, which falsely accuse Israel of genocide in the October 7 war against Hamas in Gaza. However, it also […]

StandWithUs UK is extremely alarmed by the latest YouGov polling

21 March 2024 StandWithUs UK is extremely alarmed by the latest YouGov polling which found that one in twenty Britons support expelling Jews from the Middle East. See the YouGov poll results here. Isaac Zarfati, Executive Director of StandWithUs UK stated: ‘ The Report reveals a severe lack of education, or more alarmingly- an imbalance […]

Indiana governor should veto ‘toothless’ Jew-hatred bill, attorney general says

“Indiana would become the first state in the nation to codify the IHRA definition without explicitly including the examples,” said Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, who leads the National Jewish Advocacy Center. David Swindle | Jewish News Syndicate | March 13, 2024 Photo courtesy of in.gov/core/index.html Indiana state senators have turned a bill, which was originally written […]

In Denver, chilling Oct. 7 testimony

By Steve Mark | Intermountain Jewish News | March 13, 2024 Five months removed from one of the most horrific days in Israeli history, Sagi Gabay recounts with vivid detail the attack that almost killed him. “They took the opportunity to attack the festival because it was next to an open field,” said Gabay, “where […]

Harvard, M.I.T. and Systemic Antisemitism

By David French | The New York Times | March 14, 2024 This Monday, March 11, roughly 200 Jewish students and supporters marched through the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, and it was newsworthy that they were not attacked. Local news hailed that they were able to, as one headline noted, “ successfully […]

‘We knew we couldn’t let the kids down’

The annual StandWithUs conference draws some 500 Jewish and pro-Israel students to Los Angeles to feel “connected,” experience “unity.” Ryan Torok | March 6, 2024 | Jewish News Syndicate The Los Angeles-based nonprofit StandWithUs almost didn’t hold its annual conference this year amid the rising costs of flights, hotel rooms and food. But with Jew-hatred […]

StandWithUs UK stall at Leeds University violently destroyed

13 March 2024 This story was reported on by The Jewish News. StandWithUs UK are alarmed that our students at Leeds University, who organised a stall to stand up against antisemitism and to raise awareness of the hostages still in Gaza, were violently targeted, with their belongings removed and damaged. Students were passionate about organising […]

StandWithUs UK sends largest delegation of British University Students to the ‘Israel in Focus’ conference in LA.

07 March 2024 The annual ‘Israel in Focus’ conference in LA saw over 500 students from university campuses globally come together for a week of intense advocacy training, educational support and networking opportunities.  StandWithUs UK brought the biggest delegation of British students to the conference; 20 students compromising 17 universities in London, Leeds, Nottingham, Scotland, Bristol, Manchester and more were […]

StandWithUs UK statement regarding the incident that took place at the University of Exeter

08 March 2024 StandWithUs UK express our sympathy and admiration for Rojin and the brave students who held the Israel stall at Exeter University on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. They did not deserve the demeaning abuse and harassment they experienced. Universities like Exeter have failed at their core mission of providing a space for healthy […]

Press Release: SCLJ and Jewish Students File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against MIT For Violating Jewish Civil Rights, Condoning Antisemitism

Title VI suit asks court to halt and remedy MIT’s antisemitic policies  and practices (Boston — March 7, 2024)  StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) and two MIT students today filed a federal lawsuit against MIT alleging the university’s approval, support, and enablement of antisemitism in violation of the students’ rights under Title VI of […]