StandWithUs UK: Response CST’s antisemitic incidents report, February 2024
London – 16 February 2024 Yesterday’s report from CST on antisemitic incidents in the UK in 2023 demonstrates what has been clear for many years: that it is undeniable that the major catalyst of modern antisemitism is the hatred of Zionism and of Israel. The findings in the report confirm what StandWithUs UK has […]
Press Release: StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Files Title VI Complaint Against Middlebury College Detailing Pervasive Antisemitism
( Middlebury, Vermont — February 16, 2024) A federal Title VI complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights unveiled on February 16 details of how Jewish students at Middlebury College, who reported to the administration concerns about a pervasively hostile campus climate for Jews since October 7, 2023, were met […]
StandWithUs Seeks Administrative Action to Address Antisemitic “Lesson” at Washington Elementary School
(Seattle Washington – February 14, 2024) – The StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA) sent a letter on January 17 to a Washington State school principal and district superintendent expressing concern about a discriminatory anti-Israel lesson taught to second graders at the Syre Elementary School in Shoreline, Washington. Under the guise of a social studies […]
StandWithUs UK: Response to David Miller’s employment tribunal ruling
London – 5 February 2024 StandWithUs UK is deeply concerned by the dangerous judgment in David Miller’s employment tribunal case. The ruling that “anti-Zionist beliefs qualified as a philosophical belief and a protected characteristic” normalises an anti-Zionist discourse that promotes the annihilation of the one and only Jewish state. Enabling academics to hide behind academic […]
StandWithUs UK Statement regarding the resignation of Mike Freer from his role as MP:
(London, UK — February 2, 2024) — Mike Freer has demonstrated unwavering advocacy for his Jewish constituents and staunch support for Israel, a commitment that has regrettably imperilled his personal safety and jeopardised his esteemed tenure as MP for Finchley and Golders Green. StandWithUs UK extends profound gratitude for his dedicated service to the community. […]
StandWithUs Calls for Investigation Into Violations of Rules at Oakland, CA City Council Meeting Due to Anti-Israel Bias
(Oakland, California — February 12, 2024) On February 12, 2024, Oakland attorney Mark Cohen, alongside the Oakland-Jewish Alliance, sent a letter to Oakland City Administrator Jestin Johnson and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, calling on them to investigate alleged Title VI and state civil rights violations and antisemitism faced by pro-Israel activists as they opposed […]
Thanking the King County Bar Association Board of Trustees For Taking Remedial Measures to Address Unauthorized Anti-Israel Publication
Dear King County Bar Association Board of Trustees, We write to you from StandWithUs, an international, non-profit organization with the mission of educating about Israel and combatting antisemitism. On behalf of StandWithUs, thank you for your public apology and corrective action after your Bar Bulletin ’s apparently unauthorized decision to publish Dua Abudiab’s “From […]
Georgia’s Governor Kemp Signs the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism Into Law
(Atlanta, Georgia-Jan 31, 2024) — On January 31, 2024, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed HB-30 into law. StandWithUs thanks the governor for enacting this monumental legislation and also congratulates Georgia State Representatives John Carson (R-Marietta) and Esther Panitch (D-Sandy Springs) for their leadership in getting House Bill 30 passed by both houses in overwhelming majorities. StandWithUs […]
StandWithUs pens letter to OSU, issues Jan. 26 deadline to respond to campus antisemitism
By Becky Raspe | Cleveland Jewish News | January 16, 2024 | Updated January 18, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock StandWithUs, an international and non-partisan pro-Israel education organization, sent a letter to The Ohio State University’s leadership on Jan. 15 , questioning the Columbus-based university’s response to the Israel-Hamas war and the rising antisemitism both on […]
StandWithUS: Ohio State ‘grossly failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students’
The Israel-education organization sent a letter to the school’s leadership demanding greater action against campus antisemitism. Jewish News Syndicate | January 18, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock In a letter from StandWithUs to Walter Carter Jr., president of The Ohio State University (OSU), the activist group called for a more proactive approach to defending Jewish students. […]
Pro-Palestinian protests move from streets to state capitals for rowdy start to legislative sessions
By Valerie Richardson | The Washington Times | Thursday, January 25, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock DENVER — State legislatures wield little, if any, influence over U.S. foreign policy, but you wouldn’t necessarily know that from the pro-Palestinian demonstrators converging on state capitols. Crowds of anti- Israel activists are spilling from the streets and universities into […]
GWU professor facing discrimination complaints resigns, heads to Qatar
Lara Sheehi will now teach psychopathology at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Jewish News Syndicate | January 25, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock The Israel education nonprofit StandWithUs filed a Title VI complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against Lara Sheehi , an assistant professor of psychology at George Washington […]
NYU prof caught telling students Hamas baby killings ‘not true’ suspended after shocking clip revealed
By Snejana Farberov and Ronny Reyes | New York Post Published Jan. 25, 2024 | Updated Jan. 25, 2024 Photo Credit: Screenshot An NYU adjunct professor and firebrand pro-Palestinian activist told a group of students at a recent “teach-in” that allegations that Hamas beheaded Israeli babies were “not true” — and denounced New York City […]
StandWithUs Initiates K-12 Network Of School Educators To Counter Bias
By Robert Isler | Jewish Press | January 19, 2024 Photo Credit: StandWithUs StandWithUs (SWU), the influential education organization which has been supporting Israel and combatting antisemitism for over two decades, is spearheading a new initiative that couldn’t have come soon enough. Initially founded in response to the second intifada by Roz Rothstein (CEO), Jerry […]
Letter to the Dept. of Education Urging Oversight to Protect Jewish Students
StandWithUs, partnering with the Zachor Legal Institute and the National Jewish Advocacy Center, wrote to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights on January 30, 2024. The letter outlines the problem of officially sanctioned anti-Zionist and antisemitic activist groups and student government bodies on college campuses using their administrative-given funding, programming, and powers to ostracize, discriminate against, […]
StandWithUs Rejects ICJ Ruling & Language, but Agrees with Court’s Decision Demanding Hostages be Released and Not Calling for a Ceasefire
( Los Angeles, January 26, 2024 ) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected a demand by the South African government to order a “ceasefire” that would allow Hamas to remain in power in Gaza, continue to oppress its own people, and rearm for the next massacre of Israeli civilians. However, StandWithUs is appalled by […]
Georgia Adopts IHRA
(Atlanta, Georgia – January 24, 2024) – The Georgia Senate gallery broke out in a standing ovation when HB 30 , which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism passed by an overwhelming 44-6 vote. HB 30 passed the House earlier that day in a 129-5 vote. The bill ensures that Georgia will […]
StandWithUs Unites Diverse Ethnic Groups in Defense of Israel
By: Donald H. Harrison | San Diego Jewish World | January 9, 2024 SAN DIEGO – Oz Laniado and Ashley Levy have been at the helm of the San Diego regional office of StandWithUs for less than a year and already have built a diverse advisory committee, forged alliances with segments of the non-Jewish community, […]
