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, […]

Pro-Israel Organization Sends Legal Letter to Lehigh About Antisemitism on Campus

By: Jarrad Saffren | Philadelphia Jewish Exponent | January 17, 2024 StandWithUs, a pro-Israel nonprofit that works to combat antisemitism on campus, and Alums for Campus Fairness, which has a similar mission, sent a legal letter to Lehigh University outlining incidents of antisemitism on campus since Oct. 7. “The purpose of this letter is twofold: […]

StandWithUs pens letter to OSU on campus antisemitism, war response

By: Becky Raspe | Columbus Jewish News | January 16, 2024 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 campus and across the country. The letter – […]

George Washington University Professor Accused of Antisemitism Leaves School, Heads to Qatar-based Institute

By: Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | January 4, 2024 George Washington University psychology professor Lara Sheehi, who was accused of verbally abusing and discriminating against her Jewish graduate students, has left the school and accepted a job at an institution based in Qatar, according to a correspondence obtained by The Algemeiner . “I […]

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. By: JNS | January 18, 2024 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. “Since October 7th, antisemitism […]

StandWithUs Letter to Attorneys General January 2024

Dear Attorney General, We write to you from the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, a division of StandWithUs, an international, nonprofit organization with the mission of educating about Israel and combating antisemitism. Since Hamas’s October 7th invasion—during which Hamas-led terrorists poured into Israel, slaughtered, raped, and tortured over 1,200 people, injured over 5,000 more, and abducted […]

StandWithUs Letter to Ohio State University – January 2024

StandWithUs wrote to Ohio State University (OSU) on January 15, 2024. Since October 7 th , antisemitism on and around OSU’s campus has run the gamut from: antisemitic verbal taunts and threats directed at individual OSU Jewish students; antisemitic and threatening graffiti in classrooms and other university facilities; removal of posters and photos of kidnapped […]

StandWithUs’s Yael Lerman provides legal resources on college campuses

By: Linda Chase | South Florida Sun Sentinel | January 2, 2024 Yael Lerman is the director of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, providing legal resources to students, professors and community activists confronting antisemitic and anti-Israel activity. During our conversation Yael explained how the Israel/Hamas war has affected StandWithUs’s mission and goals. “The escalation of […]

Israelis Applying to U.S. Schools Are Facing Discrimination

By: Yael Lerman | The Times of Israel | January 10, 2024 This story is a cautionary tale—and, we hope, an empowering one—to Israelis applying to universities in the U.S. You may find yourself under greater scrutiny, rejected from admissions, or your scholarship in jeopardy, simply because you are Israeli. After all, think about who […]

StandWithUs Letter to Northwestern University – January 2024

StandWithUs and Alums for Campus Fairness wrote to Northwestern University on January 15, 2024,   urging the administration to take concrete action against antisemitism on campus, including a thorough investigation of recent incidents and robust enforcement of existing university policies. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO SAIDOFF LEGAL DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE

Pro-Israel Chicagoans brave sub-zero weather at rally marking 100 days since Oct. 7

By: Jacob Magid | The Times of Israel | January 14, 2023 CHICAGO, Illinois — Some 200 pro-Israel Chicagoans brave the sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures to attend a rally marking 100 days since some 240 hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught. Israel’s Consul General to the Midwest Yinam Cohen addresses a […]

StandWithUs Demands That ICJ Drop Baseless Case Slandering Israel

(The Hague, The Netherlands – January 12, 2024) Between January 11-12, 2024, Israel heard and rebutted the first round of oral arguments in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) —the judicial organ of the United Nations—where the South African Government accused Israel of genocide. As it awaits the ICJ’s ruling on a request for a […]

Legal Letter to Lehigh University January 2024

StandWithUs and Alums for Campus Fairness sent a legal letter to Lehigh University on January 8, 2024. The Lehigh administration and campus police appear to have deliberately downplayed and failed to curb antisemitic incidents on an increasingly hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students on campus. In doing so, Lehigh has ignored its legal obligations, […]

StandWithUs Joins Jewish Groups On an Amicus Brief in Support of Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (“JASTA”)

Letter to Santa Monica College – Dec 2023

StandWithUs wrote to Santa Monica College (SMC) on December 21, 2023, in response to their letter of November 22, 2023. We requested (1) that SMC impose all appropriate disciplinary measures on the students who violated university policies and attempted to commit unlawful antisemitic conduct and (2) that SMC immediately remove from office the ICC chairperson […]

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki: ‘Be Brave’ and Condemn Hamas, or You’re ‘Speaking Against Peace’

By: Shiryn Ghermezian | Algemeiner | December 15, 2023 Israeli judoka and Olympic medalist Sagi Muki is urging the public to “speak out” against Hamas and not be afraid to condemn the Palestinian terror group’s deadly rampage in Israel on Oct. 7, even while others glorify the massacre of Israeli civilians. Muki shared a message […]