Rutgers University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine chapter

The university becomes the first public institution of higher education to suspend SJP By: Adam Sabes | Fox News | December 12, 2023 Rutgers University suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter on Tuesday. The New Jersey public university issued an “interim suspension” of the pro-Palestinian organization, according to a letter obtained by […]

Enes Freedom announces plans for world’s ‘biggest basketball school’ to bring Abrahamic faiths together

“They’re gonna learn from each other,” he said, “because it’s a team sport.” By: David Swindle | Jewish News Syndicate | December 12, 2023 Jerry Rothstein, co-founder and COO of StandWithUs; former athelete and activist Enes Kanter Freedom; UAE-based social media activist Loay Alshareef; and Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of SWU, in Los Angeles […]

Calls for a premature ceasefire are ‘immoral and counterproductive’

By: Julie Paris | Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle | December 13, 2023 Israel was forced to enter a war that it never wanted in a fight for its survival and a race against time to rescue the hostages. More than two months have passed since thousands of Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel by land, air and sea […]

StandWithUs Letter to Yale University – December 2023

StandWithUs sent a legal letter to Yale University on December 19, 2023 about a   series of discriminatory and antisemitic statements posted by Zareena Grewal, Associate Professor of American Studies, Ethnicity, Race, & Migration, and Religious Studies at Yale University. These posts on her public X (Twitter) and Facebook accounts promote violence and display an […]

MICHIGAN REP. THANEDAR ATTACKED FOR REFUSING TO STAND WITH HAMAS

Anti-Israel protesters choose to be loud instead of right. Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) has been under attack by anti-Israel protesters because he refuses to dismiss Hamas’ atrocities against Israeli civilians on October 7, because he calls for the release of Israeli hostages, and because he will not equivocate on Israel’s right to self-defense in light of Hamas’ […]

StandWithUs “Festival of Lights” 2023 LA Gala a Unifier

Photo Credit: Jonah Light Photography                        Michal Mivzari StandWithUs’ (SWU) annual “Festival of Lights (FOL)” gala was a resounding success in all ways.  With more than 1,000 people in attendance, the memorable evening was heartfelt and inspiring, and a true display of solidarity with Israel and […]

ACTION ALERT: Join our network of K-12 Educators!

My name is David Smokler and I’m the new Director of K-12 Educator Outreach for StandWithUs, an international organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and educating the public about Israel.  I joined StandWithUs in the middle of the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, after 26 years as a public school teacher and administrator. I made that decision because […]

Letter to City College of New York Re SJP

StandWithUs wrote to City College of New York (CCNY) to express our concern about the actions of the CCNY’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine since October 7, 2023, which we believe merits the immediate revocation of their status as a recognized student organization and accompanying loss of privileges. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK […]

StandWithUs statement on the Congressional Hearing on Campus Antisemitism

StandWithUs is deeply disturbed by the lack of accountability, transparency, and urgency from the presidents of Harvard University, UPenn, and MIT, who were called to testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 6, 2023 about their response to the shocking outbreak of antisemitism at their universities since the October 7th Hamas massacre. These universities […]

StandWithUs Calls on Montclair State University To Suspend SJP Chapter

Jewish Link By Faygie Holt November 30, 2023 The antisemitism watchdog group StandWithUs is calling on Montclair State University to suspend the school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine after the group violated a campus policy regarding protests. In a Nov. 21 letter to Junius Gonzalez, the school’s provost and senior vice president for […]

Letter to Northeastern Illinois University

StandWithUs sent this letter to bring to the University’s attention faculty misconduct in violation of university policies, apparently motivated by antisemitic political ideology. We ask that the administration take immediate proactive measures to ensure that there are repercussions and corrections made to listserv use. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO SAIDOFF LEGAL DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE

“HAMAS, RELEASE ALL THE HOSTAGES NOW” BILLBOARDS VISIBLE IN DENVER, CO FROM NOV 27-JAN 1, 2024

(Denver, CO — November 28, 2023) — StandWithUs Colorado announced that it has launched a digital billboard campaign that reminds viewers that there are hostages still being held in captivity by Hamas that must be freed since the terrorist group’s rampage on October 7, 2023 when they murdered 1,200 civilians and dragged 240 hostages into […]

UFC must ‘fight’ its own dangerous antisemitism

BY: JORDAN COPE | THE JERUSALEM POST | NOVEMBER 26, 2023 As UFC fighters appear to enable antisemitism and terrorism throughout social media, the consequences could become deadly, especially as antisemitism surges worldwide Unlike boxing, anything goes in the octagon ring of the United Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts league followed by millions. […]

Pro-Palestinian Groups Stage Black Friday Boycotts

By: Sheri Kasprzak | Newsweek | November 23 2023 Pro-Palestinian groups across the United States are staging Black Friday protests to demand a permanent cease fire in Gaza. Organizers told Newsweek they’re rallying at commercial centers, refusing to shop at large corporate stores and attending virtual protests as hundreds of millions of Americans flock to […]

StandWithUs Letter to Carnegie Mellon University

StandWithUs sent a demand letter to Carnegie Mellon University on November 29, 2023, regarding recent unlawful incidents on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus, which the administration appears to know about yet has taken no action.These are indicators of possible criminal code violations—which we question whether they reported as hate crimes as required under federal and state […]

Letter to University of Illinois at Chicago – September 2021

StandWithUs and ACF Letter to Tufts University

StandWithUs and the Tufts chapter of Alums for Campus Fairness wrote to Tufts University on November 22, 2023, to express our concerns about the recent activities of Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). SJP’s explicit violations of the Tufts Student Code of Conduct have stoked the flames of antisemitism and created a hostile environment […]

Letter to University of Illinois-Chicago November 2023

StandWithUs sent a letter of legal inquiry to University of Illinois at Chicago regarding a graduate student in the Physics Department—and who is also possibly a Teaching Assistant—who recently praised Hitler on X (formerly known as Twitter).