An economic Iron Dome protecting Israel

Discrimination is always wrong, and state-sponsored discrimination is particularly egregious, making anti-BDS laws that much more important. The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By Julie Paris July 13, 2023 StandWithUs Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Julie Paris and Ambassador Gilad Erdan at the signing with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu On July 6, I had the honor of joining Gov. […]

StandWithUs Congratulates NY Gov. Hochul For Signing “HATE CRIME REPORTING ON COLLEGE CAMPUS” Act

(July 11, 2023, New York, NY) — StandWithUs thanks Governor Kathy Hochul for signing the “Hate Crime Reporting on College Campus Act” ( S02060-A/A03694A) into law on July 11. StandWithUs Northeast Executive Director Avi Posnick attended the event, held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. Avi Posnick, Executive Director StandWithUs Northeast (center) Attends […]

StandWithUs Celebrates 5th Circuit Ruling Upholding Texas Anti-BDS Law

(New Orleans, Louisiana — July 10, 2023) — StandWithUs celebrates the July 10 ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in A&R Engineering and Testing, Incorporated v. John Scott, Attorney General of Texas , a victory for anti-BDS laws throughout the country. The Court just vacated a previously issued injunction by a local district […]

StandWithUs Proves Popular on New Social Media Platform, “Threads”

(Jerusalem, July 6, 2023) — Israel education is coming to the newest social media app in a big way. StandWithUs, the international education non-profit, reached 40,000 followers less than 24 hours after the newest global social media platform “Threads” was launched. Follow StandWithUs here: https://www.threads.net/@standwithus . “Threads” is the latest offering from Mark Zukerberg’s Meta, […]

SWU Commends NH Gov. & Legislators From 42 States For Opposing UN “Commission Of Inquiry” Bias

(Concord, New Hampshire – July 06, 2023) — StandWithUs congratulates New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and representatives from 42 states for taking a firm and principled stand against yet another biased report by the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) never-ending Commission of Inquiry (COI) dedicated to finding fault with Israel. On June 8, 2023, COI […]

StandWithUs UK Statement About Lord Mann’s Report

(London, UK — July 3, 2023) StandWithUs UK was honoured to engage with the Parliamentary Taskforce on Antisemitism. We welcome the recent report from Lord Mann’s office and are proud to have been named as a contributing organisation to its findings. The report confirmed what we have observed on university campuses: Jewish students, due to […]

StandWithUs Celebrates Ruling Upholding Georgia Anti-BDS Law June, 2023

(Atlanta, Georgia — June 26, 2023) StandWithUs celebrates the unanimous ruling issued on June 22, 2023 by the Eleventh Court of Appeals to uphold Georgia’s anti-BDS law in Abby Martin v. Chancellor for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia . Anti-BDS laws combat national origin discrimination by preventing state agencies from […]

Report links New York City attacks on Jews to activist group Within Our Lifetime

Group activists have committed “some of the most horrific anti-Jewish violence that New York City has seen over the last three years,” said Mitchell Silber of Community Security Initiative. Jewish News Syndicate By SERGIO CARMONA June 16, 2023 In the days before the assault of Joseph Borgen on May 20, 2021, Waseem Awawdeh, who was […]

‘A Significant Deterrent’: US Jewish Groups Praise Conviction of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter

The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre June 16, 2023 5:05 PM Photo: Shutterstock As the perpetrator of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018 was convicted Friday of dozens of federal hate crimes , Jewish organizations across the country expressed on Friday their gratitude for the […]

Yavneh Academy Goes B.I.G. for Israel

Jewish Link | By JLNJ Staff | June 8, 2023 Yavneh Academy seventh graders spearheaded a campaign to send a concrete message of support to the world by combatting the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement as part of their Advisory curriculum. This unit culminated in the school-wide B.I.G. Week, Buy Israeli Goods Week, leading […]

Lefkovits Honored with Movement Builder Award

Atlanta Jewish Times | COMPILED BY AJT STAFF | June 15, 2023 The 2022-23 UGA StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, won second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. University of Georgia StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, has been honored with second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. […]

StandWithUs: Fighting antisemitism and supporting Israel — more than ever

Jewish Life Now | June 1, 2023 | by Sergio Carmona Founded in 2001, the non-partisan international education organization StandWithUs (SWU) finds that its core mission of supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism is needed now more than ever. From its humble beginnings in the living room of co-founders Roz (CEO) and Jerry (COO) Rothstein together […]

SWU Condemns New Hayward Unified School District Contract With “Liberated” Ethnic Studies Group

June 16, 2023 StandWithUs strongly condemns the latest contract signed by Hayward Unified School District (USD) with the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC). LESMCC and its leadership have a record of promoting antisemitism, anti-Israel narratives, and other forms of bias. The contract was unanimously approved at a Hayward USD Board of Education meeting […]

Controversy at UCLA Screening of “Israelism”

The J ewish Journal By Aaron Bandler June 8, 2023 Photo by Aaron Bandler A screening of “Israelism” at UCLA Wednesday night was marked by tough questions from a group of students who were troubled by the film’s anti-Israel message. The presentation of the controversial 84-minute documentary, which argues that the American Jewish community raises […]

Santa Ana School Board Passes Anti-Israel Ethnic Studies Courses

The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education approved two ethnic studies courses that Jewish groups say contain anti-Israel bias. By Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | May 4th, 2023 The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education approved two ethnic studies courses that Jewish groups say contain anti-Israel bias. The […]

Superintendent: District Has ‘No Intention’ To Remove Any ‘Narrative’ From Anti-Israel Curriculum

Daily Caller News Foundation KATE ANDERSON May 24, 2023 Screenshot/Santa Ana Unified School District/YouTube Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Superintendent Jerry Almendarez said Tuesday that the board would not be removing any “narrative” from its new ethnic studies curriculum, despite complaints of its anti-Israel rhetoric. SAUSD approved two courses, “ Ethnic Studies: World Geography […]

‘Expression of Hate’: CUNY Condemns Commencement Speech Which Demonized Israel

The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre May 31, 2023 CUNY Law School commencement speaker Fatima Mohammed. Photo: Screenshot The City University of New York (CUNY), facing widespread criticism from Jewish groups and lawmakers over a law school commencement speech in which a student demonized Israel, has issued a statement condemning hate speech. “The remarks by […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitism in CUNY Law Commencement Address

On May 25, 2023 CUNY Law School Released Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s commencement address. Here in its entirety is the vitriolic, evil, antisemitic @CUNYLaw commencement address from Jew hater Fatima Mohammed. Unimaginably, it is even worse than last year's hate spewed by Nerdeen Kiswani. No wonder CUNY Law, under state investigation, tried to hide this video. […]