Letter to GWU Students from Psychologists Against Antisemitism
January 31, 2023 Dear Professional Psychology Students of George Washington University (GWU), We, Psychologists Against Antisemitism, are an independent organization with over 300 members within the field of psychology, including clinicians, academics, and trainees. Psychologists Against Antisemitism is not a politically oriented group; in fact our membership represents the full political spectrum. What our members […]
Snohomish County Council adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
By: Kienan Briscoe | Lynnwood Times | January 18, 2023 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 18, 2023 —The Snohomish County Council unanimously approves resolution 2023-0072 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism today, January 18, at its General Legislative Session . John Michael Graves, with StandWithUs , an international educational organization, spoke in […]
George Washington University Professor Accused of Anti-Semitism Says Zionism Is a Mental Illness
By: Josh Christenson | The Washington Free Beacon | January 19, 2023 Lara Sheehi says Israeli Jews have ‘violence embedded’ within them. A clinical psychology professor at George Washington University teaches that Zionism is a mental illness and claims Jews commit “violence” against every Palestinian they meet. Lara Sheehi, the professor at the center of […]
The Limits of Academic Freedom | Opinion
By: MARK GOLDFEDER , DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH ADVOCACY CENTER | NEWSWEEK | JANUARY 17, 2023 Last week, the organization StandWithUs filed a complaint against George Washington University (GW) after a psychology professor repeatedly harassed and demeaned the Jewish students who were required to take her class. When those students reported her actions, the […]
George Washington University Responds to Discrimination Allegations
By Allison Hageman | NBC Washington | January 14, 2023 George Washington University responded Friday to allegations of discrimination against students in a campus course. George Washington University responded Friday to allegations of discrimination against students in a campus course. A complaint was filed by StandWithUs, an Israel education organization, which claims a professor in […]
Jewish Students Reported a Professor for Anti-Semitism. Their University Retaliated Against Them
By: Josh Christenson | Washington Free Beacon | January 12, 2023 Lara Sheehi smeared students who challenged her anti-Israel statements, watchdog says. On the first day of classes last fall, a psychology professor asked students in one of George Washington University’s required diversity courses to share their names and identities. The professor went around the […]
George Washington University Ignored Professor’s Antisemitism, Says New Civil Rights Complaint
By: Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | January 12, 2023 A Jewish nonprofit has filed a civil rights complaint against George Washington University (GWU), alleging that it neglected to protect students from a psychology professor accused of a creating a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students enrolled in a graduate level psychology program. […]
Antisemitism Watchdog Files Complaint Against GWU For Alleged ‘Hostility’ Toward Jewish Students
By Kate Anderson | Daily Caller | January 12, 2023 StandWithUs (SWU), an antisemitism watchdog organization, filed a Title VI complaint against George Washington University (GWU) Thursday alleging that the university and a psychology professor created a “pervasive, hostile, and discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students.” (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images) Professor […]
StandWithUs Files Complaint Against GWU Over Prof Allegedly Targeting Jewish Israeli Students
By: Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | January 12, 2023 On August 29, 2022, the first day of class, Sheehi asked each student to share their identity and she validated each of them, until one Jewish student said they were Israeli. Dr. Lara Sheehi from Twitter, George Washington University Professor’s Gate by AgnosticPreachersKid/ Creative Commons […]
Why the US Government is right in using the IHRA definition of Antisemitism
By: Roz Rothstein | The Algemeiner | January 10, 2023 The adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is extremely important, but not everyone understands why. The key reason to adopt this widely accepted definition, in addition to responding to the rising anti-Jewish bigotry we are witnessing across the US […]
‘Just The Simple Truth’: El Al Relaunches Program to Have Flight Personnel Share Israel’s Story With
By: Shiryn Ghermezian | The Algemeiner | January 18, 2023 EL AL flight personnel taking part in the EL AL Ambassadors program. Photo: Anastasia Shub. The Israeli airline carrier El Al announced that it has restarted a program that aims to teach people more about Israel and help them get closer to the Jewish state […]
Sao Paulo Holocaust Survivors Thank The City For Providing Them Refuge On Its Anniversary, Jan 25
Joint Campaign Highlights the City’s Role in Welcoming Survivors and The Importance of Remembering the Holocaust (Sao Paulo, January 19, 2023) – On January 25, São Paulo’s birthday, the São Paulo Holocaust Memorial, StandWithUs Brasil and the Israeli Federation of the State of São Paulo (FISESP) will launch “Obrigado Paulistanos,” a campaign in which four […]
StandWithUs Commends Snohomish County WA for Being the 1st in the State to Adopt IHRA Definition
(Everett, Washington – January 18, 2023) — StandWithUs praises Snohomish County, Washington Councilman Nate Nehring and the other council members for voting (5-0) to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism for County agencies on January 18, 2023. Snohomish is the third largest county in Washington state and the first in […]
StandWithUs Praises Westchester County for Adopting the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
(Westchester, New York – January 17, 2023) — StandWithUs praises Westchester, New York County Executive George Latimer, who issued an Executive Order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism for County agencies on January 17, 2023. Westchester, New York County Executive George Latimer Avi Posnick, StandWithUs Northeast Director stated, “Adopting the […]
EL AL Ambassadors Take Flight – Again!
Photo by Anastasia Shub For Immediate Release January 10th, 2023 – Jerusalem Israel’s national carrier, EL AL, in partnership with Israel educational nonprofit, StandWithUs has relaunched the successful EL AL Ambassadors program. With the world readjusting post-pandemic and tourism to Israel soaring again, this program represents another way for people to get closer to Israel. […]
StandWithUs UK: Response to Report about National Union of Students
London – 12 January 2023 For too long, the National Union of Students has allowed Jewish student voices to be sidelined and ignored. The institutional nature of antisemitism within the NUS has now led to yet another investigation of discriminatory practices within the charity, the 8th one since 2005. The independent Tuck Report confirms what […]
StandWithUs files Title VI complaint against GWU for discriminatory, retaliatory antisemitic conduct
(Washington D.C, January 12, 2023) – On January 12, 2023, StandWithUs filed a complaint alleging a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging a pervasive, hostile, and discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students within the Professional Psychology Program (“Program”) at […]
StandWithUs Nederlands Objects to False Allegations on OP1 Program on January 6
StandWithUs Nederland finds the false allegations of NPO1 presenters (Natasja Gibbs and Nadia Moussaid) on the program Op1 that aired January 6, 2023 not only appalling, but also dangerous. Comparing the horrific human rights violations currently taking place in Iran, ranging from systematic rape, torture and execution of protestors, to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is abhorrent […]
