Los Angeles to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

November 1, 2022 / JNS We need a widely accepted definition that will equip us to fight bigotry against Jews, said Roz Rothstein, CEO and co-founder of StandWithUs. “Goyim Defense League” banners supporting Kanye West’s comments about Jews over a Los Angeles bridge, Oct. 22, 2022. Source: Twitter. The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday […]

StandWithUs opens office in South Africa “the ground zero of BDS”

By Tali Feinberg | South African Jewish Report | Nov 3, 2022 “South Africa is ground zero for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions [BDS] movement, and has one of the most violent and antisemitic Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) campaigns in the world,” says Noa Raman, the director of partnerships in Israel, who has been leading StandWithUs’ […]

Statement on Israel’s 2022 Elections

Photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 With  final results  announced in Israel’s elections, StandWithUs reaffirms our respect for Israeli democracy.  Some have quipped that Israel has “too much democracy,” because it is a multiparty system and Israelis have gone to the polls several times in recent years. In a world where democracy is all too scarce and a region where […]

StandWithUs Nederland is Grateful That the IND Banned David Icke From Entering the Country

(Amsterdam, Netherlands — November 4, 2022) — StandWithUs Nederland advocates for standing up to misinformation about Israel through education, as well as combatting antisemitism all over the world. Following recent events in the Netherlands, we are grateful that the Dutch immigration service, IND, decided to ban the known antisemite and controversial conspiracy theorist, David Icke, […]

StandWithUs Praises LA City Council Resolution to Define and Fight Antisemitism

(left to right): Esther Renzer, International President SWU; Roz Rothstein, co-Founder and CEO SWU; Max Samarov, SWU Executive Director Research & Strategy; Richard Hirschhaut, Director AJC Los Angeles; Councilmember Paul Koretz; James Conlon; Councilmember Bob Blumenfield; Saba Soomekh, Associate Director, AJC Los Angeles; Dr. Nili Alon Amit, Associate Director SWU Holocaust Education Center; Tanaz Golshan […]

StandWithUs Welcomes Morningstar’s Reversal On its Risk Rating of Israel

(Los Angeles, CA — November 1, 2022) — StandWithUs welcomes Morningstar’s announcement that it will change its discriminatory methodology in determining its risk ratings for companies doing business in and with Israel. Morningstar came under fire for giving biased, anti-Israel guidance regarding investments in Israeli companies and other firms targeted by the hateful Boycott, Divestment, […]

StandWithUs Australia Set to Launch

Sydney 10 March, 2022 Photos courtesy StandWithUs Australia International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs – whose mission is to inspire and educate people of all ages and backgrounds about Israel, challenge misinformation and fight antisemitism – has announced it will be opening national operations in Australia. StandWithUs is already well-known locally in Australia. The organisation has […]

Press Conference against UNHRC at UN October 27, 2022

(October 27, 2022) — Dozens of organizations sponsored a press conference to express their collective outrage against the kangaroo court and modern-day antisemitism of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “Commission of Inquiry” The conference was held prior to chair Navi Pillay presenting its finding to the General Assembly. Watch the press conference HERE. […]

These Law Firms Don’t Know What They’re Doing — Hopefully (Opinion)

By ROZ ROTHSTEIN Newsweek 10/20/22 AT 2:23 PM EDT Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The ongoing attempts by campus student organizations to marginalize Jews have garnered significant attention recently, most notably an August 2022 incident at the University of California Berkeley Law School in which nine law school student groups, led by the efforts of Berkeley […]

The Palestinian leaders are promoting murder and nobody cares – opinion

People have had enough of the UNHRC ignoring human rights abuses worldwide or actively protecting dictatorships. By ROZ ROTHSTEIN Jerusalem Post OCTOBER 19, 2022 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock On October 27, the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry (COI), led by Navi Pillay , is slated to present its findings to the […]

University of California Newspaper Demands Action Against Antisemitism After Series of Incidents

By Dion J. Pierre The Algemeiner OCTOBER 21, 2022 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The school newspaper of University of University of California-Davis is urging administrators to “do more to support the Jewish community,” after a series of antisemitic incidents which have occurred on and near the campus since 2015. On Friday, the editorial board of […]

Kanye West ‘Spewing Dangerous’ Antisemitic ‘Rhetoric’

National Jewish Organization Urges Brands To Drop Him The National Jewish Organization told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Kanye’s recent remarks promote ‘hate and ill will towards Jews’. Sara Whitman, James Vituscka Hollywood Life October 24, 2022 Kanye “Ye” West has doubled and even tripled down on his antisemitic tweets and views he has proudly made known […]

Cyclical American Antisemitism

As the new semester begins, we once again see a steady rise in antisemitic incidents personally targeting individuals for antisemitic discrimination. Too many of these incidents are reminiscent of my grandfather’s era. By: Yael Lerman | Jewish Journal | October 21, 2022 Hushed-up institutional antisemitism at universities in the last century has recently garnered attention […]

Nation’s Top Law Firms Fund Anti-Semitic Campus Groups at Berkeley

Pro-Israel groups want to know why these firms are driving Jew hatred by Adam Kredo | The Washington Free Beacon | October 14, 2022 A host of the nation’s premier law firms are financially supporting organizations at Berkeley Law School that are accused of fostering anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, according to a campus watchdog […]

StandWithUs Launches New Office In South Africa

(Johannesburg, South Africa – October 19, 2022) International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs (SWU) has officially opened national operations in South Africa. Heading up the new office located in Johannesburg is Cassandra Mayekiso, who has been appointed as Executive Director of StandWithUs South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, Kayla Ginsberg is the new Campus Regional Manager. Together, […]

Press Conference for Journalists to Be Held Near United Nations NY Headquarters on October 27, 2022

SPECIAL EVENT FOR MEDIA Contact: Roz Rothstein StandWithUs CEO and co-Founder jenniferk@standwithus.com Community and religious leaders express outrage over modern antisemitism as United Nations Human Rights Council’s aims to demonize the Jewish state with its biased report. October 27 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (1st Ave. side) at 9:00AM WHAT: StandWithUs, in partnership with dozens of […]

Teen aims to debunk misinformation, fight anti-Semitism.

By: Ezra Solway | Jewish Community Voice | October 13, 2022 Ella Alfassy wants to set the record straight on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Many people are misinformed about Israel,” said Alfassy, a Marlton local with Israeli roots, who visits her father and grandparents in Ashdod, Herzliya, and Ramat Gan every summer. “They often blindly believe […]

Why Global Boycott Campaigns Against Israel Are Antisemitic

By Roz Rothstein | Jewish Journal | October 6, 2022 Their falsehoods may do a lot of damage, but they cannot undo reality. And the reality is that Jews cannot be separated from Israel. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) There has been some confusion in recent years about why many people consider boycott campaigns targeting […]