StandWithUs Alerts University Leaders to 5 Key Issues Facing Jewish Students on Campus

(Los Angeles, CA – August 4, 2022) – On August 4, StandWithUs launched its second national letter campaign to nearly 3,000 university leaders, highlighting 5 key issues of concern to Jewish students. The letter stressed the importance of fighting bias and discrimination against Jewish students as part of broader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and […]

Attention University Administrators

August 4, 2022 Dear University Administrators and Stakeholders, We write on behalf of StandWithUs, an international non-profit organization with the dual mission of educating about Israel and fighting antisemitism. We wish to alert you to five issues relating to the Jewish community that are likely to arise on campuses throughout the country this academic year. […]

StandWithUs Thanks Lufthansa Airlines for Adopting IHRA Definition

In May 2022, following an incident in which a large group of Orthodox Jews were insulted and  denied  access to a Lufthansa flight to Budapest, Peggy Shapiro, StandWithUs Director of Special Projects and Carly Gammill, Director of the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism sent a letter, individually, to eight Lufthansa executives encouraging the company to use the […]

Letter to Secretary General Following Concerning Remarks by Members of UNHRC Commission

July 29, 2022 Secretary-General Guterres United Nations Headquarters New York, N.Y. 10017 USA Re: Responding to Recent and Systemic Antisemitism in the Commission of Inquiry on Israel His Excellency Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres: StandWithUs is greatly concerned by Commissioner Miloon Kothari’s recent statements echoing antisemitic conspiracy theories. His comments reflect a larger problem […]

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

(Hayward, CA — July 27, 2022) — StandWithUs strongly condemns a contract signed by Hayward Unified School District (USD) and 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 […]

StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief Countering Anti-Israel Bias and Antisemitism in the Clifton, NJ Board

(Clifton, NJ – July 25, 2022) – The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department proudly announces its filing of an amicus brief on July 25, 2022, in support of Complainant-Appellant Elisabeth Schwartz, to help combat inflammatory anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric by members of the Clifton Board of Education in Clifton, New Jersey. StandWithUs’ brief responds to a […]

BBC Interviews SWU Israel Executive Director About Ben & Jerry’s

July 1, 2022 – StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson was interviewed by BBC World Business Report-BBC Sounds regarding Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s decision to end its planned boycott against Israel by selling B&J’s business in Israel to long-time Israeli licensee, Avi Zinger. Dickson spoke about how continued ice cream sales […]

UN appears to be furthering Hamas’s agenda — opinion

The UN appears to have come to Hamas’s aid when it comes to absolving the group of wrongdoing and scapegoating Israel. By JORDAN COPE Jerusalem Post JULY 2, 2022 When retired British Col. Richard Kemp took the floor at the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 14, he did something controversial. He dared to accuse […]

New York Jewish Week “36 to Watch 2022”. Rena Nasar First, Standing Up For Israel

New York Jewish Week June 28, 2022 Rena Nasar First, the executive director of campus affairs at StandWithUs, an Israel advocacy organization, was selected as one of the New York Jewish Week’s 36 to Watch (formerly 36 Under 36). This distinction honors leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers who are making a difference in New York’s Jewish […]

StandWithUs Testifies at NY City Council Hearing On “Antisemitism at CUNY” June 30, 2022

Rena Nasar First, StandWithUs Executive Director for Campus Affairs and a CUNY alumnus Testimony at the June 30, 2022 NY City Council “Higher Education Committee” hearing on “Exposing Antisemitism at CUNY” I want to thank Chair Dinowitz and the members of the Higher Education Committee for providing this important opportunity to address the alarming issue […]

StandWithUs Praises Unilever’s Decision to Cancel Ben & Jerry’s Discriminatory Boycott

StandWithUs Executives, Michael Dickson, Roz Rothstein and Jerry Rothstein with Avi Zinger, CEO of Ben and Jerrys in Israel. Ben and Jerrys in Israel will be able to sell its ice cream throughout Israel, including the West Bank communities (Judea and Samaria). (LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2022) – StandWithUs strongly commends today’s announcement by Unilever, […]

StandWithUs Canada Firmly Rejects Statement from AMS UBC Slandering Israel

(Toronto, ON – June 27, 2022) – StandWithUs Canada firmly rejects the statement issued by the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia (AMS UBC) falsely labeling Israel as an “apartheid state”. This distortion of facts is part of a larger global campaign to demonize and delegitimize Israel’s existence and the Jewish people’s […]

Opinion: Antisemitism at CUNY School of Law

Queens Daily Eagle By Avi Posnick June 17, 2022 THE CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW. PHOTO VIA CUNY The CUNY School of Law has become increasingly hostile to Jewish students and faculty who do not pass an exacting litmus test on Israel, Zionism and Jewish identity. Those who fail this test face increasing animosity from fellow […]

Mock funeral protests UNHRC anti-Israel bias

The Jerusalem Post By Jordan Cope JUNE 18, 2022 ONE OF the long-robed, hooded pall bearers marches with a casket outside UN Headquarters in New York to protest the Human Rights Council’s anti-Israel bias. (photo credit: STANDWITHUS) The procession was part of a larger StandWithUs campaign to protest the UNHRC’s most recent and most dangerous […]

StandWithUs NW’s Response to Erroneous Information About Nakba Day in “The Stranger”

Note : This was submitted to “The Stranger” in response to this article . They declined to publish it. Every year, Jews around the world observe two of the darkest days in our collective memory: Yom HaShoah – for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and Yom HaZikaron – for the ever-growing list […]

STANDWITHUS PLEASED BY ANTI-BDS VICTORY IN 8TH CIRCUIT COURT

(June 22, 2022 — St. Louis, MO) — StandWithUs applauds the ( 9-1 ) decision of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on June 22 upholding Arkansas’s anti-BDS law as compliant with free speech laws and the right of states to refuse to do business with companies that engage in discriminating boycotts based on national […]

StandWithUs Canada Strongly Condemns Violent Antisemitic Vandalism Near York University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, ON Tuesday, June 14, 2022 StandWithUs Canada is appalled by the reprehensible antisemitic vandalism that stated “shoot a Jew in the head” discovered near York University last week. The message promoted is not only hateful, but it is dangerous and threatening. We thank York University’s administration for swiftly condemning this despicable […]

Antisemitic Brochures Found in Westwood

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler June 15, 2022 Several antisemitic brochures were found littered throughout the Westwood neighborhood on the morning of June 15. Photos obtained by the Journal showed brochures with statements including: Also depicted was a faux New York Times page stating that there were Holocaust stories in “the Jew owned New York Times” […]