JewBelong and StandWithUs launch campaign against antisemitism in Toronto
Jerusalem Post FEBRUARY 17, 2022 “We’re just 75 years since the gas chambers. So, no, a billboard calling out bigotry against Jews isn’t an overreaction” and “Does your church need armed guards? ‘Cause our synagogue does” are among the messages Toronto residents will see hanging from busy freeways and streets from February 28 to March […]
‘Maus’ and the Houston Minute Women
Jewish Herald Voice Lauren Post 2/17/2022 Picture it: A socially awkward child, armed with coke-bottle glasses with prescription lenses a centimeter thick, a unicorn sweater and one oversized lunch bag counterbalanced by the equally large stack of books she would never be seen without. You guessed it – that was me. I was weird as […]
StandWithUs Canada, Hillel UofT & UT Students Supporting Israel (SSI) Condemn Discriminatory Motion
(Toronto, ON – February 16, 2022) – Today the University of Toronto Student Union (UTSU) held a Special General Meeting and voted in support of a motion calling on “the UTSU (to) wholly divest funds & further on forbid investment to firms complicit in the occupation of Palestinian Territory” (sic). More than 240 Jewish students […]
StandWithUs Outraged at Attempt to Shut Down Antisemitism Awareness Stall
For Immediate Release Manchester 14 February, 2022 On Thursday 10th February 2022, educational charity StandWithUs UK joined the Manchester Jewish Society to set up a stall outside of the Student Union at Manchester University. The stall was part of Antisemitism Awareness Week with the purpose of raising awareness of the rising levels of antisemitism across […]
JewBelong and StandWithUs Canada Launch Antisemitism Ad Campaign in Toronto Beginning February 28
International partnership aims to address rising rate of antisemitic crimes in Canada – up 18.3% from 2019 (February 14, 2022) – JewBelong , a nonprofit resource dedicated to fighting antisemitism in partnership with StandWithUs Canada , a nonprofit that combats antisemitism and educates about Israel, are launching a billboard campaign in Toronto to raise awareness […]
STANDWITHUS CONDEMNS ID REQUEST OF NETHERLANDS JEWISH/PRO ISRAEL CONNECTED UNIVERSITY STAFF
The outrageous February 10, 2022 request by The Rights Forum for Dutch universities to disclose ties between their staff members and Jewish and Israeli organizations is dangerously antisemitic and underscores the unquestionably discriminatory nature of boycott campaigns against Israel. The inclusion of not only Israeli organizations but also Jewish groups is shocking, as it draws […]
StandWithUs Calls on King’s College London to Disavow SJP Event
Photo: William Barton / Shutterstock.com To whom it may concern, StandWithUs UK is an educational organisation and registered charity which supports Israel and combats antisemitism. We are writing to you to express our outrage at the upcoming screening at King’s College London (KCL) hosted by KCL Students For Justice For Palestine. The guest speaker, Omar […]
Jewish watchdog urges University of Chicago to denounce SJP’s boycott of ‘Zionist classes’
JNS/Jewish News Service February 9, 2022 StandWithUs has called on the University of Chicago to condemn Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for telling its supporters to boycott “sh**ty Zionist classes.” In an email sent last week to university president Robert J. Zimmer and dean of students Michele Rasmussen, StandWithUs highlighted an Instagram post that […]
US Lawmakers Call on Dept. of Education to End Delay of Campus Antisemitism Guidance
Algemeiner Dion J. Pierre FEBRUARY 9, 2022 Thirty-nine members of the US Congress have urged the Department of Education to issue promised Title VI guidance to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on college campuses, and to resolve long-outstanding complaints of discrimination. “Antisemitism has been on the rise in the United States and around the globe,” […]
StandWithUs Calls on UChicago to Condemn SJP Post Calling for Boycotting “Sh*tty Zionist Classes”
SJP at UChicago posted on Instagram on January 26 a statement with a headline in all capital letters that read “DON’T TAKE SH*TTY ZIONIST CLASSES,” specifically citing three classes: “Multiculturalism in Israel,” “Narrating Israel and Palestine Through Literature and Film,” and “Gender Relations in Israel. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler February 7, 2022 Photo: EQRoy / […]
StandWithUs Thanks Congressman Ted Lieu For Spearheading Letter to DOE about Title VI
February 9th, 2022 Photo: Evgenia Parajanian / Shutterstock.com StandWithUs would like to express sincere gratitude to Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) for spearheading a bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Education (DOE), asking the DOE to provide much needed technical assistance to the higher educations community about antisemitism, its various manifestations, and the protections […]
Pro-Israel group urges UChicago to condemn group calling for boycott of ‘sh–ty Zionist classes
Fox News By Adam Sabes February 5th, 2022 Photo: EQRoy / Shutterstock.com A pro-Israel organization is urging the University of Chicago to condemn a pro-Palestinian student group who is calling on students to boycott “sh–ty Zionist classes.” StandWithUs, an education organization that combats antisemitism and supports Israel, sent a letter to the University of Chicago […]
StandWithUs Urges University of Chicago Administration to Condemn Discriminatory SJP Campaign
February 4, 2022 Robert J. Zimmer, Ph.D. Chancellor and President Emeritus The University of Chicago Michele Rasmussen, Ph.D. Dean of Students The University of Chicago VIA EMAIL: chancellor @uchicago.edu ; mrasmussen@uchicago.edu RE: Urging Your Administration to Condemn Students for Justice in Palestine’s Campaign Targeting Faculty and Students for Discrimination Dear Chancellor Zimmer and Dean Rasmussen, […]
New Jersey Waste Management employee loses job after allegedly blasting orthodox Jews with snow
Waste Management said in a statement that the individual associated with the post is ‘no longer employed with WM’ Fox News By Adam Sabes February 1st Photo: StopAntisemitism.org A New Jersey Waste Management employee no longer has a job after allegedly posting a video where he appears to use a snowplow truck to blast snow […]
Whoopi Goldberg apologizes after saying the Holocaust ‘isn’t about race’ on ‘The View’
USA Today Charles Trepany January 31, 2022 Whoopi Goldberg is apologizing for comments she made about the Holocaust on “The View.” And she says now the backlash helped her understand why she “upset so many people.” During Monday’s episode of the ABC daytime talk show, the EGOT winner, 66, received pushback from her co-hosts — […]
StandWithUs Sharply Condemns Amnesty International Latest Report Demonizing Israel
Los Angeles, CA January 30, 2022 StandWithUs strongly condemns a report issued by Amnesty International (AI) falsely accusing Israel of “apartheid.” As StandWithUs has documented , Israel is a diverse democracy. Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs, said, “with this report, Amnesty International has lowered its mask, no longer putting up any pretense of being unbiased. […]
StandWithUs Thanks Tufts University Commitment to Action Against Antisemitism
January 25, 2022 VIA EMAIL: ( Anthony.Monaco@tufts.edu ) Dr. Anthony P. Monaco, M.D., Ph.D. President, Tufts University Office of the President Ballou Hall, 2nd Floor Medford, Massachusetts 02155 Dear President Monaco, We write on behalf of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization, to thank you for your statement addressing the climate of antisemitism at Tufts […]
DC police arrest suspect accused of spraying swastikas on Union Station
The individual allegedly spray-painted swastikas on the pillars at Union Station Fox News By Adam Sabes January 30th Washington, D.C. police have arrested a suspect after swastikas were found spray-painted at Union Station. The Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release that Geraldo Pando, 34, was arrested and is being charged with defacing private/public […]
