Jewish students convey concern over anti-Israel measures passed at two Montreal universities

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate FAYGIE HOLT March 23, 2022 Jewish students and community groups are decrying the passage this week of anti-Israel measures at two Montreal schools of higher education, Concordia University and McGill University. “We strongly condemn discriminatory votes targeting Israel at Concordia and McGill universities, where students are being asked to vote on anti-Semitic […]

Majority of US Senators Call for End to Anti-Israel UNHRC Commission of Inquiry

(Los Angeles, CA — March 28, 2022) — On March 28, 2022, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rob Portman (R-OH) submitted a jointly-written, bipartisan letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken calling on the Biden administration to address anti-Israel bias and discrimination in the UN Human Rights Council and UN at large. The letter, […]

STANDWITHUS COMMENDS COLORADO FOR TAKING ACTION AGAINST UNILEVER’S BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

(Los Angeles, CA) — On March 18, 2022, Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) voted unanimously to put Unilever on notice regarding its boycott of Israel. In doing so, PERA declared that it would begin divesting its 42 million dollars of investments in Unilever if the latter refused to reverse its boycott within 180 days. […]

Writing ‘Israel/Palestine’ and calling Zionism ‘colonial’ came at a price for U. of Wash.

Israel National News Dr. Edward C. Halperin | Mar 08, 2022 A donor revoked her philanthropic gift to the University of Washington because a professor libelled Israel: A teaching moment for Higher Education. Opinion Picture: Shutterstock In 2016, Rebecca Benaroya, a Seattle philanthropist, gave $5 million to the University of Washington to create the Jack […]

New bold billboard campaign in Toronto aims to address rise of antisemitism

Mar 8, 2022 Alan speaks with Rebecca Katzman, senior director of campus affairs with StandWithUs Canada, about a bold new campaign that aims to fight antisemitism in Toronto.

Bright pink billboards with ‘bold slogans’ fighting rising antisemitism in Toronto

CBC News Talia Ricci | Mar 08, 2022 A campaign against antisemitism is featuring bright pink billboards on some of Toronto’s main roadways in a bid to grab people’s attention and spark change. Two non-profit organizations, StandWithUs Canada and a U.S.-based group called JewBelong, recently launched the effort to raise awareness about the increasing number […]

‘StandWithUs comes to Australia’

‘We will complement, not duplicate, existing work’ The Australian Jewish News By AJN STAFF March 9, 2022 Australian students at a StandWithUs workshop in Israel. Photo: Courtesy StandWithUs Australia INTERNATIONAL advocacy organisation StandWithUs will make all its resources available to the Australian community when it commences local operations, its Israel executive director Michael Dickson says. […]

The fight over biased ethnic studies courses is spreading to public schools nationwide

E Jewish Philanthropy By Ida R. Eblinger Kelley March 9, 2022 In Short In the big picture, our classrooms are increasingly caught in the culture wars between the right and the left. The impact of this on the Jewish community varies from place to place, but in far too many cases we have seen Jewish […]

StandWithUs Australia Set to Launch in Spring 2022

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 […]

The Role of Private Donations in the Academic Debate Over Israel

By Roz Rothstein March 3, 2022 2:20 am University of Washington in Seattle. Photo: Steve Ginn/Wikimedia Commons. There is an ongoing controversy in some corners of academia about a donor rescinding a major gift to the University of Washington (UW). My organization, StandWithUs, has been mentioned — and in some cases misrepresented — as part […]

Donor yanks Israel Studies endowment at U of Washington over professor’s Israel criticism

By Andrew Lapin February 24, 2022 Cherry blossoms on the University of Washington Quad in Seattle, March 14, 2010. (Brewbooks via Creative Commons) UPDATE: The University of Washington says the school remains committed to its Israel Studies program. Please see the latest here. The original story follows. ( JTA ) — The University of Washington […]

Students Make the Difference in Helping StandWithUs SE Exceed Its Fundraising Goal

StandWithUs’ Ahron Levin, Senior Southeast High School Coordinator and Brandon Orlinsky, Academic Logistics Coordinator with students at the “Command Center” at the Polo Club of Boca Raton (Boca Raton, FL — March, 2022) — StandWithUs Southeast (SWU SE) is thrilled to announce that its “Start The Wave: Be the Ripple That Makes The Change” online […]

“ANTISEMITISM HERE AND NOW: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES” WITH STANDWITHUS

JANUARY 19, 2022 Arizona Jewish Life Carly Gammil, CCA It’s been only 80 years since the Holocaust, and sadly, antisemitism has manifested once again and in increasingly virulent forms. The threats are numerous, including physical violence against Jews. It is evident on college campuses, high schools, communities, social media and even Congress. Unfortunately, one of […]

StandWithUs comes to Scottsdale

Mala Blomquist Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Feb 26, 2022 Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs StandWithUs (SWU) is an international nonprofit and non-partisan education organization that combats antisemitism and supports Israel. Founded in 2001, SWU empowers students and communities with leadership training and educational programs. It informs through social media, print and digital […]

StandWithUs Encouraged by Critique of Amnesty International’s Report by Exec. Director in Israel

Jerusalem, Israel February 23, 2022 StandWithUs is encouraged by growing criticism of Amnesty International’s (AI) report falsely accusing Israel of “apartheid”. This includes the opposition expressed by Molly Malekar, Executive Director of Amnesty International in Israel. We agree with Malekar’s assessment that the report does not appear to promote any worthy goal, but instead may […]

StandWithUs to UCLA: Publicly Condemn Antisemitism After Former UCLA Lecturer’s Violent Threats

February 22, 2022 VIA EMAIL Gene D. Block Chancellor University of California, Los Angeles chancellor@ucla.edu Re: Urgent Need for Your Administration to Publicly Condemn Antisemitism in the Context of Former UCLA Lecturer’s Violent Threats Dear Chancellor Block, We write on behalf of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and combating antisemitism, and its […]

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 […]