StandWithUs, With Students & Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College (CUNY)
Jewish News Syndicate November 12, 2021, JNS Wire On November 10, 2021 StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York […]
Fighting for Jewish Students at Hunter College
The Algemeiner by Carly F. Gammill NOVEMBER 25, 2021 An SJP demonstration at Hunter College. Photo: StandWithUs/screenshot. When a discriminatory incident occurs on a college campus, it should be met with swift and unequivocal condemnation by the school’s leadership. Targeting and mistreating students based on an aspect of their identity — race, religion, gender, ethnicity, […]
StandWithUs Commends Attorney Generals of 12 States Urging Unilever to Stop B&J’s Economic Warfare
(Los Angeles, CA — November 23, 2021) — StandWithUs commends the attorney generals of twelve states for their joint letter on November 22 urging Unilever to reverse the discriminatory decision by Ben & Jerry’s, its wholly owned subsidiary, to boycott Israel. The letter refers to the boycott as “economic warfare” against Israel and urges Unilever […]
SWU ads slam Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott at Unilever HQ
The Jerusalem Post By GADI ZAIG NOVEMBER 22, 2021 The pro-Israel organization also launched a new website titled “Corporate Antisemitism” to combat anti-Jewish rhetoric spread by companies. The pro-Israel educaion organization StandWithUs launched a campaign to detect and expose corporate antisemitism earlier this month, most recently targeting Unilever in Northern New Jersey. Their campaign will […]
StandWithUs UK Statement on Campaign of Misinformation at Warwick University
University House – University of Warwick, Photo Credit: Snowmanradio (London, 18 November, 2021) StandWithUs UK is outraged that a Jewish Society Shabbat Dinner, on the 19th of November, celebrating cultural diversity at Warwick University, should be met with a distorted smear campaign. The Jewish Society, StandWithUs UK, The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) and the […]
StandWithUs Calls for UCSC to Investigate Student Group for Discrimination Against Jewish Student
(LOS ANGELES, November 15, 2021) – StandWithUs called for a formal investigation by the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) leadership into a case where the Muslim Students Association (MSA) likely denied a Jewish student their constitutional rights during a Zoom public meeting, as outlined in a legal letter to the administration sent by StandWithUs […]
25 US Jewish organizations to hold youth-led event commemorating Rabin
A coalition of 25 Jewish US organizations will convene on Sunday in three cities for a hybrid face-to-face and online program commemorating the 26th Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day. The Jerusalem Post NOVEMBER 13, 2021 Photo by: Avivi Aharon / Shutterstock.com A coalition of 25 Jewish US organizations will convene on Sunday for a program commemorating […]
Murderer of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll sentenced to life
The killing of the 85-year old, who was stabbed 11 times, was fueled by “a broader context of anti-Semitism,” a French court ruled. Jewish News Syndicate BY AARON BANDLER (November 11, 2021 / Jewish Journal) A French court on Wednesday sentenced Yacine Mihoub to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 22 years, […]
NY Gov: We Will Divest from Unilever in 90 Days
Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler November 12, 2021 Photo: lev radin / Shutterstock.com New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, told Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, that the state will divest from it in 90 days, The Forward reported on November 12. The Forward obtained a letter from Hochul to Unilever CEO Alan […]
StandWithUs, With Students & Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College (CUNY)
(LOS ANGELES, CA) — On November 10, 2021 StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, to […]
StandWithUs Launches Campaign to Expose Corporate Antisemitism, Beginning With Unilever
Photo: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com “Corporate Antisemitism” Campaign Will Use Paid Media Including Billboards, Direct Mail, and Print and Digital Advertising to Amplify Message Campaign Will Target Unilever-Owned Consumer Brands Across Industries, Such as Dove, Lipton, and Axe. StandWithUs Has Launched a New Website with Educational Materials and a Toolkit to Empower Grassroots Mobilization (Los Angeles, […]
San Diego school board modifies resolution calling for ‘unbiased’ materials on Israel
Jewish News Syndicate BY JACOB KAMARAS San Diego Board of Education. Source: Screenshot/Google Maps. (October 27, 2021 / JNS) The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved, though modified, a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that would have also supported “unbiased and politically neutral” classroom materials pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the […]
Sunrise DC Apologizes to Jewish Groups: “We See How Our Action Has Fueled Antisemitism”
Sunrise DC Apologizes for Singling Out Jewish Groups: “We Now Understand the Way Our Action Has Fueled Antisemitism” Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler October 25, 2021 Sunrise DC had cited the participation of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs (JCPA), National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC) in the […]
StandWithUs Releases New Ethnic Studies Toolkit
(Los Angeles, CA — October 28, 2021) — StandWithUs announces the release of a new Ethnic Studies Tool Kit . This resource is designed to educate the public about how K-12 ethnic studies courses can impact the Jewish community, and offer tools for activism on a state and local school district level across the U.S. […]
Alaskans rally around Jewish museum, $5,000 reward offered to find perpetrator of graffiti
More than 30 museums throughout Alaska have also expressed their solidarity with the Jewish museum, issuing a letter of support, and against bigotry and anti-Semitism. Jewish News Syndicate BY FAYGIE HOLT The Alaska Jewish Museum in Anchorage. Source: Screenshot/Google Maps. (October 25, 2021 / JNS) A $5,000 reward has been announced to help find the […]
Jewish Rights Groups Call Out D.C. Climate Group for Its Alleged Anti-Semitic Stance
Newsweek BY CARLY MAYBERRY 10/22/21 Photo: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Jewish Rights groups are condemning what they see as anti-Semitic sentiment by the Washington, D.C. affiliate of climate group Sunrise Movement for their refusal to participate in Saturday’s voting rights rally because “Zionist groups” are taking part. The Anti-Defamation League, pro-Israel nonprofit StandWithUs and Israel […]
One-Sided Narratives Promote the Harmful Israeli-Palestinian Status Quo
Jewish Journal Max Samarov October 20, 2021 The irony of the article, “ The Two-State Solution Act Takes on the Harmful Israeli-Palestinian Status Quo ,” is that it in practice, it only further promotes the status quo. As a non-partisan education organization, StandWithUs is not engaged in advocacy around the Two-State Solution Act. However, we […]
Antisemitism Demonstration on a Bridge in Austin, Texas
At a public antisemitic demonstration in Austin, Texas on October 23, 2021, a group of neo-Nazis associating themselves with GoyimTV, and who apparently believe the Covid vaccine is harmful, displayed a banner over a bridge on MoPac reading “Vax the Jews.” It is time we recognize incidents like this, that call for physical attacks against […]
