County Executive Curran Signs Executive Order Adopting IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

(NASSAU COUNTY, NY — June 23, 2021) – Nassau County Executive Laura Curran today signed an Executive Order officially recognizing the non-legally binding IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism , an important guidance tool for monitoring and raising awareness about the contexts in which antisemitic acts and harassment takes place. The Executive Order directs all County […]

Israel Defense Forces Veterans Hired To Protect Jewish Communities In Los Angeles

Jewish security organization Magen Am recruits and trains former IDF soldiers for a new full-time armed response and patrol branch. The Daily Wire By Jeffrey Cawood | June 23, 2021 Photo: Courtesy As the nation experienced a rise in anti-Semitic attacks after violence escalated in the Gaza Strip between Israelis and Palestinians earlier this year, […]

Fighting Back: How to Combat Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas Conflict on Social Media

The Detroit Jewish News By Stacy Gittleman | 06/10/2021 Act Against Antisemitism On May 27, elected officials across the political spectrum, religious leaders of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, celebrities, ethnically diverse leaders and athletes alike spoke out against the troubling rise in hatred against Jews in “Act Against Antisemitism,” a global online rally. The event […]

South Florida’s Jewish community reacts to new Israeli government

South Florida Sun Sentinel By SERGIO CARMONA | JUNE 18, 2021 Photo: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com he new incoming Israeli government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, drew reaction throughout the South Florida Jewish community. Bennett was sworn in as prime minster on June 13, ending his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure in office, and […]

CAIR-LA Official: Antisemitism Is Persecution Over Falsely Claiming To Descend From Palestine

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported that Nassar made these remarks during a lecture at the Islamic Society of Orange County. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler | June 20, 2021 Shaheen Nassar, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter, said during a June 11 event that […]

Hunter College CUNY Zoom Lecture Turns Into Pro-Palestinian Protest

“Until universities hold individuals responsible for Jew-hatred sometimes masquerading as anti-Zionism, it will never stop.” Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler | June 11, 2021 A May 20 Zoom lecture at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College-CUNY devolved into a pro-Palestinian protest, leaving several Jewish students wary of returning to campus for in-person classes. […]

Jewish Refugees From Arab and Muslim Countries Recognized on United Nations World Refugee Day

The Algemeiner JUNE 20, 2021 In honor of United Nations World Refugee Day on Sunday, Israel and Jewish organizations remembered the often forgotten story of the nearly one million Jews who were ethnically cleansed from Arab and Muslim countries over the past century. Most were absorbed by Israel. The Jewish state issued a video chronicling […]

Jewish, pro-Israel organizations welcome Israeli government, offer words of support

They expressed optimism and faith, though also some concern over the range of coalition diversity, that the sole democracy in the Mideast will continue to make strides domestically and abroad. Jewish News Syndicate BY DMITRIY SHAPIRO (June 15, 2021 / JNS) Following a vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday, leaders from organizations with […]

StandWithUs Condemns CAIR LA Leader’s Antisemitic Comments, demands a public apology

LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2021 – StandWithUs strongly condemns antisemitic statements made by Shaheen Nassar, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Los Angeles branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Speaking to an audience at the Islamic Society of Orange County on June 11, 2021, Nassar falsely claimed that, “Antisemitism is… a uniquely […]

StandWithUs Congratulates Texas Legislature for Endorsing IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

(Austin, TX – June 16, 2021) — StandWithUs congratulates the Texas legislature and Governor Abbott on the passage of state legislation endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. House Bill 3257, which creates the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, refers to the IHRA definition, which is the international consensus […]

CUNY Professors Union Passes Anti-Israel Resolution

The Professional Staff Congress (PSC)-CUNY voted in favor of the resolution by a vote of 84-34. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler | June 15, 2021 CUNY Graduate Center | Photo by: David Shankbone The union representing professors at the City of University New York (CUNY) passed a resolution condemning Israel on June 10. The Professional Staff […]

Seth Rogen in online spat with head of pro-Israel group StandWithUS

Michael Dickson accused the Hollywood actor of ‘providing cover for extremists who seek to ridicule, bully and troll Jews online’ Jewish News By FRANCINE WOLFISZ June 16, 2021 Image on right: Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons Seth Rogen and a leading Israel advocate were embroiled in a heated Twitter exchange this week, with the Hollywood […]

StandWithUs Letter to SPS Interim Superintendent Jones Expressing Concern over BDS Resolution

June 16, 2021 Brent Jones, Ph.D. Interim Superintendent Seattle Public Schools Office of the Superintendent MS: 32-150; PO Box 34165 Seattle, Washington 98124-1165 VIA WEBSITE SUBMISSION Dear Superintendent Jones, We write on behalf of StandWithUs Northwest, the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education […]

Statement on the New Israeli Government

As a new Israeli government is sworn in, StandWithUs reaffirms our respect for Israeli democracy. We are a non-partisan education organization. As such, we do not endorse or oppose any Israeli political leadership. However, we do educate about political issues and believe it is important to highlight some important facts. In Israel, governments can only […]

StandWithUs Letter to UCSD Chancellor Khosla Concerning Statement of Solidarity with Palestine

June 11, 2021 Pradeep K. Khosla, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive #0005 La Jolla, California 92093-0005 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellor@ucsd.edu ) Dear Chancellor Khosla, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting […]

StandWithUs Letter to UCLA Chancellor Block Concerning Statement of Solidarity with Palestine

June 11, 2021 Gene Block, Ph.D. Chancellor UCLA 2147 Murphy Hall Los Angeles, California 90095-1405 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellor@ucla.edu ) Dear Chancellor Block, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and combating antisemitism. The purpose […]

They Want to Silence Jews and Israel; It Won’t Work

The Algemeiner by Yael Lerman | JUNE 9 Photo by: EQRoy / Shutterstock.com In my 15 years of working as a civil rights lawyer, I have never seen a wave of requests for legal help like I am experiencing now. At the organization where I work, StandWithUs, we have seen a 300 percent increase in […]

Hundreds of Harvard students condemn Israel in statement that omits any mention of Hamas

Palestinian student groups at Harvard painted Israel as an ‘apartheid’ state following its defensive operations against Hamas, which led to civilian casualties. The students pressed Harvard to cut ties from businesses that work with Israel. Campus Reform Ben Zeisloft | June 9 Photo by: g0d4ather \ Shutterstock Over 900 students and nearly 100 students groups […]