Montana Tucker, Dan Ahdoot Highlight StandWithUs Conference
Montana Tucker, Dan Ahdoot, Zach Sage Fox, John Ondrasik and Judea Pearl were among those who spoke at the StandWithUs International Conference at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport from Feb. 27-March 2. Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | March 12, 2025 Montana Tucker (Photo courtesy SWU) Speaking to the 650 conference attendees on Feb. 28, Tucker, […]
Berkeley enabling violent Jew-hatred, per federal civil rights complaint
The school “utterly failed to take the steps reasonably necessary to protect Jewish students on their campus,” Yael Lerman, of StandWithUs, told JNS. JNS Staff | JNS | March 18, 2025 Photo: Shutterstock The University of California, Berkeley and its police force failed to protect Jews, including declining to identify and apprehend suspects, who allegedly […]
Enough Is Enough: Lies, Defamation, and Intimidation – What These Open Letters Really Represent
Sydney, Australia – 31/03/2025 StandWithUs Australia unequivocally condemns the defamatory, misleading, and ideologically driven open letters sent to Monash University, the University of Sydney, and UTS management in response to our upcoming campus events. Let’s call these letters what they are: a coordinated smear campaign designed to intimidate universities, silence survivors of terror, and push […]
El Cajon Unanimously Adopts the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
(El Cajon, California – March 26, 2025) — In a resounding and unanimous 5-0 vote on Tuesday , the City of El Cajon officially adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism—marking a significant step forward in the fight against rising antisemitism in the United States. StandWithUs wholeheartedly thanks Mayor Bill […]
StandWithUs Title VI Complaint Against Lake Washington School District Prompts Investigation by Department of Education
(Seattle, WA — March 19, 2025) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened for investigation a federal Title VI complaint filed by StandWithUs Saidoff Legal against the Lake Washington School District (LWSD), which the complaint alleges has ignored and enabled rampant antisemitism. LWSD is located in King County, Washington, […]
StandWithUs Launches “SWUBOT”: An innovative, free StandWithUs AI Assistant to help provide quick and accurate answers to questions relating to Israel and antisemitism
[Los Angeles, CA — March 18, 2025] – StandWithUs, the international non-partisan education organization dedicated to supporting Israel and combating antisemitism, is proud to announce the launch of SWU BOT (Beta), an innovative AI-powered assistant designed to educate, inform, and empower individuals around the world. This StandWithUs “bot” will be a useful resource for young […]
StandWithUs Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against UC Berkeley For Failing to Protect Jewish Students
(Berkeley, CA, March 18, 2025) – StandWithUs Saidoff Legal and a Jewish undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley filed a federal Title VI civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), with notice to the Department of Justice. The complaint alleges that masked pro-Hamas aggressors assaulted an identifiably […]
Bridging Faiths, Defending Truth: Christian Zionists in the Emerson Fellowship
By Bella Brannon | Ha’am UCLA’s Jewish Newsmagazine | March 3, 2025 Photo by StandWithUs C.S. Lewis once wrote, “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” The Christian, StandWithUs Emerson Fellows are not just friends of the Jewish people; they are bound by a deeper recognition […]
StandWithUs International Conference in LA draws 650, biggest attendance yet
CEO Roz Rothstein told JNS that the pro-Israel gathering is “nourishing” for young Jews: “They are facing so much hostility. They need to be in this room. They need to be at this conference.” By Izzy Salant | Jewish News Syndicate | March 4, 2025 Participants of the StandWithUs International Conference in Los Angeles from […]
StandWithUs pilot study: Safety and security on campus
The survey showed that while campuses have resources in place, there is a clear need for enhanced measures to ensure all students feel safe and supported. By Alexandra Chana Fishman | The Jerusalem Post | December 13, 2024 The StandWithUs Data and Analytics Department recently conducted a pilot study to assess safety and security concerns […]
How pro-Israel students were affected by antisemitism in fall and spring 2024 – survey
The survey results highlight the impact of antisemitism on students’ ability to participate fully in campus life. By Alexandra Chana Fishman | The Jerusalem Post | February 18, 2025 StandWithUs reached out to 250 of our Emerson Fellows on college campuses to participate in a timely survey. We wanted to know how antisemitism during the […]
Middlebury College, facing antisemitism investigation, is among those warned by Trump administration
While some organizations that support Israel have expressed support for the Trump administration’s action, other free speech organizations have said the administration is trying to silence speech it opposes. By Greta Solsaa | vtdigger | March 12, 2025 Middlebury College is among 60 higher education institutions that received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education […]
Cryptocurrency platforms need better clarity to avoid being a petri dish for antisemitism – opinion
By allowing such tokens to feature on its platform, and occasionally on its very homepage, Pump has become tacitly complicit in promoting their obscene messaging. Jerusalem Post By Jordan Cope March 11, 2025 Since the infamous October 7 attacks, antisemitism has exploded and adapted in its virus-like tendencies, finding new ways to achieve popularity by […]
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BIG ONLINE ISRAEL INFLUENCER?
Israel educational organizations Let’s Do Something , StandWithUs , and DiploAct Launch ‘Ascend’—A Cutting-Edge Digital Incubator for Pro-Israel Creators New program trains the next generation of digital storytellers to shape online narratives and fight misinformation [Los Angeles, CA — March 12, 2025] – Let’s Do Something (LDS) , in partnership with StandWithUs and DiploAct […]
StandWithUs Leads Lecture for Medical Professionals Regarding Workplace Antisemitism
March, 2025 Julie Paris, Regional Director StandWithUs Mid Atlantic, and Deedee Bitran from StandWithUs along with Professor Rona Kaufman led a webinar for medical professionals titled “Combatting Antisemitism Insights from World Class Legal Experts”. The webinar discussed common issues arising in the workplace nationwide, such as discrimination and harassment of Jewish and Israeli employees, and […]
Federal Anti-Semitism Complaints Filed Against Three California Schools – Scripps, Cal Poly, and Etiwanda District
Brandeis Center, ADL, StandWithUs, Jewish on Campus Allege California Schools Willfully Ignored Severe Anti-Semitic Harassment & Intimidation, Urge Feds to Intervene Washington, D.C., March 6, 2025… Leading Jewish organizations, today, announced they have filed federal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education against California State Polytechnic , Scripps College , and California’s Etiwanda School District […]
Bringing the Fight to Workplace Antisemitism
“There is no mathematically precise test to prove a hostile work environment; courts consider issues like the frequency and severity of the conduct.” By Deedee Bitran, a Senior Counsel and Director of Pro Bono in the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and Of Counsel at Shutts and Bowen LLP . (March 5, 2025 / JNS) “My […]
Trump says any school that “allows illegal protests” will lose funding as Columbia faces review of federal contracts
Carly Gammill, StandWithUs Director of Legal Policy, explains to CBS New York when campus protest activity is unlawful, a rampant problem at universities across the country. By: CBS New York Team | Lisa Rozner | March 4, 2025 Read article here President Trump is threatening to pull funding from schools that allow what he calls […]
