StandWithUs Informs UC Merced Chancellor Munoz About Campus-Affiliated Zoom Link Hosting Terrorist

April 15, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellormunoz@ucmerced.edu ) Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California, Merced 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 Dear Chancellor Muñoz , We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit Israel education organization. […]

StandWithUs to UC President Drake: Speak Out Loudly Against Leila Khaled

April 15, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( president@ucop.edu ) Dr. Michael V. Drake, M.D. President University of California Office of the President 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, California 94607 Dear President Drake, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit […]

StandWithUs to CSU Chancellor Castro: Speak Out Loudly Against Leila Khaled and Yacoub Odeh Talks

April 15, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( jcastro@calstate.edu ) Dr. Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D. Chancellor The California State University Office of the Chancellor 401 Golden Shore Long Beach, California 90802 Dear Chancellor Castro, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit […]

TEENS SLAM BASKETBALLS IN FRONT OF MIAMI HEAT MURAL AS THE #DUNKONHATE KICKS OFF

(Miami, FL — April 18, 2021) — A massive graffiti art mural has appeared in the edgy Wynwood Walks neighborhood of Miami stating “WE LOVE THE HEAT. UNITED AGAINST ANTISEMITISM, RACISM & ALL HATE.” On Sunday, April 18th in front of the mural, South Florida teens from Miami to Jupiter kicked off #DunkOnHate , a […]

France Supreme Court Upholds That Suspected Jewish Woman’s Killer Unfit to Stand Trial

Jewish groups condemned the French court’s ruling. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 14, 2021 Photo: Polymagou / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 France’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a 2019 lower court ruling concluding that the suspected killer of a Jewish woman is unfit to stand trial. In 2017, Sarah Halimi was killed after […]

Hindu American Foundation and StandWithUs Event Brings Together Hindu and Jewish Communities

(Chicago, ILL – April 15, 2021) — The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and StandWithUs (SWU) held a virtual event “Indo-Judaic Ties: Ancient Cultures, Common Challenges, Modern Miracles” on Monday, April 12. The event brought together nearly 300 members of the Jewish American and Hindu American communities across the country. HAF Co-Founder and Board Member, Mihir […]

“I am a Zionist”: Our Herzlian Jew-Jitsu Moments Twenty Years Ago

Jewish Journal Gil Troy April 14, 2021 Although I felt alone — aside from my wife, who was my partner every step of the way — I later discovered that all over the Jewish world people like me were standing up and going public, not just to defend our people — but to celebrate us. […]

What I told my daughter about Israel

Times of Israel Blogs Michael Dickson APR 14, 2021 Looking at the array of outstanding individuals who were asked to speak on the topic of optimism tonight, I’m a little intimidated – I’m not an expert in Kabballah, I’m not a Life Coach. But there is one aspect of who I am that makes me […]

CUNY student senate rejects dueling resolutions on IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate April 13, 2021 The City University of New York’s Student Senate voted on Sunday against twoconflicting resolutions focused on the working definition of anti-Semitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. One resolution, titled “Condemning Anti-Semitism and Supporting the CUNY Jewish Community,” was submitted to the USS in March. It called on CUNY […]

Independence Day: Seeing Israel through an outsider’s eyes – opinion

Sometimes it is precisely the outsider who gets it, and only their perspective can inspire jaded insiders. The Jerusalem Post By YONI ZIERLER APRIL 13, 2021 Between Israel’s 72nd and 73rd birthdays , my love for Israel was rekindled by a group of people who had never been here. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not […]

CUNY’s Student Senate Votes Not to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

City University of New York’s Student Senate Votes Not to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: ‘Devastating to Jewish Students’ The Algemeiner Benjamin Kerstein APRIL 13, 2021 The City University of New York’s student senate voted down a resolution to adopt the IHRA’s Working Definition of Antisemitism on Sunday, in a process described as “devastating to […]

CUNY Student Senate to Vote on Resolution Rejecting IHRA

The resolution is being pushed by the CUNY Jewish Law Students Association and CUNY Students for Justice in Palestine in response to a March resolution adopting IHRA. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 9, 2021 Photo: Evulaj90 | Wikimedia Commons The City University of New York’s (CUNY) Student Senate will be voting on a resolution that […]

GRAFFITI ARTISTS AND TEENS CALL FOR #DunkOnHate AT MIAMI HEAT MURAL

Credit: Luis Mendoza (Miami, FL– Sunday, April 18, 2021) — A massive graffiti art mural has appeared in the edgy Wynwood Walks neighborhood of Miami. Amidst Hip-Hop stylized palm trees and glowing embers, towers the statement, “WE LOVE THE HEAT. UNITED AGAINST ANTISEMITISM, RACISM & ALL HATE.” On Sunday, April 18th at 3pm in front […]

Teachers’ Union Head Rips Jews in Interview on School Reopening

AFT’s Weingarten smears Jews as ‘ownership class’ The Washington Free Beacon Graham Piro • April 7, 2021 Credit: Leslie B. Williams | Flickr Union leader Randi Weingarten criticized Jews as “part of the ownership class” dedicated to denying opportunities to others in an interview released on Friday. Weingarten—who is herself Jewish and draws a six-figure […]

Pro-Israel groups team up with Miami Heat to combat antisemitism, racism

Those driving through the I-95 in Wynwood, Miami can find the graffiti mural, which will be up until April 16. The Jerusalem Post APRIL 4, 2021 Credit: Luis Mendoza Pro-Israel organizations StandWithUs and Artists 4 Israel have co-sponsored a mural that says “We love the Heat. United against antisemitism, racism & all hate,” according to […]

Mural embraces Miami Heat, displays unity against anti-Semitism

SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL By SERGIO CARMONA | APR 02, 2021 Credit: Luis Mendoza Motorists driving in or out of Miami via I-95 in Wynwood may notice an urban art graffiti mural that says, “We love the Heat. United against antisemitism, racism & all hate.” Artists 4 Israel and the Israel education organization StandWithUs co-sponsored […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic Graffiti at the University of Connecticut

Photo: Global Jet at Flickr (Mansfield, CT – April 1, 2021) – StandWithUs is extremely saddened by three antisemitic attacks that took place at the University of Connecticut. On March 27th a swastika was found graffitied on a building facing the Hillel Building; on March 28th a Jewish student was verbally assaulted while walking home […]

StandWithUs Horrified By Recent Attacks Against Asian-Americans

(Los Angeles — March 30, 2021) — StandWithUs is horrified by the recent outbreak of violent physical attacks against the Asian American community, particularly targeting women and the elderly. Brutal hate crimes against Asian people in Atlanta, New York, San Francisco and elsewhere illustrate the urgent need to bring perpetrators to justice and address the […]