UCSB Passes IHRA Resolution

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler February 4, 2021 Photo: Claudine Van Massenhove / Shutterstock.com UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) student senate unanimously passed a resolution on February 3 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. Students Supporting Israel (SSI) at UCSB announced the passage of the resolution in a Facebook post, noting that […]

Where things stand with California’s ethnic-studies curriculum

Jewish News Syndicate Roz Rothstein February 2, 2021 A significant faction in this particular academic field institutionally promotes anti-Zionism and discriminatory boycotts against Israel. (February 2, 2021 / JNS) For more than a-year-and-a-half, StandWithUs has worked tirelessly together with concerned citizens and partners to remove anti-Semitism, anti-Israel bias and other destructive ideas from California’s draft […]

StandWithUs Applauds Biden Administration Support for IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

StandWithUs applauds the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will honor longstanding bipartisan practice and support the use and adoption of the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism. As this societal disease continues to infect communities, including here in the United States, we are encouraged to know that this administration takes this issue seriously and recognizes the importance […]

Gil Troy, Natan Sharansky Explain Jewish Unity at StandWithUs Conference

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler February 2, 2021 Former Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and McGill University Professor Gil Troy explained the meaning of Jewish unity on January 31 at the virtual StandWithUs 2021 International Conference. Sharansky, who recently co-authored a book with Troy titled “Never Alone: Prison, Politics and My People,” said that when he […]

StandWithUs Hosts a Virtual International Conference

Philadelphia Jewish Voice Ronit Treatman JANUARY 31, 2021 StandWithUs hosted the “Israel in Focus” international Zoom conference. For ten local high school and college students this was the culmination of a year-long internship or fellowship with StandWithUs. A diverse forum of experts, including Israeli Arabs, discussed Israel, antisemitism, and the Abraham Accords. International speakers discussed […]

Building on Regional Peace, “The People’s Abraham Accords” is Launched

(Jerusalem – January 31, 2021) – The Israeli Prime Minister called it “a pivot of history”. On September 15, 2020 Israel signed a memorandum of understanding – the Abraham Accords – with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Since then, some 130,000 Israelis have visited Dubai and according to a report by the Dubai Customs, […]

Announcing a Partnership to Bring Israeli Water Tech to Native American Communities

StandWithUs, Watergen, Bright Path Strong Partner to Bring Israeli Water Tech to Native American Communities (Los Angeles, CA — January 30, 2021) — Israel education organization StandWithUs, Israeli company Watergen, and Native American non-profit Bright Path Strong (BPS) announced an exciting partnership at the StandWithUs International Conference , on January 30, 2021. Together, they will […]

120 over 80: Our Oldest and Wisest

From rabbis and volunteers to Shoah survivors and political figures, here is part three of our celebration of the Jewish community’s original social influencers! By JEWISH NEWS January 28, 2021, 12:06 pm Jewish News’ Forty Under 40 and Eighteen Under 18 lists celebrate those set to shape the future, but what about those who’ve influenced […]

Johns Hopkins probes pro-Palestinian TA who tweeted about lowering Jewish students’ grades

The College Fix JACKSON WALKER – UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON JANUARY 20, 2021 Jewish groups voice concerns regarding incident Johns Hopkins University is reportedly investigating a pro-Palestinian teaching assistant who tweeted about lowering Jewish students’ grades. The Office of Institutional Equity has opened a probe into the TA, reports the campus student newspaper the Johns […]

Lowell principal: ‘Highly likely’ that student is behind racist, antisemitic posts

The Jewish News of Northern California BY GABRIEL GRESCHLER JANUARY 26, 2021 The principal of San Francisco’s Lowell High School on Monday said it was “highly likely” that racist, antisemitic and pornographic content shared recently on a virtual bulletin board was posted by a student. “Our school and District remain outraged by what occurred, and […]

StandWithUs Statement Regarding Antisemitic Posts on Los Angeles Attorney’s Social Media Accounts

StandWithUs is aware of horrendous and flagrantly antisemitic statements appearing on the social media accounts of Los Angeles attorney Farhad Khorasani. One particularly alarming post read , “The Jew anywhere is an existential threat to Aryans, muslims, and Iranians everywhere. Hitler has proved that he knew these terrorist semites very well. Hitler was right, we […]

StandWithUs Sends Additional Evidence to Johns Hopkins Administration Regarding TA

January 25, 2021 Via Email : ( provost@jhu.edu ) Sunil Kumar, Ph.D. Provos and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street, 265 Garland Hall Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Dear Senior Vice President and Provost Kumar, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center […]

Jewish leaders honor Sheldon Adelson during global online memorial

Las Vegas Review-Journal January 22, 2021 Photo by: vasilis asvestas / Shutterstock Jewish leaders came together Thursday for a global memorial event for business giant and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson . The CEO and chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp. died last week at age 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The online […]

College TA Under Investigation for Asking Whether to Lower Pro-Israel Students Grades

Newsweek BY ALEXANDRA GARRETT January 21, 2021 Photo by: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock Johns Hopkins University is investigating a pro-Palestinian teaching assistant after discovering tweets about lowering pro-Israel students’ grades. “We are aware of an incident of alleged anti-Semitism and potential abuse of authority in the discharge of academic responsibilities on our campus,” university officials […]

StandWithUs Announces Connect for Progress, Connecting Communities Worldwide to Israeli Solutions

(Los Angeles — January 18, 2021) — StandWithUs has launched a groundbreaking new initiative called Connect for Progress. We are taking Israel activism to the next level by identifying practical challenges communities are facing, matching those challenges with unique Israeli solutions, and empowering our network to advocate for those solutions locally. We will announce a […]

UC Merced Prof Won’t Teach Next Semester Following Anti-Semitic Tweets

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler January 18, 2021 UC Merced Engineering Professor Abbas Ghassemi will not be teaching at the university during the upcoming spring semester following a controversy over his anti-Semitic tweets. Ghassemi’s tweets in question include a tweet of “The Zionist Brain” and another tweet stating that “the Zionists and IsraHell interest have […]

What apartheid?

Jewish News Syndicate/ JNS Yoseph Haddad January 17, 2021 Last week, I woke up one morning in my Nazareth home and was astonished to discover I was living under a racist, apartheid regime whose only purpose is “the promotion and perpetuation of the superiority of one group of people—the Jews.” I rubbed my eyes, read […]

Students get a lesson on Zionism and antisemitism

Jewish Rhode Island January 7, 2021 Top row (left to right): Stephanie Margolis, StandWithUs New England high school coordinator and Carly Gammill, director StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism. Bottom row: Eliza Kanner, StandWithUs New England campus coordinator PHOTO | STANDWITHUS High school and college students explored the truth of the oft-repeated phrase, “I’m not anti-Semitic, […]