Jewish Groups React to Passing of Sheldon Adelson

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler January 12, 2021 Several Jewish groups issued statements mourning the death of GOP megadonor and Jewish philanthropist Sheldon Adelson on January 12. Adelson, 87, died after suffering complications from his treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; he had taken a leave of absence for the treatment on January 7. Adelson’s widow, Miriam, said […]

New “StandWithUs Connect” Online Menu Makes Israel Education More Accessible Than Ever

Menu of options for educational sessions aimed at reaching out to groups around the world Los Angeles – January 14, 2021 When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, everything, including education, was disrupted. StandWithUs worked quickly to pivot to offering online sessions, interactive workshops and tours. Now, the organization is launching an online menu offering groups around […]

UCR Professor: “Zionism Politically Toxified Our Schools”

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler January 12, 2021 Photo: Amerique at Creative Commons A UC Riverside professor tweeted on January 12 that “Zionism politically toxified our schools.” The tweet in question came regarding a debate on Twitter over the #DefendEthnicStudies. Groups that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement like Jewish Voice for Peace had […]

Students are key to fighting antisemitism in high schools. I should know.

J. The Jewish News of Northern California BY MICHAELA PELTA | JANUARY 11, 2021 As a leader in my school and a Jewish Student Union liaison for the West Coast, I was contacted by multiple Jewish students who presented me with images of inappropriate social media postings by students at Lowell High School. The postings […]

StandWithUs Mourns the Loss of Philanthropist, Sheldon G. Adelson

(Los Angeles, January 12, 2021) – The Board and leadership of StandWithUs were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Sheldon G. Adelson, an unequivocal supporter of Israel, Jewish causes and a philanthropist to a multitude of non-profits that helped the community at large. The generosity of Sheldon Adelson has resulted in support for […]

Johns Hopkins teaching assistant suspected of lowering Jewish students’ grades

The Forward Stewart Ain January 7, 2021 Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has launched a probe into allegations against a university teaching assistant for “alleged anti-Semitism and potential abuse of authority in the discharge of academic responsibilities on our campus.” The campus Hillel is calling upon students to contact its office if they suspect the […]

Meet the ‘Abraham Accords Youth Forum’, peacemakers of the future

Jerusalem Post January 7, 2021 Tevel, StandWithUs’s Israeli high school leadership program, held the first meeting of the “Abraham Accords Youth Forum” on Tuesday. The forum involves a series of virtual meetings in which Israeli youth meet with their counterparts from countries that Israel has signed peace agreements in the past year, such as the […]

Teaching assistant at Johns Hopkins threatened to fail pro-Israel students

Jewish News Syndicate January 6, 2021 Credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock.com While the university has not issued a formal statement on the incident, Sunil Kumar, from the university’s provost office, said in an email to StandWithUs that it is “aware of the incident.” (January 6, 2021 / JNS) Anti-Semitism watchdog groups are raising alarm over […]

A New Generation of Peacemakers: The “Abraham Accords Youth Forum” is Launched

The new Abraham Accords Youth Forum, launched by ‘Tevel’ – the Israeli high school leadership program of StandWithUs and partners – brings Israeli youth together with counterparts from the UAE, and soon other Gulf and Arab countries (Jerusalem, Israel — January 6th , 2021) — When the leaders of Israel and the UAE gathered to […]

Third letter to Johns Hopkins University regarding Teaching Assistant with antisemitic tweets

January 6, 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 […]

Report Reveals More Anti-Semitic Tweets from UC Merced Professor

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler January 5, 2021 A new report has revealed more anti-Semitic tweets from UC Merced Professor Abbas Ghassemi. The conservative website Washington Free Beacon reported on January 5 that the Stop Antisemitism.org watchdog has compiled a dossier on Ghassemi’s tweets. Among them included a retweet hailing the Iranian Shiite terror proxy Hezbollah […]

StandWithUs Follow Up Letter to UC Merced Administration with Additional Tweets from Professor

January 5, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellormunoz@ucmerced.edu ; twpeterson@ucmerced.edu ) Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California, Merced 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 Dr. Thomas Peterson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus and Chair (BIOE) University of California, Merced School of Engineering 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 RE: Additional Twitter Posts Allegedly […]

Follow Up Letter to Johns Hopkins University Regarding Antisemitic Twitter Posts by TA

December 16, 2020 Via Email : ( rdaniels@jhu.edu ; yarkony@jhu.edu ) Ronald J. Daniels President The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St., 242 Garland Hall Baltimore, Maryland 21218 David Yarkony, Ph.D. Chair and D. Mead Johnson Professor of Chemistry The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St., Remsen 310 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Dear President […]

Letter to Johns Hopkins University Regarding Antisemitic Posts from Graduate Researcher and TA

December 3, 2020 Via Email : ( rdaniels@jhu.edu ; yarkony@jhu.edu ) Ronald J. Daniels President The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St., 242 Garland Hall Baltimore, Maryland 21218 David Yarkony, Ph.D. Chair and D. Mead Johnson Professor of Chemistry The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St., Remsen 310 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Dear President […]

It’s Time to Be Unapologetically Jewish

The Algemeiner by Karen Shalev January 3, 2021 A playing field at Worcester State University. Photo: Wiki Commons . 2020 has seen even more antisemitism, following the FBI’s 2019 report stating that Jews experienced over 60% of religious-based hate crimes despite making up less than 2% of the population. The Anti-Defamation League marked Massachusetts as […]

Congress Passes Bill to Raise Status of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism

San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison December 31, 2020 Jewish organizations hailed congressional passage of a bill that would elevate the status of the U.S. Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism to the rank of ambassador. The position currently is held by Elan Carr. “Today’s vote puts America one step closer to sending an unambiguous […]

SWU Salutes the US Congress for Elevating the Antisemitism Special Envoy Position to Ambassador

On December 31, 2020, at the very last legislative session of the 116th Congress, the House of Representatives passed legislation (HB 221) authored by Rep. Chris Smith to elevate the State Department’s Anti-Semitism Special Envoy position to that of Ambassador. The bill already passed the Senate. StandWithUs salutes the US Congress for making the fight […]

UC Merced launches probe into professor’s anti-Semitic tweets

San Francisco Chronicle Vanessa Arredondo Dec. 30, 2020 UC Merced is launching an investigation into whether a professor who maintained a Twitter account rife with anti-Semitic remarks and images broke any of the school rules, and what, if any consequences the university ought to impose. Abbas Ghassemi, a teaching professor in the UC Merced School […]