State of Florida Tackles BDS With New Bills

(Tallahassee, Florida, March 5, 2025) — The State of Florida is once again taking a leading role in combating antisemitism by bolstering its protections against taxpayer dollars becoming embroiled in discriminatory treatment of Israel.  Bills were introduced on Wednesday in both the Florida House and Senate to extend the state’s anti-BDS law to prohibit state […]

Addressing Potentially Unlawful Employee Conduct at Alamo Drafthouse in New York

StandWithUs Saidoff Legal sent a letter to Sony, which owns Alamo Drafthouse, asking its leadership to enforce its own policies after employees wore keffiyehs while working at a movie screening of September 5 , a film about the murder of Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympics. The letter explains how Alamo Drafthouse’s policies appear to prohibit such conduct within […]

StandWithUs Calls on Barnard to Take Action After Disgraceful Response to Violent Occupation of Campus Hall

StandWithUs wrote to Barnard College on March 3, 2025, to express our dismay at the wholly inadequate response of Barnard College’s administration to the violent takeover of Milbank Hall. It appears that Barnard not only blatantly disregarded its own rules, but actively aided and abetted, and purportedly rewarded the individuals violating those rules.  StandWithUs calls […]

City of Miami Beach, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and the Center for Combating Antisemitism Take Action Against Antisemitism in Medicine.

The Program Is the First of Its Kind to Launch First in the Nation. (Miami Beach, FL — February 27, 2025) — In a groundbreaking move to address the growing concern of antisemitism in health care, the City of Miami Beach has unanimously agreed to partner with and help fund a new antidiscrimination program developed […]

Shurat HaDin Sues Al Jazeera on Behalf of Victims of Terrorism

(Washington, D.C. – February, 2025)  —Shurat HaDin, in partnership with StandWithUs, filed suit against the Al Jazeera Media Network on February 23, 2025 at US District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit seeks to hold Al Jazeera accountable for its role in providing material support to terrorist organizations, and seeks financial compensation and justice for […]

Shurat HaDin Sues Al Jazeera on Behalf of Victims of Terrorism

(Washington, D.C. – February, 2025)  —Shurat HaDin, in partnership with StandWithUs, filed suit against the Al Jazeera Media Network on February 23, 2025 at US District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit seeks to hold Al Jazeera accountable for its role in providing material support to terrorist organizations, and seeks financial compensation and justice for […]

Chicago Stands with African Victims of Modern Enslavement and Persecution

Yossi Held, executive Director StandWithUs Midwest (far right), City of Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez holding a poster and Simon Deng standing in front of the American flag, are joined by community leaders at the Committee meeting.  One week after 70 Christians were beheaded by terrorists in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Chicago City Council […]

Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies

School District Settles Lawsuit Brought by Brandeis Center, ADL, and AJC Alleging Ethnic Studies Courses were Developed in Secret and Infected with Anti-Semitism (Santa Ana, Calif., February 20, 2025) – Major Jewish organizations on February 20 announced that the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against the school […]

NJ Community and Legislators Unite to Push IHRA Bill

By Debra Rubin | Jewish Link | February 6, 2025 Abigail Thaler (left), a senior at Biotechnology High School in Freehold, and Ori Alaluf, vice president of Hillel at William Paterson University in Wayne, told of experiencing antisemitism at their schools that was not recognized by administrators. A bipartisan show of unity brought together a […]

Statement on Reported Changes to the Palestinian Authority’s Welfare Payments

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is   reportedly changing  its system of welfare payments to terrorist prisoners and their families. For years, the PA’s welfare system has been used to financially reward terrorism, with over   $1 billion  reportedly spent on this “Pay for Slay” program from 2018-2023. The PA has stated going forward, payments will […]

Georgetown Law Hosts Convicted Palestinian Terrorist for Dinner and Speech on Purported Issues of Arrest, Detention, and Alleged Israeli Torture

When Georgetown Law’s SJP advertised a convicted PFLP terrorist as a “student activist” and a “political prisoner” without reference to his role in a terrorist attack that killed a teenaged Israeli girl and wounded her family, StandWithUs requested clarification, condemnation, and a statement of moral clarity from the school. Rabhi Karaja, a member of the […]

Violins of Hope in San Diego

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day , January 27, 2025 ,   we are deeply grateful to Holocaust Survivor Susanne Reyto  for her inspiring presentation at the Canyon Crest Academy Music Department in San Diego. As the author of Pursuit of Freedom   and   Destination Freedom   and chair of Violins of Hope, LA County […]

StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief Seeking to Hold the PLO Accountable for Supporting Terrorism

StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department jointly filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court on February 4, 2025, arguing that when organizations support terrorism against Americans and participate in the “pay-for-slay” program by rewarding terrorists’ families financially, they should be held accountable in US courts. The petitioner is an American murdered by a Palestinian terrorist. In […]

Exciting Resolutions to Title VI Investigations at Four Major US Universities!

Department of Education Resolves Title VI Complaints Filed by StandWithUs (Los Angeles, February, 2025) — In the final days of President Biden’s administration, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded its investigations into four federal Title VI complaints filed by StandWithUs and its partner organization, the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice […]

Creating a Hostile Work Environment at UNC Through Anti-Israel Activity

StandWithUs Saidoff Legal sent a letter to University of North Carolina asking its leadership to address discriminatory anti-Israel lectures in its undergraduate program and medical school. The letter explains how such lectures, in conjunction with discriminatory chalking, protests, and fliers can contribute to a hostile work environment. Read the letter below. To navigate, simply use the […]

Allegheny County D.A.’s office offers ‘Combating Antisemitism’ training for universities

Matt Eidson | 90.5 WESA | January 15, 2025 Pittsburgh universities and the District Attorney’s office are taking steps to identify and address hate-fueled aggression toward Jewish people on college campuses. University representatives from around the Pittsburgh area attended “Combating Antisemitism” training this week. The event was presented by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office […]

JVP is a shield for hate, not a voice for peace

ROZ ROTHSTEIN | Jerusalem Post | JANUARY 16, 2025 StandWithUs’ new report on Jewish Voice for Peace (Credit: StandWithUs) As horrific wildfires spread in my home city of Los Angeles, I joined much of our local Jewish community in trying to get  urgent relief  to people in need. Meanwhile, instead of doing something to help, multiple […]

Jewish groups mourn death of Olga Washington, Christian Zionist and staunch Israel supporter

Izzy Salant | Jewish News Syndicate | January 7, 2025 Olga Washington with her husband, Joshua Washington, and their sons Ezra and Jonah in Israel. Credit: Courtesy of StandWithUs. Olga Meshoe Washington, CEO of Defend Embrace Invest (in) Support Israel and COO of the international Zionist youth organization Club Z, died on Jan. 6 after […]