SWU Letter to UC Merced Urging an Investigation of Antisemitic Professor Abbas Ghassemi

(Merced, CA — December 28, 2020) — The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism wrote to UC Merced on December 24, 2020 expressing dismay after learning that Abbas Ghassemi, a teaching professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering department, posted a series of discriminatory and antisemitic statements and images on his […]

StandWithUs Letter to UC Merced Regarding Antisemitic Tweets from Professor

December 24, 2020 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: Investigation and Action Urged […]

StandWithUs Congratulates Fordham University for Legal Victory Against SJP

For Immediate Release StandWithUs Congratulates Fordham University for Legal Victory Against SJP (New York City, NY – December 22, 2020) – StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and Center for Combating Antisemitism congratulate Fordham University on its clear victory on December 22, 2020 in New York’s appellate court—finding that Fordham was squarely within its rights to deny […]

Tufts Student Body Condemns Israel Security Program

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler December 21, 2020 Bendetson Hall at Tufts University (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) The student body at Tufts University voted in favor of a referendum on December 19 calling for the university to apologize for having its former police chief participate in a security training program in Israel. Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic Referendum at Tufts University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Boston, MA — December 21, 2020) — StandWithUs condemns the passage of an antisemitic resolution at Tufts University, which scapegoats Israel and Jewish groups for police brutality in the United States. On November 24 , it passed with a vote of 1725 in favor, 665 against, and 161 abstaining. On December 21, […]

TELL CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS: Keep Bias and Hate Out of Our Schools

Photo by Andre M, Wikipedia We need your help to keep hate and bias out of California public schools, and we have made it EASY for you. Just fill out the form below to email California education officials, urging them to revise the state’s ethnic studies curriculum and reject pressure from anti-Israel extremists. BACKGROUND INFORMATION […]

Long Island Hebrew School Hacked With Antisemitic Messages

CBS New York December 15, 2020 GREAT NECK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police on Long Island are investigating how a religious school’s website was infiltrated by hackers. Disturbing images popped up on the website of the North Shore Hebrew Academy, a yeshiva in Great Neck . Hackers posted swastikas, slurs and Nazi videos in a grotesque […]

NY Hebrew School Website Hacked With Nazi Imagery, Leaked Personal Information

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler December 15, 2020 A Hebrew school in Long Island, New York, was hacked with neo-Nazi imagery that also resulted in leaked personal information about students enrolled at the academy. The school that was targeted was The North Shore Hebrew Academy in the Great Neck area. The Stop Antisemitism.org watchdog first […]

‘Time’s’ reporting on anti-Israel boycotts badly misses the mark – opinion

The article all but dismisses concerns about antisemitism. The Jerusalem Post By MAX SAMAROV, YITZ SANTIS DECEMBER 14, 2020 Photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Shutterstock.com On December 4, Time magazine published a misleading article about the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement . Although different sides of the issue are quoted, criticisms of the movement […]

California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum Proves We Need To Reclaim Local Governance

Jewish Journal Lauren Post December 17, 2020 With the coronavirus pandemic raging, there’s never been a better time to re-watch television shows. One of the best, “What We Do in the Shadows,” features a villain archetype we’ve seen before — the energy vampire. On the show, Colin Robinson is a vampire who consumes other people’s […]

“Two Nice Jewish Boys” Podcast interview with StandWithUs Israel Executive Director

2 Nice Jewish Boys (2NJB) Noar Menningher and Eytan Weinstein Forward What makes up the DNA of a nation? It’s hard to think of one quality, or even a handful of qualities that unite millions or hundreds of millions of people. After all, societies are, in the end of the day, just a bunch of […]

15 American-Jewish Leaders on how to bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora

Forward By Zachariah Sippy December 10, 2020 Last Tuesday, the Israeli Knesset held a special hearing of the Knesset Education Committee for what it designated as “Diaspora Day,” an event to “bring the voices and experiences of world Jewry into the halls of the Knesset and Israeli society.” It got us thinking: What do we […]

Jay Leno on support of Israel: ‘I don’t like to see people get picked on’

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate December 14, 2020 At a “Festival of Lights” virtual gala, the Italian-Scottish comedian noted that Italians and Jews are not so different in terms of their emphasis on family and food, and said he feels at home in the Jewish state. (December 14, 2020 / JNS) Television icon and comedian Jay Leno […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic Hacking of North Shore Hebrew Academy in NY’s System

StandWithUs condemns the disturbing antisemitic images and photos used to hack the system of the North Shore Hebrew Academy in Great Neck, NY. We value our long-standing relationship with this school community, including our many High School Interns there over the years, and have reached out to learn more and offer our support. We thank […]

Humor, poignancy mark StandWithUs Zoomathon

San Diego Jewish World Donald H. Harrison December 13, 2020 SAN DIEGO — It had serious purpose and poignant moments while raising money for the defense of Jewish and pro-Zionist students who are bullied by anti-Semites and Israel-haters in public schools and on university campuses. But the StandWithUs “Zoomathon,” Sunday evening, Dec. 13, also offered […]

We bid farewell to Mr. Joseph Safra Z”L, a great man and philanthropist

It is with great sadness that today we bid farewell to Mr. Joseph Safra Z”L, a great man and philanthropist, who adopted Brazil as his home more than 50 years ago. The Board and the StandWithUs Brasil team express their deepest feelings to his wife Vicky, their sons Jacob, Ester, Alberto and David and their […]

StandWithUs Coalition Letter to Campus Presidents re Start Date Conflicting with Rosh Hashanah

December 7, 2020 VIA EMAIL RE: Potential conflict of academic year 2021-2022 start date with Rosh Hashanah Dear University Presidents, We write on behalf of the undersigned organizations, to bring to your attention that the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah coincides directly with the start of this upcoming academic year. Rosh Hashanah begins on […]

Authors Tell Stories of 15 Israelis’ Resilience

San Diego Jewish World December 3, 2020 By Donald H. Harrison Isresilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World by Michael Dickson & Naomi L. Baum, Gefen Publishing House, {c) 2020; ISBN 9789657-023464; available via https://www.isresilience.com/ SAN DIEGO — In this book, we meet 15 Israelis who overcame difficult challenges in their lives and went on […]