SWU Offers Additional Reward To Find Arsonist Of Portland’s Chabad House For Jewish Life

Additional Reward Offered To Find Arsonist Responsible For Fires At The Chabad House For Jewish Life – 10/02/20 StandWithUs, an international non-profit organization whose core mission includes combating antisemitism, in partnership with Mizel Family Foundation, has pledged an additional $5000 reward on top of award money provided by Crime Stoppers (see below). This award is […]

Gov. Newsom Vetoes High School Ethnic Studies Class Requirement Bill

California Globe Evan Symon October 2, 2020 On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have added an ethnic studies class requirement to graduate from high school in California. AB 331 vetoed, AB 1460 approved Assembly Bill 331, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), would have added the new requirement starting in the […]

Columbia BDS Referendum Passes

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 29, 2020 Photo: Dmitrii Sakharov / Shutterstock.com A campuswide referendum supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement passed at Columbia University after being voted on last week. Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the group that sponsored the resolution, announced on Sept. 29 that the referendum, which the student body voted […]

Univ. of Illinois Student Gov’t Passes BDS Resolution

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 24, 2020 The student government at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), passed a resolution on Sept. 23 calling for the school to divest from companies that conduct business with Israel. The Illinois Student Government (ISG) passed the resolution by a vote of 22-11 with seven abstentions, Jewish News Syndicate […]

Newsom vetoes ethnic studies bill. What will that mean for the curriculum being planned?

Fresno Bee SAWSAN MORRAR OCTOBER 01, 2020 California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have required students to take an ethnic studies class to graduate high school. Newsom said that while he supports the concept of ethnic studies, he had concern about requiring a high school course when “there is much uncertainty […]

Turkish President Calls Jerusalem ‘Our City’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler October 1, 2020 “Jerusalem is our city,” Turkey's @RTErdogan declares – Just like Iran’s Ayatollah, this other dictator plays politics with Jerusalem to act like a big man in the Middle East, when his influence is waning and his leadership dragging Turkey down the drain. https://t.co/vbP3pdXOIU — Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) October […]

Pro-Israel Education Group Files Amicus Brief in Support of Fordham University’s Denial

Algemeiner Benjamin Kerstein A pro-Israel education group has filed an amicus brief in support of Fordham University for denying recognition to a campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The New York City university made its decision in 2016 based on SJP’s specific targeting of a single group — i.e. Jews — which, […]

StandWithUs Files Brief Supporting Fordham University’s Decision Not to Recognize SJP

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 30, 2020 Source: Wikimedia Commons StandWithUs filed an amicus brief on Sept. 29 supporting Fordham University’s decision to decline to recognize the school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). In 2016, Fordham Dean of Students Keith Eldredge wrote in an email to then-student Ahmad Awad, who would have […]

Gov. Newsom vetoes California ethnic-studies bill requiring anti-Israel curriculum

JNS/ Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman October 1, 2020 California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement. Newsom, a Democrat, cited the ongoing pushback over the curriculum for why he vetoed the measure, AB-331. “I value the role ethnic studies plays in helping students think critically […]

StandWithUs Applauds Governor Newsom’s Veto of AB331 and His Call to Fix California’s Ethnic Studies

Photo by: Gage Skidmore (Sacramento, CA, September 30, 2020) — StandWithUs applauds Governor Newsom for vetoing AB331 , which would have made ethnic studies a graduation requirement in California public schools on September 30, 2020. In his veto message , Newsom stated that, “I appreciate the amendments the author accepted to ensure that any ethnic […]

StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief in Support of Fordham University

StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief in Support of Fordham University September 29, 2020 (New York, NY) — StandWithUs, through the invaluable assistance of our pro bono attorney network that works together with the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, filed an amicus brief on September 29, 2020, in the Supreme Court […]

StandWithUs Amicus Brief in Support of Fordham University

Bama student stands tall — but not alone — for Israel

Southern Jewish Life September 21, 2020 Richard Friedman  Rebecca Gilbert stands tall. For Israel. Against antisemitism. Engaging others. But the 21-year-old University of Alabama senior does not stand alone. That is because she is part of a U.S.-based organization, StandWithUs. The organization has developed a network of student leaders, including Rebecca, on college campuses throughout […]

Pol calls for DOH to suspend alleged anti-Semitic hospital resident

New York Post Bernadette Hogan and Priscilla DeGregory September 25, 2020 A Brooklyn state assemblyman is demanding that the state Health Department take immediate action against a hospital resident for allegedly making anti-Semitic statements on social media. Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein (D-Brooklyn) wants the DOH to suspend resident Dr. Walid Khass from New York Presbyterian Brooklyn […]

Pro-Israel group calls on Tufts to investigate dental student over hate-filled anti-Jewish tweets

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman September 25, 2020 StandWithUs sent a letter on Thursday to Tufts University’s president and the dean of its dental school expressing concern about a third-year dental student over his history of anti-Semitic tweets. In its letter to Anthony Monaco and Nadeem Karimbux, StandWithUs wrote that Adam Elayan’s tweets, which date […]

StandWithUs Letter to Tufts Dental School About Apparent Antisemitism from Student

September 24, 2020 VIA EMAIL: ( Anthony.Monaco@tufts.edu ; Nadeem.Karimbux@tufts.edu ) Dr. Anthony P. Monaco, M.D., Ph.D. President Tufts University Office of the President Ballou Hall, 2nd Floor Medford, Massachusetts 02155 Dr. Nadeem Karimbux, DMD, MMSc Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1 Kneeland Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Re: Investigation into Tufts Dental Student Adam […]

Jewish Groups Praise Zoom Canceling SFSU Leila Khaled Event

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 23, 2020 Jewish groups praised Zoom for deplatforming an upcoming San Francisco State University (SFSU) webinar featuring Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Leila Khaled. The Lawfare Project announced in a Sept. 22 press release a spokesperson told the legal group, “Zoom is committed to supporting the […]

StandWithUs Calls for Discipline Against N.Y. Doctor Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Tweets

Jewish Journal | Aaron Bandler | September 21, 2020 Photo: Lennox Wright / Shutterstock.com StandWithUs wrote a Sept. 17 letter to the New York State Department of Health’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) to investigate and discipline Dr. Walid Khass regarding his alleged anti-Semitic tweets. The Forward initially had reported that New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn […]