StandWithUs Responds to Online Antisemitism in Northern California High Schools

September 15, 2020 VIA EMAIL: ( dsondheim@tamdistrict.org ; superintendent@srcs.org ) David Sondheim Principal Redwood High School 395 Doherty Drive Larkspur, CA 94939 Tara Taupier Superintendent Tam District 395 Doherty Drive Larkspur, CA 94939 Dear Principal Sondheim, We write on behalf of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and combating antisemitism. We are greatly […]

Zionist Movie Club Showcases Israeli Films, Filmmakers and Stars Via Zoom

Jewish Journal Gerri Miller September 14, 2020 If you can’t get enough of Israeli movies, the stars and creators of some of the best the genre has to offer are now a mouse click away. Every month, the Zionist Movie Club offers Q&A discussions via Zoom with some of the biggest names in Israeli cinema. […]

StandWithUs Condemns Hiring of Saeb Erekat by Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA — September 13, 2020) — The StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism strongly condemns Harvard University’s appointment of Saeb Erekat as a fellow within the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Erekat, who is known as a chief Palestinian negotiator, also serves as the secretary general of the Executive Committee of […]

SWU webcast illustrates diverse support for Israel

San Diego Jewish World September 10, 2020 Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — StandWithUs on Wednesday evening presented a packed webcast, nearly an hour long, demonstrating the diversity of people who support Israel and the urgency that support has for Jewish and pro-Israel students attending high schools, colleges, and universities in North America and around […]

SFSU President: University Condemns Glorification of Terrorism, but Supports ‘Academic Freedom’

Jewish Journal | By Aaron Bandler | September 9, 2020 Photo: Webbi1987 San Francisco State University (SFSU) President Lynn Mahoney issued a statement on Sept. 5 addressing the upcoming Zoom webinar with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Leila Khaled. The Sept. 23 webinar , which is being hosted by the Arab […]

My journey from BDS activist to Israel educator

If someone had come to me over six years ago and told me that in my final year of university, I would be graduating from a fellowship programme run by StandWithUs UK, I would have probably called them deluded, maybe even insane. Yet here I am, over a year later, reflecting on every aspect of […]

What can Israel teach the world? – opinion

The challenges that the reborn State of Israel has faced since its inception in 1948 are enormous. The Jerusalem Post | By MICHAEL DICKSON, NAOMI L. BAUM | SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 The following is an abridged, edited excerpt from the introduction of the new book ISResilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World by Michael Dickson […]

Expedia Corrects Claim Israeli Airport Is ‘Near Israeli Settlement, Palestinian Territories’

The Algemeiner | by Shiryn Ghermezian | SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 The online travel booking company Expedia updated its website last week to correctly identify Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport as being located in Israel after a mistake on the site resulted in the company being accused of “anti-Israel propaganda.” A screenshot shared on Twitter by […]

Jewish Groups Denounce Upcoming SFSU Zoom Event Hosting ‘Known Terrorist’ Leila Khaled

Jewish Journal | By Aaron Bandler | September 3, 2020 Photo: Kit Leong / Shutterstock.com Jewish groups issued statements to the Journal denouncing an upcoming San Francisco State University (SFSU) event featuring Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Leila Khaled. As first reported by Israellycool blogger David Lange, the Arab and Muslim […]

GET FIT WHILE SUPPORTING ISRAEL! TAKE THE STANDWITHUS FITNESS CHALLENGE!

(Los Angeles, CA — September 15, 2020)  — StandWithUs is challenging everyone to GET FIT WHILE SUPPORTING ISRAEL!  The Israel education organization launched the  StandWithUs Fitness Challenge , a campaign that challenges participants to get active doing a physical exercise of their choosing, either indoor or outdoor, allowing them to exercise while maintaining social distancing. The StandWithUs Fitness Challenge raises funds […]

StandWithUs Urges Suspension of Massive Arabic Facebook Page for Promoting Vile Antisemitism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Credit: MEMRI (Los Angeles, CA — August 26, 2020) — StandWithUs strongly urges Facebook to suspend the page of Mohamed Sobhy, an Egyptian actor who is using his platform to promote deadly antisemitism. The page has nearly 7.8 million followers and is currently broadcasting episodes of the show A Knight Without a […]

“ISRESILIENCE: What Israelis Can Teach The World” To Be Published October 28

Profiles People Who Thrived Despite Insurmountable Odds And The Lessons For Us All (Jerusalem, Israel — September 1, 2020) – – “ ISResilience : What Israelis can Teach The World,” a collection of riveting true stories about people who survived against all odds and the lessons for us all, will be available on October 28.   […]

StandWithUs selects local high school interns and Emerson Fellows

San Diego Jewish World By Donald H. Harrison August 19, 2020 The pro-Israel organization StandWithUs, which educates students about the Jewish State and responds to anti-Zionist and antisemitic propaganda, has named three local high school interns and two Emerson Fellows for the upcoming academic term. High School interns will be Mark Zaga at the San […]

Frisch Alum Jordana Schiff Wins StandWithUs Leadership Award

Jewish Link By Hannah Kirsch August 20, 2020 Jordana Schiff at the SWU Emerson fellow conference in Los Angeles. (Credit: Jordana Schiff) Frisch alum and Teaneck resident Jordana Schiff was the first place winner of the StandWithUs Roberta Seid Award for Courage and Leadership, for her unhindered dedication to fighting anti-Semitism on campus. After her […]

USC student gov vice president resigns amid ‘anti-Semitic’ attacks

Campus Reform Adam Sabes Aug 10, 2020 Credit: Ganna Tokolova / Shutterstock.com University of Southern California Undergraduate Student Government Vice President Rose Ritch has resigned from her position amid criticism that she had been silent about racism allegations within the student government. Ritch was first pressured to resign from her position when USC senior Abeer […]

Gov. Newsom signs California ethnic-studies bill into law

Credit: Matt Gush / Shutterstock.com “We are troubled that AB-1460 could lead to further exclusion of, and discrimination against, Jewish students on campus, exacerbating a pattern of isolation and ostracization of Jews that has become far too commonplace,” said AJC director of campus affairs Zev Hurwitz. BY JACKSON RICHMAN (August 18, 2020 / JNS) California […]

StandWithUs Midwest Stands with Chicago’s Hardest Hit Communities

(August 21, 2020, Chicago) — On August, 21, 2020 StandWithUs continued its friendship drive in support of New Beginnings Church/Project HOOD’s 3rd food relief drive in Chicago’s Woodlawn/Englewood neighborhood. StandWithUs supporters and the Shur Pack Company donated over 1,400 pound of fresh produce, PPE supplies, and school supplies. Amid the pandemic, the violence and destruction […]

Jewish Groups Celebrate Israel-UAE Agreement

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 8/13/2020 As per the ???????? ???????? ???????? Agreement:• Normalization.• Bilateral Ties.• Joint Investment.• Security Cooperation.• Open Skies.• Cooperation on Health, Energy & Tech.• Tourism & Cultural Exchange.This is what peace could look like. https://t.co/cTe3HDuJZ6 — Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) August 13, 2020 Jewish groups praised the agreement announced on Aug. 13 that […]