StandWithUs TV Brings Israel Education Content Online

Jewish Journal By Gerri Miller July 22, 2020 Tamir Oren, Associate Director, StandWithUs Israel The nonprofit StandWithUs, which supports Israel and fights anti-Semitism worldwide, has launched an online video platform that includes a variety of digital programing designed to educate and inspire. Building on the success of its weekly virtual StandWithUs Connect documentaries and discussions, […]

StandWithUs TV is Launched!

(Jerusalem – July 19, 2020) — StandWithUs is proud to announce the launch of a new platform for its video content – StandWithUs.TV – which will include the best of its curated videos to date and new episodes of shows to be released weekly. StandWithUs Co-Founder and CEO Roz Rothstein said: “We are so proud of […]

Florida City Adopts Resolution Calling on FSU to Remove Student Senate President

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 17, 2020 The city commission for the Miami-Dade County city Aventura adopted a resolution on July 16 urging Florida State University (FSU) to remove Student Senate President Ahmad Daraldik from his position. The resolution highlights Daraldik’s social media post using the words “stupid jew” and a website apparently belonging to […]

Pro-Israel group StandWithUs offering reward for information in temple vandalism case

Suncoast News Network (SNN News) Hallie Peilet July 17, 2020 SARASOTA – Wednesday we told you about an act of hatred, someone vandalizing two Suncoast temples. Early Wednesday morning this unknown suspect spray painted swastikas and hateful messages on temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai, and Sarasota County Sheriff’s detectives are looking for him. If you […]

The right – and wrong – way to handle antisemitism on college campus

Forward July 6, 2020 By Yael Lerman At two universities on opposite ends of the country, student government leaders recently found themselves mired in controversy for promoting anti-Semitism online. In June, the student senate president of Florida State University, Ahmad Daraldik, was revealed to have posted hateful messages to his social media accounts, including “#f—kisrael” […]

Student Senate at Florida State University Approves Previously-Filibustered Resolution

The Algemeiner JULY 16, 2020 A previously-filibustered resolution seeking to combat antisemitism and ensure the empowerment of Jewish students on campus was passed on Wednesday by the Student Senate at Florida State University (FSU). The measure — which included an acknowledgement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism — was approved by […]

FSU Student Senate Adopts IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 16, 2020 The Florida State University (FSU) Student Senate voted on July 15 to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. Florida Politics reported that the resolution, Resolution 59, passed with 26 votes in favor and 14 against. In addition to adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, […]

StandWithUs Applauds Passage of Resolution Against Antisemitism at FSU

Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL, July 15, 2020) — StandWithUs applauds the passage of a resolution that acknowledges the IHRA definition of antisemitism and calls for increased representation of Jewish students by the Florida State University (FSU) Student Senate. Despite a campaign of misinformation against it, the resolution passed with a vote of 26 in favour, […]

LA School Board Postpones Vote on Ethnic Studies Curriculum to August

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 10, 2020 During a July 9 meeting, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education postponed until August its vote on the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC). The resolution slated for a vote during the July 9 meeting was revised to state that the California Department of Education […]

Meet the Man Bringing Tourists to Jerusalem during Covid-19

Love Love Israel When was the last time you got to walk the streets of Jerusalem? And when will the next time be? One of the tragedies of Covid-19 has been the distance it has put between those who love Israel and the Holy Land, as flights were grounded around the world, leaving Ben Gurion […]

Eagles’ DeSean Jackson Accepts 94-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor’s Invitation To Visit Auschwitz

CBS 3 July 13, 2020 View this post on Instagram On Zoom call, NFL player DeSean Jackson accepts an invitation to visit Auschwitz with 94-year-old Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg, who held the call dressed in his concentration camp uniform. His visit follows a pledge to educate himself after an antisemitic Instagram post. Credit : From […]

The right – and wrong – way to handle anti-Semitism on college campus

Yael Lerman July 6, 2020 At two universities on opposite ends of the country, student government leaders recently found themselves mired in controversy for promoting anti-Semitism online. In June, the student senate president of Florida State University, Ahmad Daraldik, was revealed to have posted hateful messages to his social media accounts, including “#f—kisrael” and “stupid […]

Truck bearing pro-Israel messages blocked during Day of Rage rally

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona JUL 08, 2020 Pro-Palestinian protesters surround a truck carrying pro-Israel messages at a Day of Rage rally in Miami. Protesters attempted to block a truck that carried digital pro-Israel messages during a pro-Palestinian Day of Rage rally in Miami. The Israel education organization StandWithUs, in cooperation with the Iranian […]

NYU Condemns Grad Student Union for Call to Boycott Tel Aviv Program

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 7, 2020 New York University (NYU) condemned its graduate student union over the union’s call to boycott NYU’s study-abroad program with Tel Aviv University. On June 24, the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) — United Auto Workers (UAW) criticized NYU’s decision to include NYU Tel Aviv in its “Go Local” […]

SWU Center for Combating Antisemitism Appalled by Antisemitic Instagram by DeSean Jackson

DeSean Jackson (Photo: Keith Allison) (Philadelphia, PA — July 8, 2020 ) — The StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA) is appalled by an antisemitic Instagram post made by DeSean Jackson of the Philadelphia Eagles. Any statement that begins with an attribution to Adolf Hitler, and stems from noted antisemite Louis Farrakhan, is one that […]

Anti-Israel Protests in Toronto, Mississauga

Canadian Jewish Record July 7, 2020 Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) has denounced a series of “hate-filled” anti-Israel protests that took place across Canada over the past week, including one in Mississauga where protesters were filmed chanting “Jews are our dogs.” The protests, which took place in Toronto and Mississauga over last weekend, followed […]

StandWithUs Commends NYU Administration for Rejecting Academic Boycott

StandWithUs commends New York University’s (NYU) administration for its unwavering rejection of an attempted academic boycott of Israel by the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC), the union representing NYU graduate students. GSOC recently demanded that NYU remove Tel Aviv from a list of study abroad program locations available to its students during the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Chaotic but Non-Violent Anti-Israel Demonstration Outside Israeli L.A. Consulate

Jewish Journal July 1, 2020 By Ryan Torok Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the Israeli consulate on Wednesday. Photo by Ryan Torok A chaotic but nonviolent anti-Israel demonstration took place on July 1 outside the West L.A.-based Consulate General of Israel. Dubbed a “Day of Rage,” the protest was organized by Students for Justice in Palestine […]