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 […]

Pro-Palestinians, pro-Israelis hold opposing demonstrations

San Diego Jewish World July 1, 2020 By Donald H. Harrison StandWithUs billboard truck in front of the Star of India on San Diego’s Embarcadero In contrast to the outreach program of the House of Israel, sometimes anti-Israel propaganda needs to be countered in real time.  Various pro-Palestinian groups, anticipating that Israel would move to […]

Anti-Semitic, anti-Israel groups to hold ‘Day of Rage’ rallies in US, worldwide

Jewish News Syndicate July 1, 2020 BY JACKSON RICHMAN In expectation of negative and perhaps even violent reactions to Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, the Jewish organization StandWithUs will be using truck ads with relevant messages to the issue. Credit: Courtesy. (July 1, 2020 / JNS) Anti-Semitic and anti-Israel […]

Reward Doubled to $10K in Wisconsin Lighter Fluid Attack

The New York Times June 30, 2020 By The Associated Press (Screenshot from wkow.com) MADISON, Wis. — A reward has been doubled to $10,000 for information leading to whoever set fire to a biracial Wisconsin woman who says she was attacked while she was driving. The additional $5,000 reward was announced Tuesday by the Center […]

Reward in Madison hate crime investigation doubled to $10,000

WKOW.com June 30, 2020 By JT Cestkowski WATCH: INTERVIEW WITH CARLY GAMMIL, DIRECTOR OF THE STANDWITHUS CENTER FOR COMBATING ANTISEMITISM MADISON (WKOW) — A nonprofit has doubled the reward, to $10,000, for information leading to an arrest in a Madison hate crime from last week. The Madison Police Department announced the increased reward in an […]

StandWithUs ‘Jerusalem LIVE’ Tours, awarded UJIA grant

(London, England — June 29, 2020) – – StandWithUs UK is proud to announce that the StandWithUs “Jerusalem LIVE” tour programme has been selected as a recipient of the UJIA 2020 Summer Engagement Fund. Established as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s harsh effect on annual UK Jewish summer programmes, the Summer Engagement Fund ensures […]

StandWithUs And IAJF Counter Anti-Israel Hate Groups With Truck Ads and Video

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 StandWithUs And IAJF Counter Anti-Israel Hate Groups With Truck Ads and Video (Los Angeles, CA — July 1, 2020) — StandWithUs (SWU), in cooperation with the Iranian American Jewish Federation (IAJF) are using truck ads to fight back against vicious anti-Israel and antisemitic hate groups holding rallies and “caravans” […]

STANDWITHUS UK CONDEMNS BLM UK TWITTER ACCOUNT FOR PROMOTING ANTISEMITIC FALSEHOOD

London, June 29, 2020 StandWithUs UK condemns the #BlackLivesMatterUK (BLM UK) Twitter account for posting that “mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism”. This is an oft-repeated antisemitic lie which is used to silence Jews and discourage them from speaking out against antisemitism. Anti-racism is at the core of our mission at […]