StandWithUs Announces Digital Platform to Stay Connected During Coronavirus Restrictions

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler March 16, 2020 StandWithUs announced the launching of its new digital platform StandWithUs Connect to enable people to remain involved with the organization during a period of social distancing. StandWithUs Connect will provide live webinars to discuss Israel and other matters; its first webinar, “Misconceptions About Israel, Zionism, and Jews,” is […]

My Love for Israel

Fresh Ink for Teens Shirel Attias March 13, 2020 The love of Israel has always been a central part of my life. My connection to the beautiful land comes from my parents who are both of Moroccan descent. My grandmother and grandfather immigrated to Israel in 1962 from Morocco to escape anti-Semitism, making Aliyah to […]

StandWithUs Connect: Education, Inspiration and Community, From the Comfort of Home

Jerusalem – March 16, 2020 As educational institutions close and travel halts due to Coronavirus, StandWithUs is utilizing technology to continue to educate about Israel, provide unique Israel experiences, fight antisemitism and build a growing community for people around the world. StandWithUsConnect  – a new digital platform launching this week – will feature high quality, interactive educational […]

StandWithUs UK to Grow Operation; Appoints New Executive Director

London – Wednesday, 11 March, 2020 Israel educational charity StandWithUs has announced it will be growing its presence across UK campuses and the wider community, under the leadership of their new UK Executive Director, Sara Sherrard, who will succeed Raphael Wein following the conclusion of his term this month. Sara is not new to the […]

Scripps College to host professor who wrote book claiming Israel purposely harms Palestinians

Jewish News Syndicate March 6, 2020 BY JACKSON RICHMAN Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar. Credit: Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. “The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability” by Jasbir Puar asserts that the Israeli Defense Forces believe in “rehabilitation through the spatial, affective and corporeal debilitation […]

Racist, Far-Right Website Peddling Antisemitism Must Be Banned

The Algemeiner MARCH 6, 2020 by Lauren Post Rick Wiles hosts an antisemitic and racist talk show on the far-right ‘TruNews’ website. Photo: Screenshot. Have you heard that Pokemon Go is an elaborate conspiracy to kill Christians? Or that US government death squads  murdered former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ? Or that the Israelis […]

Hollywood Girl Raises Support for Israel Through Bat Mitzvah Project

Sun Sentinel March 5, 2020 By Sergio Carmona Hadar Setton has taken her StandWithUs booth throughout South Florida. (Courtesy) For her bat mitzvah project, Hadar Setton of Hollywood wanted to do something of goodwill for Israel. The project has involved Hadar, 11, volunteering for StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization. Through this project, she has […]

Decision by the Washington State Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the Olympia Food Co-op case

Regarding the recent decision by a Washington State Court of Appeals confirming a trial court’s dismissal of the Olympia Food Co-op. The case has not handed the BDS campaign a victory, major or otherwise. Read our statement here.

Wake Up and Smell the Automation: Are We Ready to Lose Jobs to Robots?

Jewish Journal Max Samarov Front Cover 2/26/2020 Walk into a restaurant and order from a touchscreen. Call customer service and speak to a software program that sounds and answers questions like a human. Order an Uber and a self-driving car picks you up. This is automation: the replacement of human workers with robots, artificial intelligence […]

Buttigieg, Klobuchar Won’t Attend AIPAC Conference

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 2/26/2020 South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are the latest Democratic presidential candidates to announce that they won’t be attending the upcoming American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. March 1-3. A spokesperson for the Buttigieg campaign told Fox News that the […]

Palestinian Commentator: BDS Hurts Us

San Diego Jewish World February 26, 2020 By Donald H. Harrison Left to right: Yosef Condiotti, director, StandWithUs San Diego; Bassem Eid; Yael Steinberg, associate director StandWithUs San Diego FAIRBANKS RANCH, California – Bassam Eid is a Palestinian author and commentator, who may be seen frequently on Israeli television.  While he is critical of various […]

Holocaust-themed Spanish Parade With Dancing Nazis Causes Outrage

CNN February 26, 2020 By Emma Reynolds Men dressed as Nazi soldiers posing with guns at a carnival parade in Campo de Criptana, Castile-La Mancha, Spain on February 24, 2020. (CNN) A Holocaust -themed parade in Spain featuring dancing Nazis , death camp prisoners in striped pajamas and a float decorated with crematorium chimneys has […]

Israeli Embassy Rips ‘Vile’ Spanish Parade Show for ‘Banalizing’ Holocaust

The Algemeiner FEBRUARY 25, 2020 By Karys Rhea The controversial parade show in Campo de Criptana, Spain. The Israeli Embassy in Spain condemned on Tuesday a display at a recent parade in the town of Campo de Criptana for “banalizing the Holocaust.” For the performance, some members of the Asociacion Cultural El Chaparral de Las […]

For the 3,500 Teens at the Annual BBYO Convention, the World Needs Their Help

Jewish News Syndicate February 25, 2020 BY JAMES RUSSELL The Israeli delegation leads attendees in singing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, at BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Feburary 2020. Photo by Jason Dixson Photography. Global economies, issues and relationships are crucial, but climate change, emphasized participants and youth organizers, “is the issue of the time.” […]

Israeli Teens Learn Public Diplomacy Skills to Serve as Ambassadors Abroad

Jewish News Syndicate February 25, 2020 BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN Tevel students outside the Israeli Knesset with Alon Sternberg, far left, the program’s director. Photo by Or Tsfati. A new initiative by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs called Tevel (“universe” in Hebrew) focuses on Jewish leadership, history and advocacy skills. Itay Green, 16, wants to improve the […]

StandWithUs Statement Regarding Senator Bernie Sanders Attack on AIPAC

February 25, 2020 We fully agree with AIPAC’s response to Senator Bernie Sanders. His shameful attack against AIPAC stands in stark contrast to his silence as dozens of Palestinian Islamic Jihad rockets rained down on Israeli playgrounds and homes from Gaza during the last two days.  StandWithUs is proud to have a large delegation attending […]

YouTube Removes Channel Calling Trump Impeachment a ‘Jew Coup’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 2-21-2020 YouTube removed the TruNews channel, whose founder referred to the impeachment of President Donald Trump as a “Jew coup,” from the platform on Feb. 20. TruNews announced that it had been banned in a tweet. Jewish groups praised YouTube for banning TruNews. “We hope other social media platforms will follow […]

Student steals mezuzah, Jewish classmate takes him to Holocaust memorial

The Jerusalem Post By JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 18, 2020 University student Maddy Gun says she believes in the power of education to fight antisemitism. As antisemitism is on the rise in the United States, including on university campuses, American Jews’ sense of safety has been seriously harmed. But many, refuse to live in fear […]