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 […]

Former IDF Officer Speaks to California Students About Israel’s Humanitarian Aid to Syrians

The Algemeiner by Algemeiner Staff FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Former IDF officer Eyal Dror during a speaking tour of California universities in February 2020. Photo: Students Supporting Israel. A former Israel Defense Forces officer who led a humanitarian response to the bloody Syrian conflict recently spent a week touring university campuses in California, in a bid […]

After six-hour debate, University of Illinois student government passes BDS resolution

JNS February 13, 2020 BY JACKSON RICHMAN Illini Students Supporting Israel board member Aaron Merlin, a junior, told JNS that the vote was wrong and not representative of the overall university community. Students, faculty and clergy gather at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a vote to pass a BDS resolution on campus, a […]

StandWithUs Condemns the Illinois Student Government For Voting Yes To Divestment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2020 StandWithUs Condemns the Illinois Student Government For Voting Yes To Divestment (Champaign, IL, 02/12/2020) — StandWithUs condemns the University of Illinois (UIUC) student government (ISG) for passing a discriminatory and misleading resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel. It passed with a vote of 20 in favor, […]

MSU Student Educates Perpetrator Who Stole Her Mezuzah

The Jewish News Maddy Gun February 4, 2020 Maddy Gun takes action to educate the suspect who stole her mezuzah from her doorpost on campus. I am the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor. At 8 years old, my grandfather was hiding in the woods for more than two years with his brother, who was 18. […]

Home Local Article Jewish student teaches thief a lesson

WILX 10 NBC Kylie Khan February 10, 2020 “I came back to my apartment one day, and I saw that my mezuzah was ripped off and stolen,” said Gun. The decorative case held a prayer and is often found on the doorpost of Jewish homes. Gun filed a police report with East Lansing police who […]

Anti-Semitism on US campuses may force schools to choose free speech or bigotry

Times of Israel Cathryn J. Prince February 11, 2020 NEW YORK — Long before she stood on a podium with US President Donald Trump, before she became the young woman who sued New York University, she was Jewish college student Adela Cojab, who studied Arabic and liked kanafeh. Back in 2015, Cojab was a freshman […]