Help Fight Antisemitism at University of Illinois

THE ANTISEMITISM PROBLEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS In 2019 alone the University of Illinois has experienced multiple incidents of antisemitic activity, including: As unacceptable as these individual antisemitic expressions are, they pale in comparison to a recent attempt to institutionalize antisemitism by making a virulently antisemitic course a mandatory requirement for some university employees: […]

Local StandWithUs High School Interns named

Texas Jewish Post 10 October 2019 Four Dallas area teens are serving as StandWithUs High School interns. They are pictured here from left with StandWithUs Southwest High School Area Coordinator Katie Chavez at the five-day conference held in LA, Aug. 4-8. From left, back row, Ethan Liebnick, Alisabella Ackermann, No’am Gilat-Elbaz; front row, from left, […]

UCLA student files federal complaint against school, alleging anti-Semitism

Campus Reform Oct 13, 2019 By Adam Sabes A student at the University of California – Los Angeles filed a federal complaint against the school Monday, alleging that the university did not adequately respond to an incident of anti-Semitism in spring 2019. StandWithUs, a nonprofit Israel education organization, filed the complaint with Shayna Lavi, the […]

Educating My Peers On Israel – Why I Decided To Become a StandWithUs Canada High School Intern

Fresh Ink For Teens October 16, 2019 By Laura Barkel The author with her parents, Aliza and Steven Barkel. All my life, I have been in love with Israel. Coming from Russian, Iraqi and Israeli lineages, it’s easy to imagine how immersed I was in its culture. Growing up speaking Hebrew, going to a Jewish […]

Anti-Semitic incidents take center stage at University of Illinois faculty meeting

JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) October 16, 2019 BY JACKSON RICHMAN In a campus email, Chancellor Robert Jones wrote: “This exercise was part of a university program created to help students learn to share diverse ideas and perspectives that lead to new understanding. Instead of fostering dialogue, it incited division, distrust and anger.” The campus of […]

ACT TO PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZED ANTISEMITISM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

THE ANTISEMITISM PROBLEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS The University of Illinois has experienced a spate of recent antisemitic incidents. At a student government hearing on March 6, 2019, 13 Jewish students spoke about acts of hate they have experienced on campus. They witnessed swastikas in the bathroom of the mathematics building, while studying (outside […]

Statement on Yom Kippur Synagogue Terrorist Attack in Germany

StandWithUs is horrified at the shooting attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein said, “This is a reprehensible attack targeting Jews at prayer on the holiest day of the Hebrew calendar. On every Jewish holiday, including Yom Kippur, synagogues are heavily […]

“NIGHT” CONCERT IN WEST PALM BEACH NOVEMBER 20 SPONSORED BY STANDWITHUS/SOUTHEAST

(West Palm Beach, FL — October 8, 2019) — The Night concert, a tribute to the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel and his Holocaust memoir “Night”and the music of acclaimed Jewish composer and cantor Leib Glantz, is making its North America debut at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm […]

UCLA Student & StandWithUs Submit Title VI Complaint Against UCLA Alleging Inaction on Antisemitism

(Los Angeles, CA — October 7, 2019) – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) student Shayna Lavi and the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department have submitted a complaint against UCLA to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). The complaint alleges that the university is in violation of its obligations under Title VI of […]

A Community of Chesed

Times of Israel Chloe Levian October 4, 2019 Chesed is my favorite word in the Hebrew language. It means kindness or love between people and/ or loving kindness. In the new year, as a community, we need more Chesed. Read the full article HERE Chloe is a leader, teacher, and student with aspirations to make […]

StandWithUs Inspires a love for Israel in Belgium During September 2019

At events held in Brussels, Belgium on September 24 and 25 showcasing diversity and co-existence in Israel, representatives from diverse communities that form the Israeli multi-cultural society spoke of their connection to Israel and the shining example of co-existence that it is. The events were organized by the Belgian Friends of Israel and and EIPA (European Israel Public Affairs). […]

5780 Shades of Gray

The Times of Israel By Chloe Levian SEP 28, 2019 The oppressed and the oppressor, the underdog and the upper dog; in 2019 we live in a fabricated dichotomy. The Palestinians are oppressed therefore the Israelis are their oppressors, which in result means all Zionists are racist. These are the types of ignorant conclusions that […]

Scheck Hillel Junior Appointed StandWithUs Intern

Scheck Hillel Community School 9/27/2019 Scheck Hillel students took time this summer to challenge themselves through special courses, service projects and work experiences.  Leonardo Bentata ’21  attended a conference of the non-profit StandWithUs, which kicked off a year-long internship focused on organizing community and school programs educating about Israel. This is Leonardo’s account of the experience: […]

StandWithUs Petition Calls for University of Minnesota to Denounce SJP Conference

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER SEP 27, 2019 StandWithUs launched a petition calling on the University of Minnesota to condemn the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference taking place on their Twin Cities campus from Nov. 1-3. The petition features a letter to University President Joan T.A. Gabel stating that “SJP has a long record of spreading […]

StandWithUs Letter to Columbia University re: Malaysian Prime Minister

September 27, 2019 VIA EMAIL: bollinger@columbia.edu Office of the President 202 Low Library 535 W. 116 St., MC 4309 New York, NY 10027 Dear President Bollinger, We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and combating antisemitism, and Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF), a non-profit organization that brings together […]

StandWithUs Launches Campaign Against National SJP 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Los Angeles, CA — September 26th, 2019) — StandWithUs has launched a campaign calling out National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) for spreading antisemitism, supporting violence, and violating free speech. This builds on a similar effort in 2018. The campaign features a petition against the National SJP Conference at University of […]

StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein on the David Suissa Podcast: How will StandWithUs Fight Antisemitism?

David Suissa and StandWithUs CEO, Roz Rothstein StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein discusses on the David Suissa Podcast how StandWithUs will fight Antisemitism.

Dear Antisemitism

SEP 25, 2019 By Chloe Levian The Times of Israel Dear Antisemitism,  I never thought that you and I would dance the tango. I thought you only existed in the past like in blood labels, Nazi Germany, or my parents fleeing their home in Iran. But you, the pesky virus that you are transformed and […]