Jewish nonprofit AJC puts ‘significant investment’ in new Arabic media platforms

The Times of Israel Amanda Borschel-Dan January 30, 2020 The 114-year-old American Jewish Committee launched a new series of brief Arabic-language video explainers about Jews and Judaism on Thursday, along with new Arabic language social media platforms. The launch comes on the heels of increased Jewish-Muslim outreach efforts, including a high-profile, unprecedented AJC-organized visit to […]

BBC Segment on Holocaust Says Israel ‘Has Occupied Palestinian Territories’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler January 23, 2020 Various Jewish groups are criticizing the BBC for saying that Israel “has occupied Palestinian territories” during a Jan. 22 segment dedicated to the Holocaust. BBC reporter Orla Guerin said over B-roll of attendees at Yad Vashem after interviewing a Holocaust survivor, “The state of Israel is now a […]

Using the Power of the Executive to Protect Jewish Students

The American Spectator Ziva Dahl January 27, 2020 With the signing of his Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism in December, President Trump declared that Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act bars discrimination against Jewish students at federally funded educational institutions. Trump also adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, mandating […]

The Fallacious Argument About Free Speech and Israel

The Algemeiner Carly F. Gammill and Jonathan Bell January 29, 2020 In a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed, UCLA Professor David Myers and Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller claim that StandWithUs’ Title VI complaint against UCLA — in conjunction with President Trump’s December 11 Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism — is part of a larger organization-wide agenda […]

Welcome Home Naama

January 30, 2020 StandWithUs applauds the release of Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar, after her unacceptable detention by the Russian government. Naama was held in multiple Russian prisons for over 8 months, on false charges of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country. StandWithUs and many others around the world united around a campaign to free […]

StandWithUs Statement on the Proposed Peace Plan Unveiled at The White House, January 2020

January 28, 2020 Zach Rudisin, Wikipedia Since its Declaration of Independence, which made the Jewish people free again in their ancestral home, Israel has yearned for peace with its neighbors. Despite being forced to defend themselves from war and violence brought to their borders by surrounding governments and terrorist groups, Israelis have invested in peace […]

Why an Iranian Jewish College Student Says ‘Never Again’

The Algemeiner Chloe Levian 1/24/2020 Photo: Michael Oh My family’s story is one of overcoming persecution and antisemitism. You see, my family is originally from Iran. I know firsthand the importance of having Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people, because my mom, a Jewish woman living in Iran, was able to escape the […]

Pro-Israel groups urge University of Michigan to cancel SJP conference featuring ‘vicious’ anti-Semi

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Sean Savage and Jackson Richman January 21, 2020 Several pro-Israel groups are urging the University of Michigan to cancel an upcoming conference at the school that is featuring anti-Israel groups and speakers that “have a long record of vicious anti-Semitism,” according to Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs. The event, titled […]

A high-schooler struck back at anti-Semitism the best way she knew how: On Instagram.

Charlotte Observer THÉODEN JANES JANUARY 17, 2020 Photo Credit: XAVIER TIANYANG WANG, XWANG@MCCLATCHY.COM Abby Adams was given her first Star of David when she was in elementary school, but at the time, she says, it was just a pretty necklace to her — she didn’t really understand the symbol’s significance. Here’s what she did understand: […]

StandWithUs Conference Teaches Students How to Fight Anti-Semitism

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER JAN 20, 2020 Under the banner “Israel in Focus,” this year’s StandWithUs (SWU) International Conference focused on educating students about anti-Semitism and how to fight it. The pro-Israel educational organization’s conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles International Airport hotel over the Jan. 17-19 weekend, and was sponsored […]

World Zionist Supreme Court Enables the Zionist “Dream Team” to Run in 2020 WZC Elections

For more information and interviews, please contact Sarri Singer or Ran Fuchs at info@votekolyisrael.com . January 21, 2020 World Zionist Supreme Court Intervention Enables the Zionist “Dream Team” to Run in 2020 World Zionist Court Elections Kol Yisrael, an exciting new slate led by StandWithUs and the Israeli American Council, the two fastest growing Zionist organizations in […]

South Dakota 28th State to Say NO to BDS

South Dakota State Capitol building in Pierre, South Dakota (PIERRE, South Dakota, January 14, 2020) —  StandWithUs applauds South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for signing an executive order prohibiting state offices, agencies, commissions, and departments from contracting with companies that engage in boycotts against Israel. The Executive Order is meant to protect taxpayer funds and […]

Warning! Nazi Narratives Continue to Threaten Hindus and Jews

World Hindu News Souptik Mukherjee 1/12/2020 Hitler stole the ancient Hindu symbol of the Swastika, which for thousands of years had been used as a representation of good fortune and well-being, and corrupted it to represent racism and the ultimate of evil. He convoluted the Hindu concept of Arya, which means a righteous person who […]

Like We Have Never Seen Before in Our Lifetime

Times of Israel JAN 10, 2020 By Dr. Eric Lankin Photo from the antisemitic attack in Monsey, Hanukkah 2019 Many of us are terribly distressed by the targeting of Jews in an epidemic of antisemitic incidents world-wide. To witness the United States, the land where I was born and in whose military I served,  experiencing […]

Department of Education to Investigate StandWithUs Complaint Against UCLA

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 1/9/2020 The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Jan. 3 that it is investigating a StandWithUs complaint that UCLA improperly handled allegations of anti-Semitism. The StandWithUs complaint, which was filed in October on behalf of student Shayna Lavi, focuses on a May incident when San Francisco State […]

US Ed. Dept investigating UCLA over anti-Zionist SJP conference on campus

Jerusalem Post Jeremy Sharon 1/9/2020 The US Department of Education has opened an investigation into the University of California Los Angeles for possible discrimination against Jews as a group, for having hosted a national conference of the anti-Zionist Students for Justice in Palestine organization on its campus in November 2018. The Zachor Legal Institute submitted […]

Trump order could bolster anti-Semitism complaint involving S.F. State professor

J the Jewish News of Northern California Gabe Stutman January 8, 2020 President Trump’s executive order on combating anti-Semitism, signed last month, could strengthen a Jewish student’s case against UCLA alleging anti-Semitic discrimination, according to Carly Gammill, a lawyer who helped file the complaint. StandWithUs, a pro-Israel advocacy group, filed the 17-page letter with the […]

US Education Department investigating UCLA over anti-Semitism complaint

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate January 6, 2020 The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified StandWithUs (SWU) on Friday that it has accepted its complaint alleging that UCLA violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and has opened the matter for full investigation on the merits. SWU alleged that the […]