FIFA breaks on rules by excluding only Israelis from upcoming World Cup

September 24, 2019 By Dan Lavie israelandstuff.com Although the FIFA Ethics Code prohibits host countries from discriminating against fans based on their nationality, the advocacy group StandWithUs petitioned the Int’l Football Association as to why Israel was not on the list of countries that require a visa to attend the 2022 World Cup. Teddy Stadium of […]

Israeli Idol Hagit Yaso to perform at StandWithUs gala

September 24, 2019 By Donald H. Harrison San Diego Jewish World Hagit Yaso StandWithUs San Diego is bringing singer Hagit Yaso to town to perform at its gala dinner Sunday, Oct. 27.  Yaso, an Ethiopian Israeli, was the winner of Season 9 of Israeli Idol , and since has performed songs in Hebrew, Amharic, English […]

‘The power of young people’: Skokie teens take proactive steps to introduce Judaism to peers

September 24, 2019 BY CARIN M. SMILK Jewish News Syndicate After grappling with an anti-Israel teacher-training course being offered in their school district, a group of Jewish students outside Chicago form a new club to demonstrate pride in their heritage. Students from Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill., meet as part of a newly […]

State Board of Education President Says Ethnic Studies Curriculum Needs to Be Delayed a Year

SEP 20, 2019 BY AARON BANDLER Jewish Journal Photo: Alex Proimos (no changes were made) State Board of Education (SBE) President Linda Darling-Hammond announced in a Sept. 20 op-ed that the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) should be delayed for a year. Writing in EdSource, a nonprofit education news site, Darling-Hammond wrote that the initial […]

Nefesh B’Nefesh honors seven recipients of its Bonei Zion award for 2019

The Jerusalem Post Jeremy Sharon September 24, 2019 Nefesh B’Nefesh honored the seven recipients of its Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize on Monday afternoon during an award ceremony in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize, established in September 2013, recognizes the achievements of outstanding immigrants from English-speaking countries […]

Education Department Says UNC-Duke Middle East Program Doesn’t Meet Federal Funding Guidelines

SEP 19, 2019 BY AARON BANDLER Jewish Journal Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The Department of Education sent an Aug. 29 letter to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill – Duke University Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES) that their program doesn’t adequately meet the requirements for federal funding. The letter, which became public on […]

ISRAEL’S SELF-DESTRUCTIVE PR MUST CHANGE IN ITS NEXT GOVERNMENT

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 BY ERIC R. MANDEL The Jerusalem Post Wouldn’t be great if Isrotel worked with StandWithUs like El Al, to empower their employees, helping them to realize they are the face of Israel. Hasbara Fellowship students at University of Ontario Institute of Technology campus, February 2017.. (photo credit: ARIELLA DANIELS) American supporters of […]

The maverick state of Qatar

Published on 2019-09-16 by  Neville Teller Israel Hayom The “wild card of the Middle East” persists in going its own sweet way: It backs Islamists while offering itself as a key US ally, has built and severed ties with Israel several times, pours millions into Gaza, and has a thriving economy despite a blockade by […]

Hofstra Student Says She Has Experienced Several Instances of ‘Subtle’ Anti-Semitism on Campus

SEP 16, 2019 BY AARON BANDLER Jewish Journal Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Hofstra University student Leilah Abelman wrote an op-ed in the school’s newspaper Hofstra Chronicle alleging myriad instances of anti-Semitism she has experienced on campus, saying “anti-Semitism is alive and more insidious than I expected.” Abelman, an Orthodox Jew, recalled an instance in which […]

PLO Negotiator Says Israel Elections Focused on ‘Strengthening Apartheid’

SEP 18, 2019 BY AARON BANDLER Jewish Journal Photo from Flickr Saeb Erakat, the chief negotiator for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), tweeted on Sept. 17 that Israel’s elections focused on “strengthening apartheid.” The full tweet read, “Israeli elections were about maintaining the status quo or strengthening apartheid. For peace to prevail, [the] next government […]

Women’s March drops Zahra Billoo from board after outcry over anti-Semitism

September 19, 2019 BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN Jewish News Syndicate “It degrades the brand even more that it took three years to find someone even more anti-Semitic and vehemently anti-Zionist,” said Nisi Jacobs, founder and CEO of WoMen Fight AntiSemitism. Zahra Billoo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. (September 19, 2019 / JNS) Amid an outcry over anti-Semitic and […]

ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt Talks Tachlis on Anti-Semitism

SEP 18, 2019 BY RYAN TOROK Jewish Journal Sinai Temple Rabbi David Wolpe (left) and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. Photo by Ryan Torok. While there has been a decrease in anti-Semitic sentiment in the United States, anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise. So said Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a discussion with […]

Understanding the basics of Israel’s upcoming election

12 September 2019 Ethan Liebnick Texas Jewish Post Regardless of whether or not you have Israeli family or friends or even someone just involved with the country’s politics, you have likely been hearing about an upcoming election on Sept. 17 (see pages 10-11 of this week’s TJP for more information). And if you are confused […]

A new approach to supporting Israel’s legitimacy

SEP 17, 2019 David Legmann Jewish News David at the StandWithUs UK event With its largest and most diverse array of students yet, the nation’s most active student-based Israel education program, StandWithUs UK’s Emerson Fellowship, kicked off with the highest intensity training conference I could have ever imagined. Starting nine days ago, the powerful and […]

StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson Awarded Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize

Left to right: Co-founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart together with philanthropist Sylvan Adams present Michael Dickson with the Bonei Zion Prize at the Tower of David, Jerusalem – September 23, 2019. (Photo: Sasson Tiram) (JERUSALEM, Israel — September 23, 2019) —  UK-born StandWithUs Israel executive director Michael Dickson was presented […]

StandWithUs Students Fight Hate and Bias in California’s Education System

Left to Right: Meshi Ben Ezri, Michaela Pelta, Danielle York, Kian Mirshokri (Sacramento, CA — September 20th, 2019) — Four outstanding StandWithUs High School interns were in Sacramento on September 20th, opposing antisemitism and anti-Israel bias in California public schools. They traveled to the state capital to speak to the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC), an […]

Department of Ed: Duke-UNC Mideast Studies has ‘little or no relevance’ to grant program

Jewish News Syndicate / JNS.org Jackson Richman September 18, 2019 The U.S. Department of Education deemed that the Duke-University of North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies misused federal funding in hosting an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel conference in March. A letter from U.S. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Robert King states that the consortium has […]

National SJP Says Conference Will Be Held at University of Minnesota

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 16, 2019 National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) announced on Sept. 16 that they will be holding their annual conference at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Twin Cities on Nov. 1-3. NSJP’s website states that the conference, titled “Beyond Struggle: From Roots to Branches Towards Liberation,” will recognize that […]