StandWithUs Applauds the Application of Title VI to Jewish Students

(Los Angeles, CA – December 11, 2019 ) StandWithUs applauds today the clarification that Title VI protections apply to Jewish students. With antisemitism on the rise, including on our nation’s campuses, this assurance is crucial. We recognize the vital importance of the IHRA definition, including its recognition that antisemitism often takes the form of hostility […]

Brown University Committee Votes to Recommend Divestment from Israel

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 12/4/2019 A Brown University committee voted on Dec. 2 to recommend the university divest from companies that conduct business with Israel. The Brown Daily Herald reports that the Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Practices (ACCRIP) voted with six in favor, two against and one abstaining. The recommendation stated that […]

StandWithUs Letter to CSCC regarding flag vandalism

December 6, 2019 Via Email ( DTH@CSCC.EDU ) David T. Harrison, Ph.D. President Columbus State Community College 550 East Spring St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 Dear President Harrison, We write on behalf of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and combating antisemitism. We are deeply concerned about antisemitism at Columbus State Community College (CSCC), […]

ADL Condemns McGill Student Government for Telling Student Councilor to Cancel Israel Trip or Resign

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 12/2/2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned McGill University’s student government for telling one of its members to cancel an upcoming trip to Israel or step down from her position. Councilor Jordyn Wright, a Jewish student, previously accepted Hillel Montreal’s invitation to attend a free trip to […]

‘Israel is what the Arab world can be but is unable to be’

Israel HaYom Dudi Caspi 12/01/2019 Aboubakr during his visit to Israel in 2018 Hussein Aboubakr loves Israel. This is always a welcome sentiment, of course, but it is twice as moving when it comes from an Egyptian-born Muslim, and even more so when you consider that Aboubakr is one of the most outspoken activists fighting […]

Florida Pastor Calls Trump Impeachment a ‘Jew Coup’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 11/27/2019 Screenshot from YouTube. Florida Pastor and founder of the TruNews YouTube channel Rick Wiles called efforts to impeach President Donald Trump part of a “Jew coup.” In a Nov. 21 video, Wiles said, “That’s the way the Jews work. They are deceivers. They plot. They lie. They do whatever they’ve […]

StandWithUs to Hold its Philadelphia Fourth Annual Defenders of Israel Gala Dinner

Philadelphia Jewish Link 11/27/2019 2019 Defender of Israel Honoree Jeffrey A. Barrack As anti-Israel sentiment continues to increase and anti-Semitism becomes more and more widespread, there is a dire need to dispel the myths about these two issues that are so critical to the Jewish community through education and countering the falsities that are propagated […]

UNC agrees to make changes after ‘anti-Semitic’ rapper controversy

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 12/3/2019 The University of North Carolina and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights reached an agreement to settle a complaint filed against the university for hosting a rapper some said uttered anti-Semitic lyrics. Rep. George Holding sent a letter in April to Secretary Betsy DeVos calling for an […]

WATCH: Israeli Child Pleads with Mother to Stay in Bomb Shelter

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 12/3/2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons. StandWithUs posted a video on Nov. 28 showing an eight-year-old child begging her mother for them to stay in the bomb shelter and not return home. The child, identified as Ori, tells her mother in Hebrew through tears, “I can’t take it anymore.” Her mother later […]

Fight Breaks Out During Protest of Reservists on Duty Event at Canadian University

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 11/21/2019 A fight broke out Nov. 20 during protests of a Reservists on Duty event at York University in Toronto, injuring at least one person. The Toronto Sun reports that York University’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) led the protests, highlighting videos showing the protesters chanting of “Viva viva Intifada!” and […]

Canadian Jewish Groups Denounce Country’s ‘Betrayal’ of Israel at UN

Algemeiner Karys Rhea 11/21/2019 Top Jewish groups in Canada have expressed disappointment after the country voted in favor of an anti-Israel UN General Assembly resolution earlier this week. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federations of Canada, called the move a “betrayal.” “It contradicted explicit commitments made […]

Investigation: ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Locked Down Its Annual Conference

Legal Insurrection Samantha Mandeles November 25, 2019 SJP held its 2019 conference at U. Minnesota under tight secrecy, as its tactics of intimidation and disruption gained national attention after Vassar’s president condemned as anti-Semitic SJP chants directed at an Israeli Jewish speaker. Last week, we reported on the disruption of Israeli Hen Mazzig’s talk by […]

BDS activists disrupt talk by ex-IDF officer who gave thousands of Syrians help

Jewish News November 19, 2019 Students heard chanting at KCL and Warwick University as Lt. Col. Eyal Dror set to speak about helping thousands of Syrians Screenshot from StandWithUS UK’s twitter, which shows anti-Israel activists at the University of Warwick A retired Israeli soldier who helped thousands of Syrians receive treatment in Israel was met […]

IDF Officer Who Led Aid Effort to Syria Protested at UK Universities

The Algemeiner by Shiri Moshe NOVEMBER 19, 2019 Protesters disrupt a talk by Lt. Col. (Res.) Eyal Dror at the University of Warwick on Nov. 19, 2019. Photo: StandWithUs / Twitter. An Israeli military veteran who helped oversee a humanitarian aid effort benefiting victims of the Syrian conflict was protested while speaking at two British […]

Avi Kurtz: We can’t have another Holocaust

Winston-Salem Journal By Avi Kurtz Guest columnist Nov 18, 2019 Kurtz “Mommy, who is going to hide us if there is another Holocaust?” the 7-year-old me asked. There was a moment of silence, and hastily, Mom assured me that there was no way a Holocaust would happen again. “We are very fortunate to live in […]

Jewish Groups, Students Criticize GWU Student Senate for Passing Anti-Semitism Resolution

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER NOV 19, 2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons StandWithUs, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and GW for Israel board members each criticized George Washington University’s (GWU) Student Association (SA) Senate for passing a resolution containing a “watered-down” definition of anti-Semitism on Nov. 18. The resolution, titled “The Anti-Semitism Condemnation Act,” adopts aspects […]

Retired Israeli Soldier Who Helped Thousands Of Syrians Civilians Met By ‘hate’ On Uk Campuses

The Jewish Chronicle November 20, 2019 Lieutenant colonel Eyal Dror gave talks at King’s College London and Warwick University about setting up the humanitarian mission to help Syrian refugees – but his events were barracked and booed by pro-Palestine protestors Protesters disrupt Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Dror’s talk at Warwick University A retired Israeli soldier who […]

Standwithus Program Grows In Arizona

Arizona Jewish Life TROY HILL NOVEMBER 20, 2019 StandWithUs is an international and non-partisan Israel education organization that offers a national high school program that mentors and trains high school students to engage their communities with conversations about Israel. The program has grown in Arizona this year to include three interns, up from one last […]