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 […]

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

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 9/16/19 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 a professor told her “to re-evaluate” her […]

StandWithUs Urges FIFA to Make Sure Israeli Fans Can Attend Qatar’s World Cup

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 9/6/2019 StandWithUs called on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to allow Israeli fans to attend the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in a Sept. 3 petition. The petition states that “Qatar does not recognize Israel and bans Israelis from entering” the country, pointing out that Israel isn’t on Qatar’s […]

Two Former Labour MPs Criticize Corbyn’s ‘Institutional Anti-Semitism’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 9/12/2019 Two members of parliament (MPs) who left the UK Labour Party criticized the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, for institutionalizing “anti-Semitism” in the party during Sept. 10 speeches at the House of Commons. MP Ivan Lewis, who donned a yarmulke during his speech, accused Corbyn’s leadership of turning Labour into “the […]

Jewish Community Remembers the American-Israeli Who Tried to Stop One of the 9/11 Hijackings

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 9/11/2019 Members of the Jewish community issued tweets on Sept. 11 honor Danny Lewin, an American-Israeli who served in the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) counterterrorism unit who attempted to stop the hijacking of Flight 11 during the 9/11 terror attacks. StandWithUs tweeted on Sept. 11 that “Danny Lewin was the 1st […]

Pro-Israel groups submit amicus briefs to uphold Texas anti-BDS law

JNS/ Jewish News Syndicate 9/10/2019 Two pro-Israel groups, the American Jewish Committee and StandWithUs, have each filed an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold Texas’s anti-BDS law. The AJC brief, filed on Tuesday, argues that the anti-BDS law, Texas Government Code Chapter 2270, is constitutional and […]

Our Shtetl San Diego: September 10, 2019

San Diego Jewish World Donald H. Harrison September 10, 2019 San Diego’s New StandWithUs Director Has Roots in the Region Although Yosef Condiotti, the new San Diego regional director of StandWithUs, only arrived in San Diego County last month, he is hardly a stranger to the area nor to some of its Jewish leaders. His […]