Jewish Students Protest U of I Student Senate Resolution Saying Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER OCT 24, 2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Student Senate passed a resolution denying a link between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism on Oct. 23, causing more than 400 Jewish students to walk out of the meeting in protest. Fox Illinois reports that the resolution passed […]

Czech Parliament House Passes Anti-BDS Resolution

Jewish Journal BY AARON BANDLER OCT 23, 2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons The lower house of the Czech Republic’s parliament passed a non-binding resolution on Oct. 22 that denounces the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement as anti-Semitic. The Times of Israel reports that the resolution’s text “condemns all activities and statements by groups calling […]

SJP-sponsored resolution passes University of Illinois student government, hundreds protest

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACKSON RICHMAN October 24, 2019 Accuses Chancellor Robert Jones of having “improperly characterized” SJP presentation as having anti-Semitic content • Jewish campus community not consulted • Strong display of Jewish unity. The campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A resolution introduced by Students […]

How this teen helped ensure anti-Semitism won’t be taught in California

JWeekly BY MICHAELA PELTA OCTOBER 21, 2019 California state Capitol building in Sacramento (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) On Sept. 20, I had the incredible opportunity to go to the State Capitol in Sacramento and fight for a cause close to my heart. In August, the California Board of Education released a draft proposal, the Ethnic Studies Model […]

StandWithUs Condemns Embarrassing Display of Ignorance by Illinois Student Government

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday October 23, 2019 (Champaign, IL — October 23, 2019) — StandWithUs condemns the University of Illinois (UIUC) Student Government (ISG) for passing a disingenuous resolution about antisemitism without consulting the Jewish community or securing their consent. The resolution denies that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, erasing the experiences of Jewish students who have […]

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: […]