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 […]

Don’t disrupt – discuss!

JC Raphael Wein September 12, 2019 While it is sometimes tempting to focus on the voices shouting the loudest in our community, to do so often misses the point. That’s what happened this week when a fringe group tried (and failed) to disrupt our annual StandWithUs UK student conference. Seeking attention (but no genuine discussion […]

Area students attend StandWithUs confabs

The Jewish Advocate Tori Bergel September 11, 2019 Seven Boston area students flew here to take part in StandWithUs’ High School Internship and Emerson Fellowship training conferences on Aug. 4-8 and Aug. 12-15, respectively. Beginning in 2007, SWU started the Emerson Fellowship as a way for college students to educate their campuses about Israel and […]

A Failure of Leadership: The Culture of Antisemitism on Campus

The Algemeiner Nathan Bentolila and Jared Zoneraich SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 One of the campus buildings at the University of California, Berkeley. Photo: Max Pixel/Creative Commons. To the average American, the resurgence of antisemitism worldwide may come as a surprise. But it is no surprise to Jewish and pro-Israel university students. Our universities have unknowingly become […]

Advertisement in New Jersey Newspaper Thanking SWU and Others for Supporting HR 246

This ad was placed in “Town Topics,” Princeton, New Jersey’s weekly community newspaper on September 4, 2019. PAID ADVERTISEMENT We, the undersigned, thank and applaud the following organizations for their endorsement of House Resolution 246, a congressional resolution passed by the United States House of Representatives opposing the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement which targets […]

StandWithUs Files Fourth Amicus Brief in Support of State Anti-BDS Legislation On September 6, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  StandWithUs Files Fourth Amicus Brief in Support of State Anti-BDS Legislation On September 6, 2019 Addressing the Antisemitic Nature of the BDS Campaign (New Orleans, LA — September 6, 2019)  — On September 6, 2019, the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department filed its latest amicus brief in support of anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) legislation enacted by the […]

NGO CALLS ON FIFA TO ENSURE ISRAELI CITIZENS CAN ATTEND WORLD CUP IN QATAR

ZACHARY KEYSER SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 International NGO, StandWithUs, is requesting that The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ensures that the Qatari government will allow Israeli citizens to receive entry visas into the country for those who want to attend the 2022 World Cup. FIFA’s code of ethics specifically prohibits the discrimination of nations and […]

StandWithUs urges Fifa to ensure Israelis can attend 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Jewish News/Times of Israel MATHILDE FROT September 5, 2019 The 2010 World Cup Asian Qualifiers match between Qatar and Japan in Doha, Qatar. A nonprofit stepped up pressure on FIFA this week to ensure Israeli fans wishing to attend the football World Cup in 2022 in Qatar will be allowed into the Gulf state. Since […]