StandWithUs Applauds Pitzer President for Rejecting Vote to End Haifa Study Abroad

University of Haifa (Los Angeles, California – March 14, 2019) — StandWithUs applauds Pitzer College President Melvin Oliver for strongly rejecting a recommendation by the Pitzer College Council to suspend a study abroad program at Haifa University. The non-binding motion passed in the College Council with a vote of 68 in favor, 25 against, and […]

StandWithUs Demands Action from Kingsborough Administration After Anti-Semitic Campaign

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York City, NY — March 13, 2019) — StandWithUs is alarmed to learn of a systematic, year-long anti-Semitic campaign against Michael Goldstein, an administrator and adjunct professor at Kingsborough Community College (“Kingsborough” or the “College”), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) school system. Goldstein has been the target […]

Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Oren Peleg March 13, 2019 “I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can ever be of myself.” Jewish and non-Jewish lay leaders, activists, young professionals, academics […]

Anti-Israel activists fail as Columbia student government rejects BDS referendum

College Fix Staff 11.03.2019 We will know it will tear our community apart’ Supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement failed again at Columbia University, but they got closer this time. Read the article here.

Carmel Valley event aims to educate on anti-semitic ‘misinformation’

San Diego Union Tribune Brittany Woolsey 3/5/2019 About three years ago, a student walked onto her San Diego college campus and called her mom in tears upon seeing anti-semitic propaganda placed on the school’s walls. “This girl was met with this unbelievable scene of posters depicting Jewish Israeli soldiers beating Palestinians and blood and lots […]

Columbia University student government rejects BDS

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 3/11/2019 Columbia University. Credit: brianloebig/Pixabay. (March 11, 2019 / JNS) The student government at Columbia University rejected a referendum on Sunday night calling on the school to support the movement to boycott Israel. After a four-hour intense meeting consisting of more than 150 onlookers, the Columbia College Student Council failed […]

Columbia Student Government Votes Against Holding Discriminatory Boycott Referendum, March 10, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2019 (New York City, NY) — StandWithUs applauds the Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) for rejecting a proposal to hold a referendum on whether or not to support divestment, as part of a discriminatory campaign to boycott and isolate Israel on March 10, 2019 The proposal was shot down with […]

House Resolution against hate makes important points, despite flawed approach

(Washington D.C. — March 7th, 2019) — StandWithUs agrees wholeheartedly with the content of House Resolution 183, which condemns anti-Semitism and other forms of hate. At the same time, we echo the disappointment of Congressman Ted Deutch (D – Florida), who made a strong moral case that anti-Semitism deserves its own attention and condemnation. The […]

Jewish students combat graduate union’s vote for BDS committee at Toronto U

JNS/ Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 3/7/2019 University College, University of Toronto. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Jewish students at the University of Toronto have filed appeals against a BDS committee that was ratified in a vote on Feb. 26 by the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) and condemned by pro-Israel groups. The committee seeks […]

Community Responds to Nazi-Saluting Orange County Teens

Erin Ben-Moche 3/6/2019 On the evening of March 2, a group of Newport Beach high school students at a party posted a photo online of themselves giving the Nazi salute over a series of red-solo cups formed into the shape of a swastika. One partygoer wrote “ultimate rage” in one photo while another was captioned […]

Highlighting the Importance of Anti-BDS Legislation

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 3/6/2019 Focusing on legislation that cracks down on the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, was the focus of one of StandWithUs’ “Israel in Focus” International Conference sessions this past weekend at the Hyatt Regency at Los Angeles International Airport. Joseph Sabag, executive director of the Israel Allies Foundation, told around […]

StandWithUs Student Conference Primes Pro-Israel Activists

Jewish Journal Oren Peleg March 6, 2019 Student conference attendees gathered outside the Hyatt Regency near LAX. Photo by Jc Olivera Photography Last fall, during the public comments portion of a meeting held by the University of California Board of Regents in Westwood, UCLA student Justin Feldman, 21, voiced his displeasure with an upcoming National […]

Rep. Zeldin: ‘We Need to Crush the BDS Movement’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler March 5, 2019 Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) expressed how the Jewish and pro-Israel community needs to destroy the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement during StandWithUs’ “Israel in Focus” International Conference at the Hyatt Regency at Los Angeles International Airport on March 3. Zeldin was on a panel with Florida city […]

California High-Schoolers Pictured Saluting Swastika Shaped Out of Plastic Cups

Breaking Israel News March 6, 2019 A picture of what appeared to be high school students at a weekend party in California, saluting alongside a table with cups configured as a swastika. Credit: Screenshot. A viral picture of what appeared to be high school students at a weekend party in California saluting alongside a table […]

Outstanding teens named ‘18 Under 18’ for 2019

JUF News FEBRUARY 28, 2019 From Left: Top row: Dina Barrish, Ella Brown, Elitsa Mairav Reinglass Sklar, Randi Wilk, Andrew Scott, Jason Tothy, Maxine Kalika, Ariana Handelman, Shulamit Horton, and Sophie Frankenthal. Bottom row: Sophie Draluck, Raquel Cohen, Marc Luban, Sarah Bloom, Rebecca Jacobson, Joshua Zach Glucksman, and Emma Rosenberg-Rappin. Not Pictured: Brian Silverstein. Springboard, […]

How Anti-BDS Laws Went Viral

The Forward Aiden Pink February 4, 2019 Office Of The Texas Governor, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an anti-BDS law banning state entities from contracting with countries that boycott Israel. Two of the most influential people in the country when it comes to American policies toward Israel are a Mormon state representative in South Carolina […]

StandWithUs & A4I Shocked by Nazi Salutes and Swastika at Newport Party, Applaud Community Response

(Newport Beach, CA – March 5th, 2019) — StandWithUs and Artists4Israel are deeply concerned about the Nazi salutes and swastika caught in a photo of a high school party in Newport Beach, California. Displays of support for Nazism have no place in our society, and it is shocking that students at Newport Harbor High School […]

UC Irvine Screens Anti-Israel Film

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 2/27/2019 A recent UC Irvine screening and panel discussion of an anti-Israel film argued that the establishment of the State of Israel resulted in thousands of Palestinians being displaced. The film, “1948: Creation and Catastrophe,” was hosted by the UC Irvine schools of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Ecology on Jan. […]