StandWithUs Legal Calls on California Community Colleges After Employee Consistently Uses Anti-Israel Emojis in Work Email Signature Blocks
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal sent a letter to the largest system of higher education in the nation, the California Community Colleges, seeking action after an employee repeatedly included politically charged symbols (watermelon and Palestinian flag emojis) in work email signature blocks. StandWithUs Legal requested that California Community Colleges implement a content-neutral email signature policy for all […]
Oklahoma Stands Against Antisemitism
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) – The Oklahoma House gallery broke out in a standing ovation when SB 991 , which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism , passed on April 30 with a 62-24 vote. SB 991 had passed the Senate in March with a 27-15 vote. The bill ensures that […]
“Healing Hate” Event Draws Overflow Crowd to Address Growing Crisis of Antisemitism in Healthcare
Healthcare Leaders Sound the Alarm at Miami Summit: “Patient Safety Is Primary” Miami Beach, FL ( April 28, 2025) – In a powerful show of urgency and solidarity, over 120% of expected attendees packed into La Gorce Country Club April 27, 2025, as healthcare executives, policymakers, and medical professionals from across Florida and the nation […]
NYC university sued, accused of not taking action against antisemitic harassment
Lawsuit claims university investigated victim instead of perpetrators after student was physically blocked from class and subjected to online smear campaign Rachel Wolf | Fox News | April 11, 2025 Photo: Shutterstock A New York City university has been slapped with a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the New School’s Parsons School of Design “allowed […]
Inclusion: The Benefits of Treating Fellow Jews as Am Echad (One Nation)
We don’t need to erase our differences to stand together. But we do need to make space for one another — with intention, respect, and courage. Alexandra Fishman Ph.D. | The Jewish Journal | April 16, 2025 Photo: Shutterstock As an Orthodox Jew with a broad group of friends, I often find myself navigating a […]
California Public School Teacher Played Students Turkish Propaganda Video Likening Israel’s War on Hamas to the Holocaust: Lawsuit
Santa Clara Unified School District has ‘allowed an egregiously hostile environment to fester’ for Jewish students, suit says Alana Goodman | The Washington Free Beacon | April 4, 2025 A teacher at a public high school in California showed 10th-grade students a Turkish propaganda video that equated Israel’s war on Hamas to the Holocaust and […]
StandWithUs Condemns PVUSD contract with “Liberated” Ethnic Studies Consultant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Watsonville, CA — April 17, 2025) — StandWithUs condemns the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) board’s decision to approve a $90,000 contract with Community Responsive Education (CRE) – a consultant that promotes “liberated” ethnic studies in K-12 schools. We are also deeply concerned that the district used a California Department of […]
The New School’s Parsons School of Design Sued for Enabling Antisemitic Harassment and Retaliation on Campus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 New York City — The Dhillon Law Group has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Brandon White, an emerging artist and recent graduate of The New School’s Parsons School of Design. The lawsuit alleges that the university failed to protect White from physical assault, antisemitic slurs, […]
Court Denies Antisemitic Harassment Order, Affirming Free Speech in Online Advocacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 SEATTLE, WA – On April 10, 2025, a Washington State King County Superior court denied a civil protection order sought against Ari Hoffman, a local media personality and community advocate, ruling that his actions were constitutionally protected free speech. The case stemmed from a series of events in late […]
StandWithUs partners with Dhillon Law Group in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against The New School for Enabling Antisemitic Harassment and Retaliating Against One of its Victims
On April 8, 2025, the Dhillon Law Group, in partnership with StandWithUs Saidoff Legal, filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking redress for New York’s The New School’s wanton mishandling of antisemitic harassment on its campus. The lawsuit alleges that in December 2023, anti-Israel agitators blocked and physically shoved a student out of a […]
StandWithUs Legal Testified Before the U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Campus Antisemitism
Carly Gammill, StandWithUs Director of Legal Policy, was invited by the United States Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) Committee to testify in its hearing, titled “Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus: Ensuring Safe Learning Environments for All Students,” on March 27, 2025. U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), chair of the HELP Committee, is […]
StandWithUs Commends Kansas Governor For Signing into Law Bill Against Antisemitism
(Topeka, Kansas – April, 2025) – StandWithUs applauds Kansas Governor Laura Kelly for signing into law a bill which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. The Kansas state legislature passed Senate Bill 44 (SB 44) and presented it to Governor Kelly for signature on April 4. A growing number of […]
StandWithUs Legal Calls on International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners to Take Action After Denial of License Renewal Due to Israeli Citizenship
An Israeli citizen was targeted for a temporary denial of her license renewal because of her Israeli citizenship. StandWithUs Saidoff Legal sent a letter to the Institute for Credentialing Excellence, the umbrella organization overseeing the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. StandWithUs’ letter notifies the Institute of antisemitic discrimination and urges the Institute to implement appropriate safeguards […]
StandWithUs and the Bay Area Jewish Coalition File Title VI Complaint Against CA’s Santa Clara Unified School District for Disparate Treatment and Harassment of Jewish Students
Federal civil rights complaint alleges that district engaged in disparate treatment of Jewish elementary, middle and high school students, and ignored severe and pervasive harassment of Jewish students across multiple schools Santa Clara, CA, April 3, 2025 – StandWithUs Saidoff Legal, a division of StandWithUs, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to educating […]
StandWithUs and SAUJS Empower South African Students During Israel Apartheid Week
March 2025 – Johannesburg & Cape Town, South Africa – As Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) spreads anti-Israel misinformation and hostility on campuses, StandWithUs and the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) ensured Jewish and pro-Israel students were equipped to lead the conversation, counter false narratives, and stand proud in their identity. Empowering Students with […]
How are Massachusetts schools failing Jewish students through bias? – opinion
As antisemitic lessons increase, who’s running K-12 education? By Deborah G. Schuss | Jerusalem Post | March 24, 2025 Photo: Shutterstock As Massachusetts students remain stubbornly behind their pre-pandemic levels in math and reading scores according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s recent focus of attention is instructive. The […]
Trump’s DOE investigates Seattle-area school district for ‘enabling rampant antisemitism’
The Lake Washington School District, which is located near Seattle, has been accused of fostering a hostile environment for its Jewish students since the 2023 Hamas terror attacks. Katie Daviscourt and Ari Hoffman | The Post Millennial | March 19, 2025 The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched an investigation into […]
Federal government investigates Lake Washington School District for allegedly allowing anti-semitism
Washington’s second-largest district faces a federal investigation for allegedly allowing a hostile learning environment for Jewish students. Maddie White | King 5 | March 20, 2025 SEATTLE — The second-largest school district in the state, Lake Washington School District, is under federal investigation over claims it is not preventing anti-Semitism. Title VI of the Civil […]
