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El Cajon Unanimously Adopts the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
(El Cajon, California - March 26, 2025) — In a resounding and unanimous 5-0 vote on Tuesday , the City of El Cajon officially adopted...
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StandWithUs Title VI Complaint Against Lake Washington School District Prompts Investigation by Department of Education
(Seattle, WA — March 19, 2025) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened for investigation a federal...
Mar 192 min read
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StandWithUs Launches “SWUBOT”: An innovative, free StandWithUs AI Assistant to help provide quick and accurate answers to questions relating to Israel and antisemitism
[Los Angeles, CA — March 18, 2025] – StandWithUs, the international non-partisan education organization dedicated to supporting Israel...
Mar 192 min read
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StandWithUs Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against UC Berkeley For Failing to Protect Jewish Students
(Berkeley, CA, March 18, 2025) – StandWithUs Saidoff Legal and a Jewish undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley...
Mar 182 min read
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Bridging Faiths, Defending Truth: Christian Zionists in the Emerson Fellowship
By Bella Brannon | Ha'am UCLA's Jewish Newsmagazine | March 3, 2025 Photo by StandWithUs C.S. Lewis once wrote, “What draws people to...
Mar 174 min read
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StandWithUs International Conference in LA draws 650, biggest attendance yet
CEO Roz Rothstein told JNS that the pro-Israel gathering is “nourishing” for young Jews: “They are facing so much hostility. They need to...
Mar 176 min read
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StandWithUs pilot study: Safety and security on campus
The survey showed that while campuses have resources in place, there is a clear need for enhanced measures to ensure all students feel...
Mar 175 min read
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How pro-Israel students were affected by antisemitism in fall and spring 2024 - survey
The survey results highlight the impact of antisemitism on students’ ability to participate fully in campus life. By Alexandra Chana...
Mar 175 min read
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Middlebury College, facing antisemitism investigation, is among those warned by Trump administration
While some organizations that support Israel have expressed support for the Trump administration’s action, other free speech...
Mar 176 min read
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Cryptocurrency platforms need better clarity to avoid being a petri dish for antisemitism - opinion
By allowing such tokens to feature on its platform, and occasionally on its very homepage, Pump has become tacitly complicit in promoting...
Mar 133 min read
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WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BIG ONLINE ISRAEL INFLUENCER?
Israel educational organizations Let’s Do Something , StandWithUs , and DiploAct Launch ‘Ascend’—A Cutting-Edge Digital Incubator for...
Mar 124 min read
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StandWithUs Leads Lecture for Medical Professionals Regarding Workplace Antisemitism
Deedee Bitran, a Senior Counsel and Director of Pro Bono in the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department March, 2025 Julie Paris, Regional...
Mar 81 min read
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Federal Anti-Semitism Complaints Filed Against Three California Schools – Scripps, Cal Poly, and Etiwanda District
Brandeis Center, ADL, StandWithUs, Jewish on Campus Allege California Schools Willfully Ignored Severe Anti-Semitic Harassment &...
Mar 55 min read
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Bringing the Fight to Workplace Antisemitism
"There is no mathematically precise test to prove a hostile work environment; courts consider issues like the frequency and severity of...
Mar 56 min read
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Trump says any school that "allows illegal protests" will lose funding as Columbia faces review of federal contracts
Carly Gammill, StandWithUs Director of Legal Policy, explains to CBS New York when campus protest activity is unlawful, a rampant problem...
Mar 54 min read
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State of Florida Tackles BDS With New Bills
(Tallahassee, Florida, March 5, 2025) — The State of Florida is once again taking a leading role in combating antisemitism by bolstering...
Mar 52 min read
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StandWithUs Calls on Barnard to Take Action After Disgraceful Response to Violent Occupation of Campus Hall
StandWithUs wrote to Barnard College on March 3, 2025, to express our dismay at the wholly inadequate response of Barnard College’s...
Mar 31 min read
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City of Miami Beach, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and the Center for Combating Antisemitism Take Action Against Antisemitism in Medicine.
The Program Is the First of Its Kind to Launch First in the Nation. (Miami Beach, FL — February 27, 2025) — In a groundbreaking move to...
Feb 274 min read
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Shurat HaDin Sues Al Jazeera on Behalf of Victims of Terrorism
(Washington, D.C. - February, 2025) —Shurat HaDin, in partnership with StandWithUs, filed suit against the Al Jazeera Media Network on...
Feb 262 min read
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Chicago Stands with African Victims of Modern Enslavement and Persecution
Yossi Held, executive Director StandWithUs Midwest (far right), City of Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez holding a poster and Simon Deng...
Feb 212 min read
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Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies
School District Settles Lawsuit Brought by Brandeis Center, ADL, and AJC Alleging Ethnic Studies Courses were Developed in Secret and...
Feb 206 min read
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NJ Community and Legislators Unite to Push IHRA Bill
By Debra Rubin | Jewish Link | February 6, 2025 Abigail Thaler (left), a senior at Biotechnology High School in Freehold, and Ori...
Feb 125 min read
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Statement on Reported Changes to the Palestinian Authority’s Welfare Payments
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly changing its system of welfare payments to terrorist prisoners and their families. For...
Feb 122 min read
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Georgetown Law Hosts Convicted Palestinian Terrorist for Dinner and Speech on Purported Issues of Arrest, Detention, and Alleged Israeli Torture
When Georgetown Law's SJP advertised a convicted PFLP terrorist as a "student activist" and a "political prisoner" without reference to...
Feb 111 min read
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StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief Seeking to Hold the PLO Accountable for Supporting Terrorism
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department jointly filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court on February 4, 2025, arguing that when...
Feb 61 min read
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Exciting Resolutions to Title VI Investigations at Four Major US Universities!
Department of Education Resolves Title VI Complaints Filed by StandWithUs (Los Angeles, February, 2025) — In the final days of President...
Feb 54 min read
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Creating a Hostile Work Environment at UNC Through Anti-Israel Activity
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal sent a letter to University of North Carolina asking its leadership to address discriminatory anti-Israel...
Feb 51 min read
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Allegheny County D.A.'s office offers ‘Combating Antisemitism’ training for universities
Matt Eidson | 90.5 WESA | January 15, 2025 Pittsburgh universities and the District Attorney’s office are taking steps to identify and...
Jan 272 min read
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Violins of Hope in San Diego
This International Holocaust Remembrance Day , January 27, 2025 , we are deeply grateful to Holocaust Survivor Susanne Reyto for her...
Jan 271 min read
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JVP is a shield for hate, not a voice for peace
ROZ ROTHSTEIN | Jerusalem Post | JANUARY 16, 2025 StandWithUs’ new report on Jewish Voice for Peace (Credit: StandWithUs) As horrific...
Jan 193 min read
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Jewish groups mourn death of Olga Washington, Christian Zionist and staunch Israel supporter
Izzy Salant | Jewish News Syndicate | January 7, 2025 Olga Washington with her husband, Joshua Washington, and their sons Ezra and...
Jan 193 min read
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Jewish Voice for Peace’s ‘Extremist’ Anti-Israel Agenda, Terror Group Ties Highlighted in Report
Corey Walker | The Algemeiner | January 9, 2025 A pro-Israel nonprofit has published a new bombshell booklet detailing the inner...
Jan 194 min read
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STANDWITHUS STATEMENT ON HOSTAGE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT - January, 2025
January 18, 2025 Our hearts are with the hostages and their families, who have endured over one year and three months of unimaginable...
Jan 152 min read
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Jewish Civil Rights Group Seeks to Overturn Dismissal of MIT Antisemitism Lawsuit
By Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | December 17, 2024 The StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) has filed an appeal to...
Jan 85 min read
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StandWithUs Gala Shines a Light on Advocacy, Education and Support for Israel
Ayala Or-El | The Jewish Journal | January 2, 2025 L to R: Jerry and Roz Rothstein, Montana Tucker and Esther Renzer Credit: Orly...
Jan 84 min read
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The antisemitism rooted in the US healthcare system
It’s not just the NHS, can American Jews trust their doctors? Melissa Langsam Braunstein | The Jewish Chronicle | December 19, 2024...
Jan 83 min read
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Pittsburgh City Paper honors anti-Israel group; StandWithUs responds
Pittsburgh City Paper bestowed Students for Justice in Palestine with its activism award. Toby Tabachnick | The Jewish Chronicle | ...
Jan 84 min read
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StandWithUs Sends Letter to Texas Attorney General Seeking Action Regarding Antisemitism at Baylor College of Medicine
On December 9, 2024, StandWithUs sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General asking for an investigation after Baylor College of Medicine...
Jan 81 min read
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StandWithUs Releases Comprehensive Report: "Jewish Voice for Peace – A Shield for Hate, Not a Voice for Peace"
(LOS ANGELES, CA — January 7, 2024) StandWithUs released a comprehensive report titled “Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP): A Shield for Hate,...
Jan 73 min read
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StandWithUs' annual “Festival of Lights” gala 2024 was heartfelt, inspiring and memorable, and a true display of resilience and solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people
StandWithUs's (SWU) annual "Festival of Lights" (FOL) gala celebrated the organization's 23rd anniversary, with an evening devoted to...
Dec 18, 20246 min read
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Jewish medical professionals face ‘alarmingly high’ exposure to antisemitism
Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | December 12, 2024 A new study revealed “alarmingly high” exposure to antisemitism among Jewish ...
Dec 15, 20242 min read
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Rambam alum Avi Posnick leads StandWithUs against antisemitism
Parker Schug | LI Herald | November 29, 2024 Avi Posnick, Northeast Regional executive director of StandWithUs, spoke at the Town of...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
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New Study: Nearly 40% of Jewish medical professionals report exposure to antisemitism
Published study by StandWithUs: Antisemitism in American Healthcare: A Survey Study of Reported Experiences.
Dec 11, 20244 min read
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Legal Actions and Successes - July to December 2024
With the exponential increase in antisemitism since October 7, we have received an unprecedented influx of requests for help to our legal...
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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2024 Campus Champions Gala
Nearly 400 people united at the 2024 Campus Champions Gala to celebrate strength, resilience, and our unwavering commitment to fight...
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Eylon Levy 2024 "Voice of the People" Canada Tour
Over the span of a week in Fall 2024, StandWithUs Canada had the privilege of touring Former Israeli Government Spokesman Eylon Levy...
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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High School Kids Beg Administration: “Step Up; Educate Your Students!”
By: Alexandra Chana Fishman | The Times Of Israel | Nov 13, 2024 In August 2024, StandWithUs held the annual Kenneth Leventhal High...
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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StandWithUs Horrified by Pogrom Attack in Amsterdam
(Courtesy: Screenshot) (November 8, 2024) StandWithUs is horrified by the pogrom that took place in Amsterdam on November 8, 2024 ...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
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IsraelLINK and Jewish National Fund-USA Announce Strategic Educational Partnership
(November 1, 2024 — Los Angeles, CA) — IsraelLINK, a division of StandWithUs, a leader in digital Jewish identity and Israel education...
Oct 31, 20243 min read
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Letter to San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot
StandWithUs wrote to San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot requesting that she bring charges in the cases of 65 people arrested for...
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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