StandWithUs Conference 2026
https://standwithus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SWU-Vegas-Sign-2025-Final.mp4 About Speakers FAQ Tickets Join StandWithUs for our Biggest Conference Yet! When lies and hate become deadly, education has the power to save lives. How will you educate yourself and the people around you? It’s time to get educated—and get inspired. StandWithUs in Las Vegas for a multi-generational gathering—bringing together youth, students, young professionals, […]
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Rio de Janeiro Is First Brazilian city to adopt IHRA Definition
(Rio de Janeiro — November 3, 2023) — Through the technical/educational collaboration of StandWithUs Brasil, the capital of Rio de Janeiro joined hundreds of other cities, states and organizations who adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Anti-Semitism (IHRA). On Friday, November 3, in a ceremony at the City Palace, Rio de Janeiro […]
In Brazil, pro-Palestinian protest leads to injury and arrest at pro-Israel speaker’s lecture
BY MARCUS M. GILBAN | JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY | AUGUST 16, 2023 Andre Lajst leads the Brazil chapter of StandWithUs, a Zionist advocacy organization. (Courtesy of StandWithUs Brazil) RIO DE JANEIRO ( JTA ) — Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel […]
StandWithUs Lecture In A Brazilian University Is Cancelled Due To Pro-Palestinian Groups Threats
Universidade de Pernambuco, a public university in Northeast Brazil, decided to cancel the lecture titled “Dilemmas in the Peace Process between Israelis and Palestinians”, after threats. The national press covered the cancellation due to pro-Palestinian groups pressure and published a quote by a professor from Universidade de Pernambuco: “I had to cancel the event for […]
Univ. in Brazil cancels lecture after alleged threats from pro-Palestinian group
Jewish Telegraph Agency August 22, 2019 Andre Lajst during a lecture in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Dec. 4, 2017. (Courtesy of the Rio Grande do Sul Jewish Federation) RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian public university canceled a lecture about the Middle East peace process after what the moderator said were threats by a […]
