StandWithUs Israel Hosts Event During OurCrowd Global Investor Summit Week

“Investing in Peace – A Celebration of the Abraham Accords” – Event hosted by StandWithUs, Israel Business Council and the Abraham Accords Peace Institute, an official partner event of the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit Week (February 16, 2023 — Jerusalem, Israel) — As global investors and VIPs converged in Jerusalem for the OurCrowd Global Investor […]

StandWithUs Calls on University of Denver to Act After Antisemitic Hate Crimes on Campus

(Denver, CO – February 14, 2023) – StandWithUs is appalled by abhorrent attacks targeting the dorm rooms of three Jewish students at the University of Denver. The incidents, which occurred between February 9 – 12, included pork left on the doorstep and smeared on the dorm room door of one Jewish student and mezuzahs ripped […]

StandWithUs Praises Westchester County for Adopting the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

(Westchester, New York – January 17, 2023) — StandWithUs praises Westchester, New York County Executive George Latimer, who issued an Executive Order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism for County agencies on January 17, 2023. Westchester, New York County Executive George Latimer Avi Posnick, StandWithUs Northeast Director stated, “Adopting the […]

EL AL Ambassadors Take Flight – Again!

Photo by Anastasia Shub For Immediate Release January 10th, 2023 – Jerusalem Israel’s national carrier, EL AL, in partnership with Israel educational nonprofit, StandWithUs has relaunched the successful EL AL Ambassadors program. With the world readjusting post-pandemic and tourism to Israel soaring again, this program represents another way for people to get closer to Israel. […]

StandWithUs UK: Response to Report about National Union of Students

London – 12 January 2023 For too long, the National Union of Students has allowed Jewish student voices to be sidelined and ignored. The institutional nature of antisemitism within the NUS has now led to yet another investigation of discriminatory practices within the charity, the 8th one since 2005. The independent Tuck Report confirms what […]

Ethnic Studies school administrator argued some Jewish Americans have ‘control of systemic power’

Castro-Gill is now the executive director of the advocacy organization Washington Ethnic Studies Now Fox News By Kendall Tietz December 27, 2022 4:00pm EST Screenshot Fox News Youtube An Ethnic Studies school administrator argued that White, Jewish people benefit from systems of oppression that disenfranchise all people of color, according to communications FOIA’d by Parents […]

Christopher Brown, Matthew Mahrer arrested, accused of making threats against New York synagogues

CBS News By Jenna Deangelis, Jennifer Bisram Updated on: November 19, 2022 / 11:43 pm / CBS New York Courtesy Screenshot CBS News: Roz Rothstein (right) CEO and co-founder, StandWithUs NEW YORK — Two men who allegedly made threats against synagogues in New York City were arrested late Friday night. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue, […]

NYPD: Christopher Brown, Matthew Mahrer arrested, accused of making threats against New York synagog

BY JENNA DEANGELIS, JENNIFER BISRAM | CBS NEWS NEW YORK | NOVEMBER 19, 2022 Two men who allegedly made threats against synagogues in New York City were arrested late Friday night. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue, and 22-year-old Matthew Mahrer, of the Upper West Side, were taken into custody at Penn Station around 11:30 p.m. […]

StandWithUs Australia Set to Launch

Sydney 10 March, 2022 Photos courtesy StandWithUs Australia International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs – whose mission is to inspire and educate people of all ages and backgrounds about Israel, challenge misinformation and fight antisemitism – has announced it will be opening national operations in Australia. StandWithUs is already well-known locally in Australia. The organisation has […]

Nation’s Top Law Firms Fund Anti-Semitic Campus Groups at Berkeley

Pro-Israel groups want to know why these firms are driving Jew hatred by Adam Kredo | The Washington Free Beacon | October 14, 2022 A host of the nation’s premier law firms are financially supporting organizations at Berkeley Law School that are accused of fostering anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, according to a campus watchdog […]

StandWithUs Launches New Office In South Africa

(Johannesburg, South Africa – October 19, 2022) International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs (SWU) has officially opened national operations in South Africa. Heading up the new office located in Johannesburg is Cassandra Mayekiso, who has been appointed as Executive Director of StandWithUs South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, Kayla Ginsberg is the new Campus Regional Manager. Together, […]

Antisemitic Students Groups at UC Berkeley Law School Are Funded by Major Law Firms

Read the Twitter thread (7) BREAKING: You saw the outrageous news last week that a coalition of @BerkeleyLaw School student groups passed bylaws prohibiting "#Zionist" (i.e.Jewish) speakers at their events. We found that 1/2 the #antisemitic groups are FUNDED BY MAJOR LAW FIRMS, & we have the receipts. 1/7 — StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) October 13, 2022 […]

StandWithUs Condemns Berkeley Law School Student Groups’ New Anti-Zionist Bylaw

One of the campus buildings at the University of California, Berkeley. Photo: Max Pixel/Creative Commons. In August 2022, at UC Berkeley Law School , student groups, led by Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) adopted a bylaw prohibiting invitations to “speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of […]

Queens lawmakers announce new legislation to improve reporting of hate crimes on college campuses

By Carlotta Mohamed | QNS | September 21, 2022 State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal were joined by fellow lawmakers and community advocates outside of Queens College on Tuesday, Sept. 20, to announce new legislation to improve the reporting and investigating of hate crimes on college campuses.

StandWithUs Select Atlanta Fellows and Interns

By Atlanta Jewish Times | September 29, 2022 StandWithUs, an international, non-partisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, is pleased to announce the 2022-23 students participating in its high school and campus programs. Pictured are the 2022-23 StandWithUs Emerson Fellows. The StandWithUs 2022-23 Kenneth Leventhal High School interns are: Noa Dor (Johns Creek […]

StandWithUs Condemns Recent Displays of Hinduphobia in UK

September 21, 2022 (London, UK) StandWithUs strongly condemns the recent campaigns of gang violence, vandalism, and intimidation that have targeted members of the Hindu community, their homes, and their temples throughout Leicester and Smethwick . As Hinduphobia remains rife throughout the UK, StandWithUs extends its sympathies and support to the Hindu community at these troubling […]

Berkeley University Law School student orgs pledge to boycott Zionist, pro-Israel speakers

The Berkeley Law dean called the statement boycotting Zionist speakers ‘troubling’ August 28, 2022 by Adam Sabes / Fox News Student organizations at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law are facing backlash from their own dean after adopting a statement that pledges to not invite any Zionist or pro-Israel speaker to give lectures. […]

New York governor signs legislation to aid Holocaust survivors, support education

The new regulations authorize the state’s commissioner of education to conduct a survey and determine whether school districts in New York are meeting the requirements for teaching about the Holocaust, which has been mandatory since 1994. August 12, 2022 Jewish News Syndicate Avi Posnick shakes hands with NY Governor Kathy Holchul New York Gov. Kathy […]