‘A Significant Deterrent’: US Jewish Groups Praise Conviction of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter

The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre June 16, 2023 5:05 PM Photo: Shutterstock As the perpetrator of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018 was convicted Friday of dozens of federal hate crimes , Jewish organizations across the country expressed on Friday their gratitude for the […]

Lefkovits Honored with Movement Builder Award

Atlanta Jewish Times | COMPILED BY AJT STAFF | June 15, 2023 The 2022-23 UGA StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, won second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. University of Georgia StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, has been honored with second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. […]

Letter to New York Medical Board re Walid Khass

StandWithUs UK raises over £600K in support of their students and communities

More than 1,000 donors pledged support for Israel educational charity one week after its London offices were broken into. By: Michelle Rosenberg | Jewish News | May 3, 2023 Israel education charity StandWithUs UK has raised more than £600k in a 72-hour fundraising campaign. The support from more than a thousand donors will enable the […]

‘Intimidation’: Vandals Break Into StandWithUs UK Office

The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre April 27, 2023 2:29 PM An unknown person or group broke into the London office of StandWithUs (SWU UK), an educational nonprofit that promotes education about Israel, the group confirmed on Wednesday. The perpetrators came in through the ceiling on the morning of Israel Independence Day and left a […]

EL AL Relaunches Ambassadors Program

Jewish Link By Susan R. Eisenstein April 20, 2023 Israel’s national airline, El Al was born in November of 1948 along with the State of Israel. Thus, El Al has always been intertwined with the existence and destiny of Israel and served, then as now, as an expression of national pride. Its fleet proudly displays […]

StandWithUs Disappointed with Georgia Senate for Stalling HB 144 AGAINST ANTISEMITISM

(Atlanta, Georgia – March 29, 2023) — On March 29, 2023, the Georgia Senate adjourned, letting HB 144 expire, after multiple attempts in the Senate to halt its progress by offering hostile amendments. HB 144 would have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism into Georgia code and ensure that state […]

Anti-Defamation League report shows New York with most antisemitism incidents in 2022

Hate crimes are on the rise according to troubling evidence released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League. CBS2’s Kristie Keleshian has the details and reaction. CBS New York By Kristie Keleshian, Elijah Westbrook Updated On: March 24, 2023 NEW YORK — Hate crimes are on the rise, according to troubling data released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation […]

Organizations Partner to Launch Billboard Campaign: Together Against Antisemitism

First Billboards are in Two Locations in South Florida March 8 – April 9 (Boca Raton, FL — March 8, 2023) —The Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA), a division of StandWithUs (SWU), along with multiple partner organizations, launched a billboard campaign calling attention to the rise of antisemitism across the U.S. and around the world. […]

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 […]