Pro-Palestinians, pro-Israelis hold opposing demonstrations

San Diego Jewish World July 1, 2020 By Donald H. Harrison StandWithUs billboard truck in front of the Star of India on San Diego’s Embarcadero In contrast to the outreach program of the House of Israel, sometimes anti-Israel propaganda needs to be countered in real time.  Various pro-Palestinian groups, anticipating that Israel would move to […]

Anti-Semitic, anti-Israel groups to hold ‘Day of Rage’ rallies in US, worldwide

Jewish News Syndicate July 1, 2020 BY JACKSON RICHMAN In expectation of negative and perhaps even violent reactions to Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, the Jewish organization StandWithUs will be using truck ads with relevant messages to the issue. Credit: Courtesy. (July 1, 2020 / JNS) Anti-Semitic and anti-Israel […]

StandWithUs ‘Jerusalem LIVE’ Tours, awarded UJIA grant

(London, England — June 29, 2020) – – StandWithUs UK is proud to announce that the StandWithUs “Jerusalem LIVE” tour programme has been selected as a recipient of the UJIA 2020 Summer Engagement Fund. Established as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s harsh effect on annual UK Jewish summer programmes, the Summer Engagement Fund ensures […]

StandWithUs And IAJF Counter Anti-Israel Hate Groups With Truck Ads and Video

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 StandWithUs And IAJF Counter Anti-Israel Hate Groups With Truck Ads and Video (Los Angeles, CA — July 1, 2020) — StandWithUs (SWU), in cooperation with the Iranian American Jewish Federation (IAJF) are using truck ads to fight back against vicious anti-Israel and antisemitic hate groups holding rallies and “caravans” […]

STANDWITHUS UK CONDEMNS BLM UK TWITTER ACCOUNT FOR PROMOTING ANTISEMITIC FALSEHOOD

London, June 29, 2020 StandWithUs UK condemns the #BlackLivesMatterUK (BLM UK) Twitter account for posting that “mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism”. This is an oft-repeated antisemitic lie which is used to silence Jews and discourage them from speaking out against antisemitism. Anti-racism is at the core of our mission at […]

StandWithUs Midwest Baby Food Friendship Drive

(Chicago, IL — June 12, 2020) — Many areas in Chicago have been devastated by the economic hardships of the pandemic and then by the destruction of neighborhood stores. Two of the hardest hit areas are Bronzeville and Woodlawn on the South Side of Chicago. They are also the most vulnerable communities in the Chicago area. […]

Antisemitism in San Diego May, 2020

StandWithUs is discouraged to hear of recent antisemitism in San Diego. An individual who  wore a mask with a swastika on the front  was seen in several stores. This occurred shortly after media reports of an incident involving a  man wearing a KKK hood as facial covering  in a San Diego grocery store. These longtime symbols of hatred and bigotry […]

Saidoff Legal Department and Center for Combating Antisemitism letter to New York Attorney General

March 25, 2020 VIA EMAIL : Letitia.james@ag.ny.gov The Honorable Letitia James Attorney General of New York Office of the Attorney General The Capitol Albany, New York 12224-0341 Dear Attorney General James, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit […]

Dozens urge UK public to ‘stay home’ during pandemic in StandWithUs campaign

JN/TOI 4/2/2020 Dozens of people have recorded video messages urging the UK public to stay at home during the pandemic as part of a social media campaign organised by the pro-Israel educational organisation StandWithUs. University students on StandWithUs’s Israel leadership programme, the Emerson Fellowship, took part, as did some sixth formers and members of StandWithUs. […]

SWU Calls on New York AG to Investigate Antisemitism

March 25, 2020. As we recently noted , we are seeing numerous instances of people wrongly blaming minorities – primarily Jews and Chinese people – for COVID-19. StandWithUs is deeply troubled by one of the latest such reported instances, in which an Orthodox Jewish man in New York appears to have been turned away at […]

LINK program bringing dynamic Israel education to South Jersey schools

Jewish Community Voice REA BOCHNER March 11, 2020 The proliferation of anti-Israel messages in the media and on college campuses is not news. Nor is the rising opposition to Israel here and abroad. What is surprising, however, is the number of Jewish youth with anti-Israel sentiments. “I’ve met bright young Jewish kids, even in our […]

StandWithUs UK to Grow Operation; Appoints New Executive Director

London – Wednesday, 11 March, 2020 Israel educational charity StandWithUs has announced it will be growing its presence across UK campuses and the wider community, under the leadership of their new UK Executive Director, Sara Sherrard, who will succeed Raphael Wein following the conclusion of his term this month. Sara is not new to the […]

Hollywood Girl Raises Support for Israel Through Bat Mitzvah Project

Sun Sentinel March 5, 2020 By Sergio Carmona Hadar Setton has taken her StandWithUs booth throughout South Florida. (Courtesy) For her bat mitzvah project, Hadar Setton of Hollywood wanted to do something of goodwill for Israel. The project has involved Hadar, 11, volunteering for StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization. Through this project, she has […]

For the 3,500 Teens at the Annual BBYO Convention, the World Needs Their Help

Jewish News Syndicate February 25, 2020 BY JAMES RUSSELL The Israeli delegation leads attendees in singing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, at BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Feburary 2020. Photo by Jason Dixson Photography. Global economies, issues and relationships are crucial, but climate change, emphasized participants and youth organizers, “is the issue of the time.” […]

Amid chaos, UC Berkeley student government delays vote against terrorist display

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACKSON RICHMAN February 5, 2020 “Jewish students were repeatedly harassed, heckled and threatened with physical threats of violence … Jewish students should never feel threatened and should NEVER fear for their safety while on campus,” posted campus group Tikvah: Students for Israel, on Facebook. Students with UC Berkeley’s “Bears for Israel” […]

Pro-Israel groups urge University of Michigan to cancel SJP conference featuring ‘vicious’ anti-Semi

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Sean Savage and Jackson Richman January 21, 2020 Several pro-Israel groups are urging the University of Michigan to cancel an upcoming conference at the school that is featuring anti-Israel groups and speakers that “have a long record of vicious anti-Semitism,” according to Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs. The event, titled […]

Canada’s Recent, Though Rare, Vote Against Israel at UN Sparks Concern in Jewish Circles

Jewish News Syndicate January 3, 2020 BY  SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN The government could have expressed support for a two-state solution in ways that “would have been more effective and avoided adding credibility to the distorted, anti-Israel narrative that adversaries seek to advance within the U.N.,” said Shimon Fogel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. […]

StandWithUs to Hold its Philadelphia Fourth Annual Defenders of Israel Gala Dinner

Philadelphia Jewish Link 11/27/2019 2019 Defender of Israel Honoree Jeffrey A. Barrack As anti-Israel sentiment continues to increase and anti-Semitism becomes more and more widespread, there is a dire need to dispel the myths about these two issues that are so critical to the Jewish community through education and countering the falsities that are propagated […]