Leaving the Timeline Behind: A New Spin on Israel Education
Deborah Peretz / August 15, 2025 Jewish education has long relied on a linear model of teaching history – a timeline that begins with our foundational narratives and moves sequentially toward the present day. This approach offers clarity and order, helping students contextualize events and discern patterns of cause and effect. Many beautifully crafted resources […]
Druze and Christian Minorities in Syria
Context Starting in July, Sunni Islamist extremists, Bedouin militants, and Syrian government forces committed a series of massacres and atrocities against Druze and Christian religious minorities in Sweida, a city in southwest Syria. According to multiple reports, many hundreds of civilians remain kidnapped or missing and too little aid is reaching the region, despite efforts by Israel and others to open […]
Druze Sweida Campaign – Australia
Druze Sweida Campaign – Canada
StandWithUs Condemns the Nazi Flags at Texas High-School
(Heath, Texas — August 18, 2025) — In the early hours of August 16, a Dallas suburb became the latest target of antisemitic hate in the State of Texas. Two Nazi flags were found suspended from the side of the Rockwall-Heath High School. The flags have since been removed by the Heath Police Department, which is currently […]
StandWithUs Statement on Supporting Jewish Students and Faculty at UCLA
At this critical moment, our community’s focus should not be on the size of a penalty, media headlines, or politics. UCLA must ensure that Jewish students and faculty can learn, teach, and participate in campus life without harassment or discrimination. We understand Jewish students are concerned about increased hostility towards them and indifference to antisemitism on […]
Sephora Must Condemn Antisemitic Content and End Partnership with Huda Beauty
Highland Park Becomes First City in Illinois to Pass the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism into Law
(Highland Park, Illinois – August 11, 2025) – In an historic unanimous vote of 7-0 on August 11, the Highland Park City Council passed an ordinance that officially adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of Antisemitism. This landmark legislation positions Highland Park as the first city in Illinois to enshrine this definition through an ordinance rather […]
Rabbi Matthew Weisbaum
How the law — and goodwill — are helping to end antisemitism
By: DeeDee Bitran | NY Post | June 23, 2025 Recent antisemitic attacks in Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C. are a chilling reminder that violent hatred toward Jews is not a relic of the past. These alarming incidents underscore the urgency of confronting antisemitism in the courts to hold wrongdoers accountable. The murders of Yaron […]
NJ Assembly committee approves bill to establish definition of antisemitism
By Deena Yellin | NorthJersey.com | July 25, 2025 A New Jersey Assembly committee voted July 24 in favor of a measure to define antisemitism in the state, following over eight hours of heated debate on the issue. The Assembly State and Local Government Committee unanimously voted to advance the bill in the Assembly, which […]
My identity as a progressive Zionist Jew shouldn’t be at stake
By Jenna Harris, Senior Counsel and K-12 legal specialist for StandWithUs Saidoff Law ejewishphilanthropy.com I have been trying for months to understand a perspective that has gained new prominence among a small but vocal group since Hamas’ brutal massacre in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. According to this group, the centrality of Israel in Jewish […]
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Examining Starvation Allegations in Gaza
A StandWithUs UK Deep Dive In recent days, the media and social networks have been flooded with claims of famine in Gaza. These are serious allegations relating to some of the gravest violations of the laws of war. To avoid spreading disinformation, it’s crucial to understand the facts and not be misled by unverified information. In […]
Stanford leaders show ‘apathy’ after ‘identity-based harassment’ of student, per complaint
A Jewish doctoral candidate who left the university said she experienced “ancient stereotypes with modern progressive language, repackaged through social-justice discourse.” Aaron Bandler | JNS | July 24, 2025 Zahava Feldstein dropped out of a doctoral program at Stanford University due to what she describes as the “apathy” of leaders at the private university in […]
Esther Renzer
StandWithUs Saidoff Files Supplement to Title VI Complaint at Stanford University. Jewish Doctoral Student Withdrew From the Program Due to Rampant Antisemitism
(July 23, 2025 – Palo Alto, CA) – On July 22, 2025, StandWithUs and Co-Complainant Zahava Feldstein, a Jewish graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Education, submitted a filing to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The submission is a supplement to Co-Complainant’s federal Title VI civil rights complaint against Stanford University […]
