Litigation Counsel & Director of Community Affairs

Standing With All New Yorkers Who Oppose Antisemitism and Extremism

  At a time of rising antisemitism and extremism in the United States and around the world, Zohran Mamdani’s election as Mayor of New York City should serve as a wake up call. Mamdani has promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory falsely blaming Israelis for cases of police brutality in New York, openly supports the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divest […]

StandWithUs Commends Christian Emerson Fellow and SSI President For Standing Up Against Antisemitism

StandWithUs proudly commends Christian Emerson Fellow and Students Supporting Israel (SSI) founder and chapter president Felipe Avila for his courage and leadership in confronting the shocking rise of antisemitism at The Catholic University of America (CUA). Despite the Student Government Association’s (SGA) disappointing decision not to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of […]

Fish Family and Workplace Law Partners Commit $1 Million to Expand StandWithUs Saidoff Law

Los Angeles, CA/Chicago, IL — November 3, 2025) — StandWithUs, an international education organization that supports Israel and combats antisemitism, is proud to announce a transformative $1 million gift from the Fish Family and Workplace Law Partners, P.C. to expand the capacity and impact of StandWithUs Saidoff Law, the legal arm of StandWithUs in its fight against […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic Halloween Float in Pennsylvania, Demands Accountability

(Hanover, Pennsylvania — November 1, 2025)   Statement from StandWithUs Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Julie Paris and Matt Lebovic, Director of the StandWithUs Holocaust Education Center:  StandWithUs is profoundly disturbed by the egregious display of antisemitic hate that occurred on a Halloween parade float entered by St. Joseph Catholic School in Hanover, Pennsylvania on October 31. The […]

Catholic U. of America Removes Israeli Flags from Students’ Oct. 7 Memorial

Micaiah Bilger | The College Fix | October 13, 2025   The Catholic University of America removed a display of Israeli flags last week that students set up in memory of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel. A campus spokesperson told The College Fix that the display was approved “mistakenly,” and it violated […]

OPINION: The River, the Sea, and a Long-Overdue Dose of Honesty

‘From the River to the Sea’ is racist. Has our government finally taken control of this tsunami of hate? Isaac Zarfati  |  Jewish News  |  October 22, 2025   One of the longest-running farces has been settled. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has concluded, without caveat, that the ubiquitous “From the River to the Sea, Palestine […]

StandWithUs files amicus brief in Title VI lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania

On Wednesday, October 22, StandWithUs, along with the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) and with the support of the Deborah Project, filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a lawsuit seeking to hold the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”) accountable for failing to respond appropriately after October 7, […]

A Journey to Healing

7:00pm Adath Israel Register Now A Journey to Healing: A Concert of Resilience and Hope Join us for an inspiring evening of music and storytelling with Joshua Washington, aka JoDavi. The musical performance will be followed by a moderated conversation with Joshua. Register Now About JOSHUA WASHINGTON Joshua is also the Director of the Institute […]

What JVP Gets Wrong About Israel, Hamas and the Gaza War

This misleading messaging is not fact-based and inverts reality. Many people, including our children, encounter these claims regularly, and we owe them facts and context. Julie Paris | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle | October 1, 2025  On Saturday evening I encountered activists from Jewish Voice for Peace next to the Squirrel Hill Night Market. They were engaging […]

First-Ever “Pride For Israel” Conference in Los Angeles for LGBTQ+ Community to be Held November 9

HOSTAGE EMILY DAMARI TOGETHER WITH INFLUENCERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL SPEAK AT THE ALL-DAY EVENT TO RECLAIM UNITY AND DIVERSITY (Los Angeles, CA — October 12, 2025) StandWithUs (SWU), in partnership with A Wider Bridge, the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles (JFED), the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Los Angeles, and the Israeli-American Council (IAC) is proud to […]

StandWithUs Statement on “Week of Rage” and October 7, 2025 Campus Protests

Los Angeles, CA  |  October 7, 2025 StandWithUs is unsurprised but outraged by the escalation of anti-Israel and antisemitic activity taking place on college campuses the week of October 7, 2025. These events, promoted by extremists like National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), exploit the second anniversary of Hamas’s brutal October 7th Massacre to fuel […]

StandWithUs aim to train student leaders to educate their schools and communities about Israel

Shana Goldberg | Intermountain Jewish News | October 4, 2025 Five college students are Emerson Campus Fellows, active at DU, CU Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, CSU and Colorado College. Three are Kenneth Leventhal High School Interns at Cherry Creek, South and Denver Jewish Day School. Both programs are supported by professional staff. For the […]

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Community Unites as StandWithUs Honors Truth in Journalism and Student Advocacy

The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle received the Lion of Truth in Journalism Award; local students Miriam Levari and Harrison Romero honored Julie Paris , SWU Mid-Atlanitc regional director (right) with the Chronicle staff, from left: Jim Busis, Amy Weiss, Toby Tabachnick and David Rullo (Adam Reinherz not pictured) (Photo by Christina Montemurro Photography) The Pittsburgh Jewish […]

BDS Resolution Defeated by University of Connecticut Student Senate

(Mansfield, Connecticut — September 18, 2025) StandWithUs congratulates Jewish students at the University of Connecticut (UConn) for their pivotal leadership in convincing Senators on the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) to reject Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) referendum questions against Israel on its election ballot.  The students convinced the Senators that the questions violated bylaws of […]

University of Connecticut Student Senate Votes Down anti-Israel Divestment Referendum

“We dodged protests erupting on campus, urging students to vote a certain way,” Joel Harris, a UConn student senator, told JNS. (Aaron Bandler — JNS) A proposed referendum on whether the University of Connecticut should divest from companies that conduct business with Israel failed in the student senate on Wednesday night. The referendum would have […]