Iran, War, and Antisemitism: What San Diegans Need to Know
Why the War in Iran Is a Threat to All of Us Every day, we are bombarded with headlines escalating tensions in the Middle East: “Iran War Rages On”…“Rockets Rain Down Across Gulf States”…“Another Explosion in Israel”… And although it may seem like a world away, the effects of the ongoing war hit close to […]
StandWithUs Los Angeles Commemorates Yom Hashoah
The StandWithUs Holocaust Education Center (HEC) was honored to feature two remarkable Holocaust survivors at its Yom HaShoah commemoration events in Los Angeles. Susanne Reyto spoke to the Tzofim/Israeli Scouts of LA about her experience growing up in Hungary during the Holocaust, recounting the harrowing circumstances she faced and paying tribute to the remarkable individuals whose bravery saved her life. She talked […]
Summer Lee faces sharp criticism from Pittsburgh Democrats for appearing with Hasan Piker
By Salena Zito | Washington Examiner | April 8, 2026 PITTSBURGH — Rep. Summer Lee’s (D-PA) decision to campaign alongside Hasan Piker in Michigan has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats across her congressional district. State Rep. Dan Frankel, a Pittsburgh Democrat and a former colleague in the state House, was among those critical. Frankel, a longtime Pittsburgh […]
Antisemitism in San Diego: What You Can Do
Antisemitism in San Diego: How It Shows Up, and What the Antisemitism Task Force at StandWithUs is Doing About It Antisemitism doesn’t always announce itself loudly. Sometimes, it’s a swastika etched into a public space. Sometimes, it’s a conspiracy theory shared in a classroom. Or sometimes, it’s a comment, headline, or social media post that […]
StandWithUs Condemns Rep. Summer Lee’s Decision to Campaign Alongside Hasan Piker, a Streamer Widely Condemned for Antisemitic Rhetoric
(Pittsburgh, PA – April 10, 2026)— Pennsylvania Representative Summer Lee (PA-12) made the troubling decision to campaign alongside controversial online personality Hasan Piker at the University of Michigan and Michigan State on April 7 in support of Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. This decision drew significant criticism and concern across the political spectrum due to Piker’s […]
Tackling Qatari Influence in Texas by the Horns
By Jordan Cope | The Cannon Online | April 6, 2026 As an undergraduate at the University of Texas, I was tasked with investigating the funding sources of Hamas, the terrorist group that murdered 1,200 people, including 46 Americans, on Oct. 7, 2023. A truth became apparent: Qatar was not only one of Hamas’s biggest […]
How ‘progressive’ K-12 education promotes bigotry in California
By Mitch Siegler and David Smokler | New York Post | April 2, 2026 Jewish students and educators in K-12 schools across the country are experiencing a surge of antisemitism, often in proudly “progressive” communities. In those environments, antisemitism is often perceived as a solely right-wing phenomenon that conjures up images of Groyper bros hoisting tiki torches and chanting “Jews will […]
What We Carry Forward: From Poland to Passover
Deborah Peretz | Times of Israel | March 30, 2026 There were two ways to go. One path looked clearer, less muddy, and more manageable. Of course, I chose that one. And yet, after a while, it didn’t seem to matter. There was mud everywhere, and eventually, I succumbed to it. Perhaps that is the […]
Egypt was not the last time: Seeing the Iranian struggle in the Passover story
At her Persian-Jewish seder table, Chloe Levian reflects on her family’s escape from Iran and why Exodus still feels painfully present. By Chloe Levian | Unpacked | April 10, 2026 Every year, my extended Persian-Jewish family gathers around beautiful, intricate Passover seder tables. Let’s be real: we can’t all fit at one table. Piles of Saran-wrapped […]
CCSF union president violated policies in antisemitic rant, investigation finds
Nanette Asimov | San Fransisco Chronicle | March 31, 2026 A union president at City College of San Francisco who was recorded calling a Jewish instructor a “colonizer” and mocking her last name in an expletive-laden rant at a trustees meeting last spring violated campus policies against harassment and discrimination, an independent investigator hired by the school […]
Campus Strategy Operations Manager
Brandeis Center, StandWithUs Saidoff Law Precedent-Setting Ruling Affirms Targeting Jews as “Colonizers” Can Constitute Illegal Harassment
Independent City College of San Francisco Investigation Confirms Identity-Based Discrimination, Setting Key Precedent for Campus Anti-Semitism Cases (Washington, D.C.– March 31, 2026) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and StandWithUs Saidoff Law on March 31 announced a significant victory for Jewish faculty and students after City College of San Francisco (CCSF) concluded that a […]
StandWithUs Commends Department of Justice for Indictments in Brutal Pittsburgh Antisemitic Assault
(PITTSBURGH, PA — March 30, 2026) — StandWithUs, an international nonpartisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, welcomes the federal grand jury indictment on March 30 of six individuals in connection with a violent, targeted antisemitic attack in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh in September 2024. The indictment names Muhammed Koc, Omar Alshmari, Abraham […]
Campus Regional Manager, Midwest
When Conflict Abroad Fuels Hate at Home
When Conflict Abroad Fuels Hate at Home: What San Diegans Need to Know San Diegans know that we live in a global city, filled with different influences, cultures and worldviews. Our communities are rich and diverse, which means that most of us, in some way, are connected to somewhere else. That’s mostly a good thing, […]
In near unanimous vote, San Diego City Council passes IHRA resolution
Sara Brown, of the AJC, told JNS that “today we saw the very best of the democratic process.” Aaron Bandler | JNS | March 18, 2026 The San Diego City Council voted 8-1 on Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of Jew-hatred. The vote came after […]
New England High School Regional Manager
Antisemitism Task Force Helps Drive IHRA Adoption in San Diego
After nearly a year of sustained advocacy, the San Diego Antisemitism Task Force at StandWithUs played a leading role in advancing the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism by the San Diego City Council. Through months of meetings with council members, strategic coordination, and community mobilization, the Task Force […]
