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 […]
StandWithUs Conference 2026
https://standwithus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SWU-Vegas-Sign-2025-Final.mp4 About Speakers FAQ Tickets Join StandWithUs for our Biggest Conference Yet! When lies and hate become deadly, education has the power to save lives. How will you educate yourself and the people around you? It’s time to get educated—and get inspired. StandWithUs in Las Vegas for a multi-generational gathering—bringing together youth, students, young professionals, […]
Layoffs and Harassment: This is What Quiet Antisemitism Looks Like in the U.S.
Assaf Gilad | GLOBES | June 5, 2025 Debra Gasman as a volunteer in the IDF / Photo: Private Public displays of anti-Semitism since October 7, expressed in violence and protests, have become commonplace. • But beneath the surface, Jews in the US are reporting an unprecedented wave of discrimination, exclusion and layoffs – in […]
Robin Silver Katz
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Peggy Shapiro
Chicago Stands with African Victims of Modern Enslavement and Persecution
Yossi Held, executive Director StandWithUs Midwest (far right), City of Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez holding a poster and Simon Deng standing in front of the American flag, are joined by community leaders at the Committee meeting. One week after 70 Christians were beheaded by terrorists in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Chicago City Council […]
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Riv Harel-Lynch
Yossi Held
StandWithUs Midwest Campus Champions 2025
Early Bird Pricing Available Until August 31st 5:30 – 8:00pm Location given upon registration Register Now KEYNOTE SPEAKER Elica Le Bon Elica Le Bon is an attorney, artist, activist, and speaker. She was born and raised in London, UK, and moved to Los Angeles to go to law school. Since then, she has worked foremost […]
Hailey Stern
StandWithUs Urges Northwestern University Trustees to Nullify Unlawful Agreement Giving In to Encampment Agitators
Legal opinion by Kasowitz Law Firm on behalf of StandWithUs claims Northwestern leadership’s actions are unlawful and urges the Board of Trustees to invalidate the agreement that places Northwestern’s values, reputation, standing and endowment in jeopardy. Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2024 – StandWithUs, utilizing the legal counsel of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, sent a legal demand letter to the trustees of […]
Major Jewish Organizations Demand Removal of Northwestern University President and Board Chair Amid Racism Allegations
Call for Accountability Follows Congressional Condemnation of President Schill for “Obstruction” and of Northwestern for “Refusal to Cooperate” in the Investigation (Chicago, IL, May 30, 2024) – Major Jewish organizations have united to demand the immediate removal of Northwestern University President Michael H. Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter J. Barris . This call comes […]
ADL, StandWithUs and Brandeis Center Call for the Resignation of Northwestern University President Michael Schill
(Chicago, Ill., April 30, 2024) – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Midwest, StandWithUs, and The Louis D Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today called for the resignation of Northwestern University President Michael Schill in response to the reprehensible and dangerous agreement reached between President Schill and leaders of the university’s encampment protest: “As the […]
Pro-Israel Chicagoans brave sub-zero weather at rally marking 100 days since Oct. 7
By: Jacob Magid | The Times of Israel | January 14, 2023 CHICAGO, Illinois — Some 200 pro-Israel Chicagoans brave the sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures to attend a rally marking 100 days since some 240 hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught. Israel’s Consul General to the Midwest Yinam Cohen addresses a […]
MICHIGAN REP. THANEDAR ATTACKED FOR REFUSING TO STAND WITH HAMAS
Anti-Israel protesters choose to be loud instead of right. Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) has been under attack by anti-Israel protesters because he refuses to dismiss Hamas’ atrocities against Israeli civilians on October 7, because he calls for the release of Israeli hostages, and because he will not equivocate on Israel’s right to self-defense in light of Hamas’ […]
