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, […]
UC Berkeley Chancellor Tells Congressional Committee he is Committing to Fighting Jew hatred at the School
Then he praises anti-semitic Berkeley Professor as a ‘fine scholar’ By Evan Gahr | California Globe | July 17, 2025 Facing multiple lawsuits and discrimination complaints over rampant campus anti-Semitism, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons told a congressional committee that he is committing to fighting Jew hatred at the school. Then he […]
Valerie Rutenburg
Jennifer Adut
Jewish Group Gathering To Protest Antisemitism In Educational Settings
KXL | July 2, 2025 For the local Jewish population in Portland, there’s an avenue to making voices heard. StandWithUs, a nonpartisan group that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, is holding a rally across from the Oregon Convention Center as the National Education Association assembly hosts its annual conference in Portland. David Smokler, the rally […]
‘Vital role’ for lawyers in fighting Jew-hatred, StandWithUs says
“When there is a legal remedy, lawyers can play a vital role in ensuring that there is a strong response from our Jewish community to antisemitic activity,” Deedee Bitran told JNS. Jewish News Syndicate | May 9, 2025 Even attorneys with tight schedules can help fight Jew-hatred by pitching in as little as an hour […]
Randy Kessler
General Interest Application
Court Denies Antisemitic Harassment Order, Affirming Free Speech in Online Advocacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 SEATTLE, WA – On April 10, 2025, a Washington State King County Superior court denied a civil protection order sought against Ari Hoffman, a local media personality and community advocate, ruling that his actions were constitutionally protected free speech. The case stemmed from a series of events in late […]
Trump’s DOE investigates Seattle-area school district for ‘enabling rampant antisemitism’
The Lake Washington School District, which is located near Seattle, has been accused of fostering a hostile environment for its Jewish students since the 2023 Hamas terror attacks. Katie Daviscourt and Ari Hoffman | The Post Millennial | March 19, 2025 The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched an investigation into […]
Federal government investigates Lake Washington School District for allegedly allowing anti-semitism
Washington’s second-largest district faces a federal investigation for allegedly allowing a hostile learning environment for Jewish students. Maddie White | King 5 | March 20, 2025 SEATTLE — The second-largest school district in the state, Lake Washington School District, is under federal investigation over claims it is not preventing anti-Semitism. Title VI of the Civil […]
StandWithUs Title VI Complaint Against Lake Washington School District Prompts Investigation by Department of Education
(Seattle, WA — March 19, 2025) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened for investigation a federal Title VI complaint filed by StandWithUs Saidoff Legal against the Lake Washington School District (LWSD), which the complaint alleges has ignored and enabled rampant antisemitism. LWSD is located in King County, Washington, […]
Shachar-Lee Yaakobovitz
2024 Northwest Impact Report
As we look to 2025, we anticipate even more challenges for Israel and the Jewish people. Although the work ahead is daunting, we are confident in our ability to meet these challenges. StandWithUs Northwest has recently launched several new committees to help expand and deepen our work. The Legal Action Committee is comprised of a […]
US Jewish Groups Condemn Anti-Zionist Resolutions Considered by American Federation of Teachers
By Dion J. Pierre | Algemeiner | July 16, 2024 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock A coalition of US Jewish groups on Monday denounced the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest educators’ unions in the country, for including anti-Israel resolutions in the agenda of its upcoming annual convention. The resolutions, seven in total, […]
Seattle Public Schools ‘reviewing’ teacher comments about murder of Israeli women
By Jeremy Harris | KOMO News | April 6, 2024 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Officials with Seattle Public Schools (SPS) are reviewing comments made by a teacher at Chief Sealth High School that appeared to justify the murder of Israeli victims during the October 7 attack on communities near the border with Gaza. The teacher, […]
StandWithUs Calls on Seattle Elementary School to Investigate Lesson Glorifying Anti-Israel Protests
Lesson included video of children chanting “from the river to the sea” By Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | February 16, 2024 StandWithUs announced on Wednesday that they have sent a letter to a school district north of Seattle to investigate a lesson for second graders that glorified anti-Israel protests. The letter, dated Jan. 17, […]
StandWithUs Seeks Administrative Action to Address Antisemitic “Lesson” at Washington Elementary School
(Seattle Washington – February 14, 2024) – The StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA) sent a letter on January 17 to a Washington State school principal and district superintendent expressing concern about a discriminatory anti-Israel lesson taught to second graders at the Syre Elementary School in Shoreline, Washington. Under the guise of a social studies […]
