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 […]

Antisemitic incidents surged globally since Oct. 7 but most aren’t reported. Here’s why

Up to 79% of antisemitic harassment is never divulged, according to experts who weigh in on ‘obstacles’ that deter Jewish victims – especially youth – from speaking out The Times of Israel Matt Lebovic November 21, 2023 John Michael Graves. (Courtesy) NEW YORK — John Michael Graves, 25, was walking out of his Moishe House […]

Language around ‘Day of Resistance and Protest’ leaves Jews fearful

The Seattle Times By Randy Kessler Oct. 18, 2023 On Oct. 12, I witnessed a rally by a student group called SUPER UW (Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights and Return at the University of Washington). Their event , officially titled “A Day of Resistance and Protest for Palestine,” should have been called “A Day […]

Israel at 75: The view from Seattle’s Jewish community

The Seattle Times Maxima Patashnik Sept. 7, 2023 The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is a network of 35 local Jewish organizations and dozens of individual leaders representing diverse perspectives and backgrounds. We convene, educate, and advocate on issues of vital concern based on Jewish values, consensus, and respect […]

Ethnic Studies school administrator argued some Jewish Americans have ‘control of systemic power’

Castro-Gill is now the executive director of the advocacy organization Washington Ethnic Studies Now Fox News By Kendall Tietz December 27, 2022 4:00pm EST Screenshot Fox News Youtube An Ethnic Studies school administrator argued that White, Jewish people benefit from systems of oppression that disenfranchise all people of color, according to communications FOIA’d by Parents […]

StandWithUs Condemns Hayward Unified School District Contract With “Liberated” Ethnic Studies Group

(Hayward, CA — July 27, 2022) — StandWithUs strongly condemns a contract signed by Hayward Unified School District (USD) and the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC). LESMCC and its leadership have a record of promoting antisemitism, anti-Israel narratives, and other forms of bias. The contract was unanimously approved at a Hayward USD Board […]

StandWithUs NW’s Response to Erroneous Information About Nakba Day in “The Stranger”

Note : This was submitted to “The Stranger” in response to this article . They declined to publish it. Every year, Jews around the world observe two of the darkest days in our collective memory: Yom HaShoah – for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and Yom HaZikaron – for the ever-growing list […]

Writing ‘Israel/Palestine’ and calling Zionism ‘colonial’ came at a price for U. of Wash.

Israel National News Dr. Edward C. Halperin | Mar 08, 2022 A donor revoked her philanthropic gift to the University of Washington because a professor libelled Israel: A teaching moment for Higher Education. Opinion Picture: Shutterstock In 2016, Rebecca Benaroya, a Seattle philanthropist, gave $5 million to the University of Washington to create the Jack […]

The fight over biased ethnic studies courses is spreading to public schools nationwide

E Jewish Philanthropy By Ida R. Eblinger Kelley March 9, 2022 In Short In the big picture, our classrooms are increasingly caught in the culture wars between the right and the left. The impact of this on the Jewish community varies from place to place, but in far too many cases we have seen Jewish […]

Donor yanks Israel Studies endowment at U of Washington over professor’s Israel criticism

By Andrew Lapin February 24, 2022 Cherry blossoms on the University of Washington Quad in Seattle, March 14, 2010. (Brewbooks via Creative Commons) UPDATE: The University of Washington says the school remains committed to its Israel Studies program. Please see the latest here. The original story follows. ( JTA ) — The University of Washington […]

StandWithUs taps four students for programs

Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Jewish Review Sep 1, 2021 PHOTOS: Clockwise from top left: High school interns Mazzi Katzen, Suretta Plawner and Ben Rosenfeld, and SWU Northwest high school speaker Aviv Attia. Below right is Rayna Davis, Emerson Fellow at the University of Oregon. StandWithUs has announced its 2021-22 Kenneth Leventhal High School Interns […]

OR students selected for StandWithUs Kenneth Leventhal High School Internship and Emerson Fellowship

Oregon Jewish Life August 31, 2021 StandWithUs has announced the 2021-22 Kenneth Leventhal High School Interns and Emerson Fellows. The Kenneth Leventhal Interns are: Benjamin Rosenfeld, junior from the Catlin Gabel school; Mazzi Katzen, senior, Lakeridge High School and Suretta Plawner, a senior at St. Mary’s Academy. Sophomore Rayna Davis is the Emerson Fellow at […]

SWU Offers Additional Reward To Find Arsonist Of Portland’s Chabad House For Jewish Life

Additional Reward Offered To Find Arsonist Responsible For Fires At The Chabad House For Jewish Life – 10/02/20 StandWithUs, an international non-profit organization whose core mission includes combating antisemitism, in partnership with Mizel Family Foundation, has pledged an additional $5000 reward on top of award money provided by Crime Stoppers (see below). This award is […]

Palestinian human rights activist speaks at Oregon State

KEZI News Tyler Jones March 15, 2019 CORVALLIS, Ore. — A Palestinian rights activist was on the Oregon State Campus to educate people about Palestinian conflicts with Israel and within their own country. Bassem Eid is an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority. He has traveled the world, speaking about his desire for dignity for […]