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 […]
StandWithUs Congratulates NY Gov. Hochul For Signing “HATE CRIME REPORTING ON COLLEGE CAMPUS” Act
(July 11, 2023, New York, NY) — StandWithUs thanks Governor Kathy Hochul for signing the “Hate Crime Reporting on College Campus Act” ( S02060-A/A03694A) into law on July 11. StandWithUs Northeast Executive Director Avi Posnick attended the event, held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. Avi Posnick, Executive Director StandWithUs Northeast (center) Attends […]
StandWithUs Celebrates Ruling Upholding Georgia Anti-BDS Law June, 2023
(Atlanta, Georgia — June 26, 2023) StandWithUs celebrates the unanimous ruling issued on June 22, 2023 by the Eleventh Court of Appeals to uphold Georgia’s anti-BDS law in Abby Martin v. Chancellor for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia . Anti-BDS laws combat national origin discrimination by preventing state agencies from […]
Report links New York City attacks on Jews to activist group Within Our Lifetime
Group activists have committed “some of the most horrific anti-Jewish violence that New York City has seen over the last three years,” said Mitchell Silber of Community Security Initiative. Jewish News Syndicate By SERGIO CARMONA June 16, 2023 In the days before the assault of Joseph Borgen on May 20, 2021, Waseem Awawdeh, who was […]
‘A Significant Deterrent’: US Jewish Groups Praise Conviction of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter
The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre June 16, 2023 5:05 PM Photo: Shutterstock As the perpetrator of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018 was convicted Friday of dozens of federal hate crimes , Jewish organizations across the country expressed on Friday their gratitude for the […]
Lefkovits Honored with Movement Builder Award
Atlanta Jewish Times | COMPILED BY AJT STAFF | June 15, 2023 The 2022-23 UGA StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, won second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. University of Georgia StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Gabriela Lefkovits, has been honored with second place for the Movement Builder Award for Creativity and Impact. […]
Letter to New York Medical Board re Walid Khass
StandWithUs Disappointed with Georgia Senate for Stalling HB 144 AGAINST ANTISEMITISM
(Atlanta, Georgia – March 29, 2023) — On March 29, 2023, the Georgia Senate adjourned, letting HB 144 expire, after multiple attempts in the Senate to halt its progress by offering hostile amendments. HB 144 would have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism into Georgia code and ensure that state […]
Anti-Defamation League report shows New York with most antisemitism incidents in 2022
Hate crimes are on the rise according to troubling evidence released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League. CBS2’s Kristie Keleshian has the details and reaction. CBS New York By Kristie Keleshian, Elijah Westbrook Updated On: March 24, 2023 NEW YORK — Hate crimes are on the rise, according to troubling data released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation […]
Organizations Partner to Launch Billboard Campaign: Together Against Antisemitism
First Billboards are in Two Locations in South Florida March 8 – April 9 (Boca Raton, FL — March 8, 2023) —The Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA), a division of StandWithUs (SWU), along with multiple partner organizations, launched a billboard campaign calling attention to the rise of antisemitism across the U.S. and around the world. […]
StandWithUs Calls on University of Denver to Act After Antisemitic Hate Crimes on Campus
(Denver, CO – February 14, 2023) – StandWithUs is appalled by abhorrent attacks targeting the dorm rooms of three Jewish students at the University of Denver. The incidents, which occurred between February 9 – 12, included pork left on the doorstep and smeared on the dorm room door of one Jewish student and mezuzahs ripped […]
StandWithUs Praises Westchester County for Adopting the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
(Westchester, New York – January 17, 2023) — StandWithUs praises Westchester, New York County Executive George Latimer, who issued an Executive Order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism for County agencies on January 17, 2023. Westchester, New York County Executive George Latimer Avi Posnick, StandWithUs Northeast Director stated, “Adopting the […]
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 […]
Christopher Brown, Matthew Mahrer arrested, accused of making threats against New York synagogues
CBS News By Jenna Deangelis, Jennifer Bisram Updated on: November 19, 2022 / 11:43 pm / CBS New York Courtesy Screenshot CBS News: Roz Rothstein (right) CEO and co-founder, StandWithUs NEW YORK — Two men who allegedly made threats against synagogues in New York City were arrested late Friday night. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue, […]
NYPD: Christopher Brown, Matthew Mahrer arrested, accused of making threats against New York synagog
BY JENNA DEANGELIS, JENNIFER BISRAM | CBS NEWS NEW YORK | NOVEMBER 19, 2022 Two men who allegedly made threats against synagogues in New York City were arrested late Friday night. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue, and 22-year-old Matthew Mahrer, of the Upper West Side, were taken into custody at Penn Station around 11:30 p.m. […]
Nation’s Top Law Firms Fund Anti-Semitic Campus Groups at Berkeley
Pro-Israel groups want to know why these firms are driving Jew hatred by Adam Kredo | The Washington Free Beacon | October 14, 2022 A host of the nation’s premier law firms are financially supporting organizations at Berkeley Law School that are accused of fostering anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, according to a campus watchdog […]
Antisemitic Students Groups at UC Berkeley Law School Are Funded by Major Law Firms
Read the Twitter thread (7) BREAKING: You saw the outrageous news last week that a coalition of @BerkeleyLaw School student groups passed bylaws prohibiting "#Zionist" (i.e.Jewish) speakers at their events. We found that 1/2 the #antisemitic groups are FUNDED BY MAJOR LAW FIRMS, & we have the receipts. 1/7 — StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) October 13, 2022 […]
StandWithUs Condemns Berkeley Law School Student Groups’ New Anti-Zionist Bylaw
One of the campus buildings at the University of California, Berkeley. Photo: Max Pixel/Creative Commons. In August 2022, at UC Berkeley Law School , student groups, led by Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) adopted a bylaw prohibiting invitations to “speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of […]
