Letter to San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot
StandWithUs wrote to San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot requesting that she bring charges in the cases of 65 people arrested for unlawful assembly and other crimes at UC San Diego on Monday, May 6, 2024, following the dismantling of the anti-Israel encampment on campus. Read the letter below. To navigate, simply use the arrows […]
Emerson Fellow Student poll: Navigating Jewish and Zionist Identity on Campus
31 October 2024 Written by Ben Weinstein, a StandWithUs UK Emerson Fellow at LSE “Strength and Struggle: Navigating Jewish and Zionist Identity on Campus” As a Jewish and Zionist student on campus, the last year has not been easy. I say this having nothing to compare this last year to as I started university a […]
San Francisco Community Reception 2025
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY RECEPTION 5PM Reception | 6:30PM Program Location given upon registration Hosted by StandWithUs Northern California Register Now Keynote Speaker LUAI AHMED Luai Ahmed is a 31-year old Yemeni journalist and content creator. He was born and raised in the capital of Sanaa, and moved to Sweden when he was 20 years old […]
Pro-Hamas Group Planning Oct. 7 Celebration in New York City
By Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | October 2, 2024 (Screenshot) Within Our Lifetime (WOL), one of the most outspoken anti-Israel organizations in the US, is planning to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel with a mass demonstration in New York City, The Algemeiner […]
Colorado Jewish Community Statement on Today’s Attack and Upcoming Anti-Israel Events
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the October 1, 2024 massive bombardment of 180 ballistic missiles fired at Israel by Iran, as well as terror attacks in Tel Aviv and in Jaffa that killed anywhere from six-to-eight people and wounded several others. We stand in solidarity with the Israeli people during this moment […]
Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York
(Boston, MA, September 30, 2024) –. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, on September 30 announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking to Hold UNRWA Accountable for October 7 Terrorism
StandWithUs filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York on September 20, 2024, along with the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, in support of a lawsuit recently filed against UNRWA by Israelis alleging UNRWA’s aiding and abetting the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. StandWithUs’ amicus brief argues UNRWA is not entitled […]
StandWithUs Salutes the City of Miami Beach for Anti-BDS Ordinance
Miami Beach, Florida – September 11, 2024 StandWithUs congratulates Commissioner David Suarez and the City of Miami Beach Council for unanimously passing an ordinance that will bar the city from contracting with parties engaged in boycotts against Israel. The ordinance follows a resolution , which—passed by the council in May 2024 —mandates that recipients of […]
Pittsburgh Community Reception 2025
Past Event PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY RECEPTION 6PM Reception | 7PM Program Hors d’oeuvres, Wine, and Dessert will be served Location given upon registration Hosted by StandWithUs Mid-Atlantic Thank you for attending! Keynote Speaker LUAI AHMED Luai Ahmed is a 31-year old Yemeni journalist and content creator. He was born and raised in the capital of Sanaa, […]
Pittsburgh Organizers Stopped an Effort to Boycott Israel; But It Was Far Too Close
By Julie Paris | The Algemeiner | August 22, 2024 The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known for many things: bridges, steel, sports teams, and sadly, the Tree of Life Synagogue building shooting, where the worst massacre of Jews in US history took place on October 27, 2018. After the Tree of Life attack, we […]
Pittsburgh Jewish Community Successfully Defeats Illegal and Discriminatory BDS Referendum Item
Community Relations Council Director Laura Cherner (left) stand with attorneys Efrem Grail, Carolyn McGee and Ronald Hicks, StandWithUs Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Julie Paris and Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein (Photo provided by Julie Paris) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) — On August 19, StandWithUs, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, and a coalition of […]
StandWithUs Helps Expose Al Jazeera Journalist’s Ties to Hamas
(Los Angeles, California — August 02, 2024) — On July 31, 2024, Al Jazeera reporter Ismail Al Ghoul was killed in an airstrike west of Gaza City. Many on social media and beyond were quick to glorify him and portray him as an “impartial journalist.” StandWithUs helped correct the record by exposing a video that […]
Pittsburgh Jewish Community Fights Back Against Unlawful BDS Referendum Item
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) — On August 13, the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and a coalition of four local Jewish clergy filed a legal challenge to a petition filed last week seeking to place a question on the upcoming ballot to amend the Pittsburgh City Home Rule Charter. The ballot question asks whether the city should participate in […]
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Focus Groups on Campus Antisemitism Show What a Difference Administrations Can Make
Multiple surveys have reported an alarming increase in hostilities on campus, and this was an opportunity to explore that trend further. Alexandra Fishman, Ph.D. | Jewish Journal | July 31, 2024 At the StandWithUs International Conference, an Israel-focused training conference for StandWithUs high school interns and college fellows, Jewish fellows had the option to sign […]
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, […]
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 […]
Colorado’s Jewish Community call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices
We, the undersigned members of Colorado’s Jewish Community, call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices in its coverage of anti-Israel and antisemitic activity and its oversimplification and overt sympathy toward anti-Israel and racist protesters. We ask that you examine your coverage and commit to including Jewish voices […]
