The New York Times Must Show It’s Sorry, Not Just Say It

The Algemeiner Carly Gammill May 2, 2019 The New York Times‘ international edition recently published a blatantly antisemitic cartoon, depicting a blind President Trump being led by a dog with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wearing a Star of David collar. Following public outcry denouncing the bigoted and racist nature of this […]

You Should Know… Nathan Altshuler

Baltimore Jewish Times Susan Ingram May 2, 2019 Nathan Altshuler gets around. Born in Brooklyn, the 27-year-old grew up in North Miami Beach, Florida, where he got partially through high school when his parents moved to Baltimore for his father’s job. Once here, he finished up his last two years of high school at Ner […]

The Poway Synagogue Shooting is Dividing the Jewish Community of San Diego

Vice News Dexter Thomas & Ani Ucar May 1, 2019 SAN DIEGO — Last Saturday, a 19-year-old white supremacist walked into the Chabad of Poway synagogue and started shooting. On Monday, Laurie Gilbert-Kaye was laid to rest, as her family and an entire community looked on. In some ways, this attack has inspired members of […]

Letter to Michigan

May 2, 2019 VIA EMAIL: presoff@umich.edu , umregents@umich.edu Dr. Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D. President University of Michigan 2074 Fleming Administration Building 503 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340 The Regents of the University of Michigan 500 South State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Dear President Schlissel and Honorable Members of University of Michigan Board […]

Full Senate embraces anti-Semitism bill

Florida Politics Scott Powers 4/29/2019 The Florida Legislature stands united behind measures to address anti-Semitism in Florida’s schools, colleges and universities. The Florida Senate unanimously approved a bill Monday requiring schools to recognize anti-Semitism as a form of discrimination, and to treat anti-Semitic speech and acts as they would racist speech and acts. In addition, […]

South Floridians react to bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in state’s schools

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona 4/26/2019 South Floridians, including Holocaust educators and leaders of Jewish and Israel advocacy organizations, are reacting to the passage of Florida House Bill 741 that would prohibit anti-Semitism in the state’s public schools and universities. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Randy Fine (R-Palm Bay), was recently approved in […]

UC-Berkeley Jewish orgs. condemn ‘Zionist tears,’ other remarks amid student gov showdown

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 4/26/2019 Jewish groups at the University of California-Berkeley are condemning statements like “f*ck Zionists” and the claim that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) teaches American police to murder black people. The statements were reportedly used by multiple students during a student government meeting. The Associated Students of the University of California […]

Senator Paul Boyer led the Arizona Legislature in passage of anti-boycott legislation

(Phoenix, AZ — April 10, 2019) Senator Paul Boyer led the Arizona Legislature in passage of anti-boycott legislation.  The bill (SB1167), which passed both houses with a significant bipartisan majority, clarifies Arizona’s original anti-boycott law by removing its application to sole proprietorships and individual consumer conduct. The bill, which Governor Doug Ducey has promised to sign, updates the […]

Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover

The Algemeiner JNS.org/Jewish News Syndicate Deborah Fineblum 4/10/2019 “There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said, “There’s no place like home … for Passover.” It’s no contest. Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), which begins this year at sundown on […]

StandWithUs Southeast hosts Leaders of Tomorrow gala March 9, 2019

Sun Sentinel / Florida Jewish Journal Sergio Carmona March 28, 2019 Tom Tracy Photo StandWithUs Southeast’s recent third annual Leaders of Tomorrow gala drew approximately 300 people. StandWithUs, founded in 2001, is an organization that’s dedicated to educating people of all ages and faiths about Israel and combating anti-Semitism. Its Boca Raton-based Southeast regional office […]

StandWithUs/Southeast Celebrates Its Third “Leaders of Tomorrow” Gala on March 9, 2019

Photo Credit: Tom Tracy Photo Approximately 300 people were greeted by a tapestry of color – flowers, linens and martini’s – as they entered the Hi-Ridge County Club in Lantana, Florida for StandWithUs/Southeast’s (SWU/SE) third annual “Leaders of Tomorrow” gala held on March 9, 2019. SWU/SE Executive Director Sara Gold Rafel greeted her guests and […]

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 […]

Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Oren Peleg March 13, 2019 “I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can ever be of myself.” Jewish and non-Jewish lay leaders, activists, young professionals, academics […]

Seeing Israel changed mind of Hispanic opponent

San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison 26 February 2019 Sebastian Parra SAN DIEGO – Although Sebastian Parra grew up in Cali, Colombia, with the words of Genesis 12:3 intoned frequently at his Protestant church, anti-Israel propagandists in the United States knew just how to destroy his faith in God’s declaration to Abram, that “I will […]

Israeli Technion Will Make a Stop in Los Angeles for 2019 Tour

Jewish Journal ERIN BEN-MOCHE 2/15/2019 From Left: Tamar Rott Shaham and Dmitry (Dima) Glinets. Photos provided by Miller Ink. Israeli Technion will once again visit Los Angeles as part of its yearly U.S. tour to spread awareness of Israel’s latest technological advances and start up culture. For more than 25 years, students have traveled to […]

University of Michigan, Dearborn Administration to Review Policies After Pressure by StandWithUs

by Rachel Frommer Mock parking tickets on the windshields of cars in a University of Michigan at Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) lot last month — which accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and other crimes – were placed there by two people in “Muslim garb,” a witness told The Algemeiner on Wednesday. UM-Dearborn student Amanda Gosline said that […]

PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS COMBAT ACLU’S SUIT ON ARIZONA’S ANTI-BDS LAW

The law, passed in March 2016, directly forbids Arizona government agencies from engaging contractors who participate in boycotts of Israeli goods or services. BY DANIEL J. ROTH FEBRUARY 9, 2018 BDS. (photo credit: WIKIPEDIA) NEW YORK – A pro-Israel organization on has filed documents with a US court seeking to uphold an anti-BDS law in […]