Bama student stands tall — but not alone — for Israel

Southern Jewish Life September 21, 2020 Richard Friedman  Rebecca Gilbert stands tall. For Israel. Against antisemitism. Engaging others. But the 21-year-old University of Alabama senior does not stand alone. That is because she is part of a U.S.-based organization, StandWithUs. The organization has developed a network of student leaders, including Rebecca, on college campuses throughout […]

StandWithUs Letter to New York Medical Board re Dr Walid Khass

September 17, 2020 New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct Riverview Center 150 Broadway, Suite 355 Albany, New York 12204-2719 Re: Investigation and Disciplinary Action Against Walid Khass, MD Dear Esteemed Members of the New York State Health Department’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct and Members of the New York State […]

StandWithUs Midwest Stands with Chicago’s Hardest Hit Communities

(August 21, 2020, Chicago) — On August, 21, 2020 StandWithUs continued its friendship drive in support of New Beginnings Church/Project HOOD’s 3rd food relief drive in Chicago’s Woodlawn/Englewood neighborhood. StandWithUs supporters and the Shur Pack Company donated over 1,400 pound of fresh produce, PPE supplies, and school supplies. Amid the pandemic, the violence and destruction […]

Florida City Adopts Resolution Calling on FSU to Remove Student Senate President

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler July 17, 2020 The city commission for the Miami-Dade County city Aventura adopted a resolution on July 16 urging Florida State University (FSU) to remove Student Senate President Ahmad Daraldik from his position. The resolution highlights Daraldik’s social media post using the words “stupid jew” and a website apparently belonging to […]

Truck bearing pro-Israel messages blocked during Day of Rage rally

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona JUL 08, 2020 Pro-Palestinian protesters surround a truck carrying pro-Israel messages at a Day of Rage rally in Miami. Protesters attempted to block a truck that carried digital pro-Israel messages during a pro-Palestinian Day of Rage rally in Miami. The Israel education organization StandWithUs, in cooperation with the Iranian […]

Pro-Palestinians, pro-Israelis hold opposing demonstrations

San Diego Jewish World July 1, 2020 By Donald H. Harrison StandWithUs billboard truck in front of the Star of India on San Diego’s Embarcadero In contrast to the outreach program of the House of Israel, sometimes anti-Israel propaganda needs to be countered in real time.  Various pro-Palestinian groups, anticipating that Israel would move to […]

Anti-Semitic, anti-Israel groups to hold ‘Day of Rage’ rallies in US, worldwide

Jewish News Syndicate July 1, 2020 BY JACKSON RICHMAN In expectation of negative and perhaps even violent reactions to Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, the Jewish organization StandWithUs will be using truck ads with relevant messages to the issue. Credit: Courtesy. (July 1, 2020 / JNS) Anti-Semitic and anti-Israel […]

StandWithUs And IAJF Counter Anti-Israel Hate Groups With Truck Ads and Video

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 StandWithUs And IAJF Counter Anti-Israel Hate Groups With Truck Ads and Video (Los Angeles, CA — July 1, 2020) — StandWithUs (SWU), in cooperation with the Iranian American Jewish Federation (IAJF) are using truck ads to fight back against vicious anti-Israel and antisemitic hate groups holding rallies and “caravans” […]

StandWithUs Midwest Baby Food Friendship Drive

(Chicago, IL — June 12, 2020) — Many areas in Chicago have been devastated by the economic hardships of the pandemic and then by the destruction of neighborhood stores. Two of the hardest hit areas are Bronzeville and Woodlawn on the South Side of Chicago. They are also the most vulnerable communities in the Chicago area. […]

Antisemitism in San Diego May, 2020

StandWithUs is discouraged to hear of recent antisemitism in San Diego. An individual who  wore a mask with a swastika on the front  was seen in several stores. This occurred shortly after media reports of an incident involving a  man wearing a KKK hood as facial covering  in a San Diego grocery store. These longtime symbols of hatred and bigotry […]

Saidoff Legal Department and Center for Combating Antisemitism letter to New York Attorney General

March 25, 2020 VIA EMAIL : Letitia.james@ag.ny.gov The Honorable Letitia James Attorney General of New York Office of the Attorney General The Capitol Albany, New York 12224-0341 Dear Attorney General James, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit […]

SWU Calls on New York AG to Investigate Antisemitism

March 25, 2020. As we recently noted , we are seeing numerous instances of people wrongly blaming minorities – primarily Jews and Chinese people – for COVID-19. StandWithUs is deeply troubled by one of the latest such reported instances, in which an Orthodox Jewish man in New York appears to have been turned away at […]

LINK program bringing dynamic Israel education to South Jersey schools

Jewish Community Voice REA BOCHNER March 11, 2020 The proliferation of anti-Israel messages in the media and on college campuses is not news. Nor is the rising opposition to Israel here and abroad. What is surprising, however, is the number of Jewish youth with anti-Israel sentiments. “I’ve met bright young Jewish kids, even in our […]

Hollywood Girl Raises Support for Israel Through Bat Mitzvah Project

Sun Sentinel March 5, 2020 By Sergio Carmona Hadar Setton has taken her StandWithUs booth throughout South Florida. (Courtesy) For her bat mitzvah project, Hadar Setton of Hollywood wanted to do something of goodwill for Israel. The project has involved Hadar, 11, volunteering for StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization. Through this project, she has […]

For the 3,500 Teens at the Annual BBYO Convention, the World Needs Their Help

Jewish News Syndicate February 25, 2020 BY JAMES RUSSELL The Israeli delegation leads attendees in singing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, at BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Feburary 2020. Photo by Jason Dixson Photography. Global economies, issues and relationships are crucial, but climate change, emphasized participants and youth organizers, “is the issue of the time.” […]

Amid chaos, UC Berkeley student government delays vote against terrorist display

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACKSON RICHMAN February 5, 2020 “Jewish students were repeatedly harassed, heckled and threatened with physical threats of violence … Jewish students should never feel threatened and should NEVER fear for their safety while on campus,” posted campus group Tikvah: Students for Israel, on Facebook. Students with UC Berkeley’s “Bears for Israel” […]

Pro-Israel groups urge University of Michigan to cancel SJP conference featuring ‘vicious’ anti-Semi

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Sean Savage and Jackson Richman January 21, 2020 Several pro-Israel groups are urging the University of Michigan to cancel an upcoming conference at the school that is featuring anti-Israel groups and speakers that “have a long record of vicious anti-Semitism,” according to Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs. The event, titled […]

StandWithUs to Hold its Philadelphia Fourth Annual Defenders of Israel Gala Dinner

Philadelphia Jewish Link 11/27/2019 2019 Defender of Israel Honoree Jeffrey A. Barrack As anti-Israel sentiment continues to increase and anti-Semitism becomes more and more widespread, there is a dire need to dispel the myths about these two issues that are so critical to the Jewish community through education and countering the falsities that are propagated […]