Arizona Treasurer Announces Divestment from Ben & Jerry’s

In a September 2 letter to Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Yee wrote that while she appreciated Unilever’s opposition to boycotts of Israel, the fact is that Ben & Jerry’s is in violation of Arizona’s anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) law. Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 9, 2021 Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced in […]

Coalition brings Israeli water technology to Hard Rock community in Navajo Nation

JNS/Jewish News Service July 8, 2021 The Israeli company Watergen has implemented a pilot project, installing a GEN-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas & Market (RRGM) in the Hard Rock community of the Navajo Nation. It was facilitated by store owner Germaine Simonson, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA), StandWithUs, Bright Path Strong (BPS) and 4D […]

Watergen Brings Innovative Water Tech to Navajo Nation, Backed by Jewish & Native American Coalition

Watergen Brings Innovative Water Technology to the Hard Rock Community in Navajo Nation, Backed by a Jewish and Native American Coalition (Hard Rock Chapter, Navajo Nation, AZ – July 7th, 2021) — The Israeli company Watergen has implemented a pilot project, installing a GEN-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas & Market (RRGM), located in […]

CBS 8 San Diego Asks SWU SD To Balance Its Broadcast

(May 16, 2021) — To its credit, CBS 8 – San Diego News reached out to StandWithUs San Diego to balance its story on the Nakba Day protest held on May 15. StandWithUs San Diego was the only organization contacted. We provided a strong statement which aired May 16. Extraordinary move by a responsible news […]

Conflict in Middle East draws support for Palestinians, Israel in separate San Diego rallies

San Diego Union Tribune MORGAN COOK, KAREN PEARLMAN MAY 15, 2021 As a violent military and civil conflict raged over the Gaza Strip this past week, scores of local supporters of Israel and the Palestinian territories held separate rallies in San Diego in solidarity with loved ones and strangers caught in the fray. On Saturday, […]

Jewish group calls on AZ pol to apologize for joining Holocaust denier’s event

Jewish News March 9, 2021 Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons The Jewish watchdog group StandWithUs called on Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to apologize for being the keynote speaker a week ago at the America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, an event organized by white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. “This is […]

StandWithUs Calls on Congressman to Apologize for Speaking at Conference Hosted by White Supremacist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2021) – StandWithUs calls on Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona to apologize for appearing as the keynote speaker at the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), which is led by white supremacist Nick Fuentes. While Rep. Gosar […]

StandWithUs Outraged by Antisemitic Attack on a Rabbi in San Diego

San Diego, CA — October 15, 2020 (Screenshot, ABC 10NEWS) StandWithUs is outraged by yet another senseless antisemitic assault. On October 10th, Rabbi Yonatan Halevy of Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim synagogue in San Diego, and founder of the Jewish outreach group Shiviti in University City, was attacked by an unidentified teen on a bike who also […]

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 […]

Standwithus Program Grows In Arizona

Arizona Jewish Life TROY HILL NOVEMBER 20, 2019 StandWithUs is an international and non-partisan Israel education organization that offers a national high school program that mentors and trains high school students to engage their communities with conversations about Israel. The program has grown in Arizona this year to include three interns, up from one last […]

Our Shtetl San Diego: September 10, 2019

San Diego Jewish World Donald H. Harrison September 10, 2019 San Diego’s New StandWithUs Director Has Roots in the Region Although Yosef Condiotti, the new San Diego regional director of StandWithUs, only arrived in San Diego County last month, he is hardly a stranger to the area nor to some of its Jewish leaders. His […]

Living For San Diego & Pittsburgh: Reflection & Unwavering Action

Times of Israel Justin Feldman 5/6/2019 I am sickened. I am sickened that the progression of violent anti-Semitism worldwide is ignored, legitimized, swept under the rug, even praised. That only when the atrocious murder of Jews in the United States in 2018 and 2019 occurs by white supremacists, do some people challenge for a second […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]