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 […]

San Diego Jewish World Honors Community Leaders From the ‘Outside’ and ‘Inside’

August 2, 2022 San Diego Jewish World By Donald H. Harrison (Left to right) San Diego Jewish World Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Jewish World’s new owner and Editor Jacob Kamaras, and StandWithUs co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein at the publication’s first annual event on Sunday, July 31, in La Jolla. Credit: Ben […]

StandWithUs Commends Arizona for Landmark Antisemitism Legislation

( PHOENIX, AZ — April 19, 2022) — StandWithUs commends the state of Arizona for overwhelmingly passing (by a 49-4 vote) important legislation to help confront antisemitic crimes and discrimination. By passing HB 2675 on April 19, 2022 , Arizona now joins the ranks of Florida, Iowa, South Carolina, and Tennessee in codifying the International […]

STANDWITHUS COMMENDS COLORADO FOR TAKING ACTION AGAINST UNILEVER’S BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

(Los Angeles, CA) — On March 18, 2022, Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) voted unanimously to put Unilever on notice regarding its boycott of Israel. In doing so, PERA declared that it would begin divesting its 42 million dollars of investments in Unilever if the latter refused to reverse its boycott within 180 days. […]

San Diego school board modifies resolution calling for ‘unbiased’ materials on Israel

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACOB KAMARAS San Diego Board of Education. Source: Screenshot/Google Maps. (October 27, 2021 / JNS) The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved, though modified, a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that would have also supported “unbiased and politically neutral” classroom materials pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the […]

StandWithUs San Diego Condemns Antisemitism and Misinformation During Panel Hosted by SDCDP

Photo Credit: shutterstock.com (San Diego, CA – October 7, 2021) — StandWithUs San Diego strongly condemns antisemitic conspiracy theories and demonization of Israel during a recent panel hosted by the San Diego County Democratic Party (SDCDP) Central Committee. One panelist falsely accused Israel of being complicit in the horrific murder of George Floyd, simply because […]

San Diego Community Colleges Address Union Resolution Condemning Israel, Offer ‘Sincere Thoughts’

The Algemeiner by Dion J. Pierre September 23, 2021 Skyline of San Diego, California. Photo Credit: shutterstock.com The head of the San Diego Community College District responded on Wednesday to a controversial anti-Israel measure recently passed by its representative union, expressing “sincere thoughts to those who were offended by the resolution.” The resolution , which […]

San Diego Community College Teacher’s Union Approves Anti-Israel Resolution

The Times of San Diego reported that the resolution condemned “the forced removal of Palestinian residents in West Jerusalem, the bombing of civilian areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, and the continued human rights violations committed by the Israeli government during its 73-year occupation of this land.” Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler September 13, 2021 The […]

Union for San Diego Community College Teachers OKs Resolution Condemning Israel

Times of San Diego Chris Jennewein September 11, 2021 Photo: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com The American Federation of Teachers local representing community college teachers and staff in San Diego County has approved a resolution condemning Israel and questioning the Jewish state’s right to exist. The resolution criticizes Israel for “its 73-year occupation of this land” and […]

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 […]