2024 Campus Champions Gala

Nearly 400 people united at the 2024 Campus Champions Gala to celebrate strength, resilience, and our unwavering commitment to fight antisemitism and support Israel. We came together as a community of advocates and allies, reaffirming our mission to protect our people, educate against hatred, and secure a safe future for Jewish communities. A special thank […]

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 […]

SUNY Purchase President Steps Down Amid Backlash Over Handling of Anti-Israel Protests, Campus Antisemitism

By Dion J Pierre | The Algemeiner | September 12, 2024 State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase president Milagros Peña will leave office at the end of this academic year, ending a four-year tenure that was derailed by pro-Hamas demonstrations on the campus. According to  The Journal News , Peña announced her “retirement” in […]

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 […]

Jewish groups implore DOJ to use ‘KKK laws’ to prosecute hostile campus entities

By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | July 18, 2024 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Two legal groups that combat antisemitism sent a letter to the Department of Justice imploring the agency to implement KKK laws to prosecute anti-Israel groups at Columbia University for coordinating to foster a hostile environment for Jewish students, which violates their […]

Anti-Jewish Racism Promoted On Campuses, StandWithUs UK Statement

3 May 2024 StandWithUs UK are appalled by the level of vicious anti-Jewish racism being promoted by anti-Israel tent “encampments” on a growing number of university campuses, most notably from today’s protest at UCL. These encampments are the latest in a years-long onslaught of antisemitic and anti-Israel activity at universities across the country. We have now heard chants that ‘resistance is justified’ and ‘the State […]

These are not easy times on campus, but StandWithUs salutes the response by Washington University Chancellor, Andrew D. Martin

Dear Washington University community, Saturday was a dark, sad day for WashU. A large group of individuals came to campus intending to disrupt, do harm, and interfere with educational activities and campus life.  When the group began to set up an encampment, which is in clear violation of our explicitly stated policies, we asked them […]

My Family Fled Anti-Jewish Persecution; Now I See It on My College Campus

By Carly Klinger | The Algemeiner | April 16, 2024 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock When I was a child, being Jewish was cool. Hanukkah had eight nights, instead of one day for Christmas. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were days I was able to skip school. Friends would tell me, “I wish I was Jewish.” […]

Anti-Jewish Racism Promoted On Campuses StandWithUs Statement

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock StandWithUs staff, students and lay leaders around the world are appalled by the level of vicious anti-Jewish racism being promoted by anti-Israel tent “encampments” on a growing number of college campuses.     These encampments are the latest in a years-long onslaught of antisemitic and anti-Israel activity at universities across the country. […]

StandWithUs Requests Status Update into UC Santa Barbara’s Investigation into Campus Antisemitic Discrimination

StandWithUs wrote to UCSB on April 10, 2024, to follow up on a February 28, 2024 letter  to UCSB. StandWithUs wrote to ensure that the administration is protecting its Jewish students and ensuring equal enforcement of university policies, as well as complying with all applicable state and federal laws including hate crime reporting requirements. Specifically, StandWithUs […]

StandWithUs Urges Universities Nationwide to Adopt Best Practices for Anti-Israel Protests on Campus

University administrators have tried to justify their refusal to enforce existing university policies to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, discrimination, and physical assault during campus protests based on a misapplication of First Amendment principles. In the letter below, StandWithUs wrote to universities to review recommendations recently published  by Columbia University’s Task Force on Antisemitism […]

Letter to UC Regents

February 26, 2024 Via email: regentsoffice@ucop.edu   Office of the Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Regents 1111 Franklin St.,12th floor Oakland, CA 94607 Dear UC Regents, We write to you from StandWithUs, an international, nonprofit organization with the mission of educating about Israel and combating antisemitism, joined by attorneys at the California-based law […]

Rising Antisemitism on Campus Demands a Strong Legal Offense

By Carly F. Gammill | Algemeiner | February 7, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock ‘StandWithUs’, partnering with the Zachor Legal Institute and the National Jewish Advocacy Center, has written to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights asking OCR to issue guidance on addressing the issue of antisemitism “in a manner that protects Jewish students […]

Jewish Advocacy Groups Ask US Office of Civil Rights to Guide Universities on Dealing with Campus Antisemitism

By Hana Levi Julian | Jewish Press | January 31, 2024 Photo Credit: Pixabay ‘Stand With Us’, partnering with the Zachor Legal Institute and the National Jewish Advocacy Center, has written to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights asking OCR to issue guidance on addressing the issue of antisemitism “in a manner that […]

StandWithUs pens letter to OSU, issues Jan. 26 deadline to respond to campus antisemitism

By Becky Raspe | Cleveland Jewish News | January 16, 2024 | Updated January 18, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock StandWithUs, an international and non-partisan pro-Israel education organization, sent a letter to The Ohio State University’s leadership on Jan. 15 , questioning the Columbus-based university’s response to the Israel-Hamas war and the rising antisemitism both on […]

Pro-Israel Organization Sends Legal Letter to Lehigh About Antisemitism on Campus

By: Jarrad Saffren | Philadelphia Jewish Exponent | January 17, 2024 StandWithUs, a pro-Israel nonprofit that works to combat antisemitism on campus, and Alums for Campus Fairness, which has a similar mission, sent a legal letter to Lehigh University outlining incidents of antisemitism on campus since Oct. 7. “The purpose of this letter is twofold: […]

StandWithUs pens letter to OSU on campus antisemitism, war response

By: Becky Raspe | Columbus Jewish News | January 16, 2024 StandWithUs, an international and non-partisan pro-Israel education organization, sent a letter to The Ohio State University’s leadership on Jan. 15 , questioning the Columbus-based university’s response to the Israel-Hamas war and the rising antisemitism both on campus and across the country. The letter – […]

StandWithUs’s Yael Lerman provides legal resources on college campuses

By: Linda Chase | South Florida Sun Sentinel | January 2, 2024 Yael Lerman is the director of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, providing legal resources to students, professors and community activists confronting antisemitic and anti-Israel activity. During our conversation Yael explained how the Israel/Hamas war has affected StandWithUs’s mission and goals. “The escalation of […]