StandWithUs Requests from UC Chancellors Proof of Compliance with UC Policy
On September 23, 2024, StandWithUs sent a letter to all ten UC Chancellors, requesting proof that they indeed have fulfilled their obligation to review and update existing campus policies regarding campus protests, encampments, and concealing identity. UC President Drake issued this directive to all UC campuses over the summer. Since sending StandWithUs’ letter, UC Davis […]
StandWithUs Sends Letter to Board Game Convention Offering Advice in the Face of Antisemitic Boycotters
The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department wrote to the organizers of Big Bad Con, a board game convention scheduled for October 2024 in California, (1) commending the organizers’ decision to remove exclusionary, antisemitic language from the description of a panel at their convention and (2) cautioning them against capitulating to the demands of boycotters trying to […]
StandWithUs Urges Action in Washington State, Bellevue School District, for Ignoring Antisemitism in Violation of District Policy and State Law
In April 2024, StandWithUs contacted the Bellevue School District in Washington State about increasingly antisemitic incidents at their schools and the District’s ongoing failure to remedy the hostile environment, particularly after October 7. Although the District promptly opened an official investigation and hired an independent investigator to look into the allegations of antisemitism, the District failed to […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking to Hold UNRWA Accountable for October 7 Terrorism
StandWithUs filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York on September 20, 2024, along with the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, in support of a lawsuit recently filed against UNRWA by Israelis alleging UNRWA’s aiding and abetting the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. StandWithUs’ amicus brief argues UNRWA is not entitled […]
StandWithUs Sends Letter to The New School Seeking Administrative Action Regarding Antisemitism
On September 23, StandWithUs sent a letter to administrators at The New School (1) addressing a departmental newsletter replete with biased anti-Israel information as well as attacks against Jewish identity and (2) asking the administration to investigate and take appropriate action. Read the letter below. To navigate, simply use the arrows to flip through pages, and […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking to Hold UNRWA Accountable for October 7 Terrorism
The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York on September 27, 2024 along with the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, The Endowment for the Middle East Truth, the National Jewish Advocacy Center, Inc., and Temple Beth El of Boca Raton, in support of a lawsuit recently filed against […]
StandWithUs Will Open October 7th Memorial Exhibition To Run from September 24 Through October 30 at its Katz Education Center in Jerusalem
The exhibition will feature acclaimed Israeli graffiti artist Benzi Brofman’s portraits of victims of Oct. 7th including hostages still in Hamas captivity. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of October 7th, renowned graffiti artist Benzi Brofman and the international Israel education organization StandWithUs are collaborating on a special memorial art exhibition called “Faces of October 7th.” […]
StandWithUs Announces New Criminal Justice Division within the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department
(LOS ANGELES, CA) — On September 18, 2024 , StandWithUs announced a new criminal justice division within its StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, a division of StandWithUs, which supports Israel and fights antisemitism through legal action. After a decade of being a leader in the legal fight against antisemitism in the US by handling thousands […]
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 […]
SUNY Purchase Leaders Violated Students’ Rights and Rewarded Jew-Hating Rhetoric; They Must Be Held Accountable
By Esti Heller | The Algemeiner | September 11, 2024 When I first met Milagros “Milly” Peña — the president of SUNY (State University of New York) Purchase College — it was in the wake of two incidents involving Jewish safety on campus, both prior to October 7. In the first incident, a vandalized Israeli […]
‘The irony of becoming what you once hated’: Milwaukee mural intertwines Star of David with swastika
There’s outrage from group working to combat antisemitism By Kristin Pierce | WISN | September 12, 2024 Screenshot The outside of a building on the corner of Holton and Locust streets used to display a mural of Breonna Taylor. Taylor was a 26-year-old Black woman shot and killed by Louisville Metro police in 2020. The […]
Education Is Power
By Julianne Katz | Jewish Link | August 29, 2024 StandWithUs students in Los Angeles StandWithUs is an international, nonpartisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism. It was co-founded by Roz Rothstein (CEO), Jerry Rothstein (COO) and Esther Renzer (president) in 2001 during the Second Intifada. Since then, the organization has spread to […]
StandWithUs Salutes the City of Miami Beach for Anti-BDS Ordinance
Miami Beach, Florida – September 11, 2024 StandWithUs congratulates Commissioner David Suarez and the City of Miami Beach Council for unanimously passing an ordinance that will bar the city from contracting with parties engaged in boycotts against Israel. The ordinance follows a resolution , which—passed by the council in May 2024 —mandates that recipients of […]
UMich student government criticized by pro-Israel org for withholding student funds in divestment demand, calls it a ‘gross abuse of power’
By Michael Duke | Campus Reform | September 5, 2024 A pro-Israel organization criticized the University of Michigan’s student government for withholding funds from student organizations until the school divests from Israel. Alifa Chowdhury, the student body president, froze funding for student groups over the summer after vetoing the proposed budget of $800,000 until the […]
Suspending arms export licenses to Israel marks a profoundly misguided turning point
3 September 2024 The decision to suspend arms export licenses to Israel by the UK government marks a profoundly misguided turning point in history. Eighty-four years ago, Churchill urgently appealed for U.S. arms to fight the Nazi Axis, insisting that Britain should not be left to fight on its own. Today, as Israel stands […]
Pittsburgh Organizers Stopped an Effort to Boycott Israel; But It Was Far Too Close
By Julie Paris | The Algemeiner | August 22, 2024 The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known for many things: bridges, steel, sports teams, and sadly, the Tree of Life Synagogue building shooting, where the worst massacre of Jews in US history took place on October 27, 2018. After the Tree of Life attack, we […]
StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief at the U.S. Supreme Court Advocating for Employees’ First Amendment Rights Not To Be Represented by Antisemitic Union
City University of New York (“CUNY”) professors learned that CUNY’s union issued an antisemitic resolution after October 7. Though six of the professors are no longer union members, under New York law, they are forced to still accept the union’s representation. The professors’ lawsuit seeks to vindicate their First Amendment rights so that they will not be […]
Press Release: StandWithUs Files Title VI Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against SUNY Purchase for Egregious Antisemitic Targeting by Student Government, Enabled by Administration
Los Angeles, CA – The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, a division of StandWithUs, along with a current student and a recent graduate, filed a federal Title VI complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on August 20, 2024. The complaint alleges that Purchase College, State University of New York (“SUNY Purchase” […]
