StandWithUs Stands With Hillel in Rejecting Political Litmus Tests on Jewish Identity
(Los Angeles, CA — May 12, 2026) — StandWithUs stands with Hillel International against the hateful “Drop Hillel” campaign. We stand against this transparent attempt to isolate, discriminate against, and pressure Jewish students to deny part of their own identity. We commend the administration at The New School in New York, which promptly rejected the student senate’s disgraceful vote to suspend funding and collaboration with Hillel. We call on all university administrations to do the same. Hillel chapters across the country […]
StandWithUs Urges Administration to Take Action re University-Sponsored Keffiyehs at Commencement
StandWithUs sent a letter to University of California Law San Francisco leadership expressing concern over the student government’s use of university resources to promote the distribution of keffiyehs at the school’s commencement ceremony. The letter raises concerns about campus neutrality, the use of mandatory student funds for divisive political advocacy, and the potential impact on […]
StandWithUs and NAVI Welcome Federal Title VI Investigation Into New York City’s Department of Education
(New York, NY — April, 2026) — StandWithUs and North American Values Institute (NAVI) welcome the U.S. Department of Education announcement that it has initiated an investigation of New York City Department of Education (“NYC DOE”) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in response to multiple allegations that NYC DOE’s Jewish and Israeli […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Law Files Amicus Brief Defending Religious Freedom in Federal Case Involving Violent Synagogue Disruption
StandWithUs Saidoff Law, together with First Liberty Institute, filed an amicus curiae brief in United States v. Party for Socialism and Liberation New Jersey et al., on April 6, 2026, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The case arose from the targeted disruption of a synagogue event at Congregation Ohr Torah in West […]
ADL, Brandeis Center, Mayer Brown, and StandWithUs Welcome Concord-Carlisle Regional School District’s Settlement to Address Antisemitism
Following civil rights complaint, federal resolution mandates reforms to how district addresses antisemitism (Concord, Massachusetts – April 20, 2026) — ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and a pro bono team at the law firm Mayer Brown welcome the April 15 resolution agreement between the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District and the U.S. Department of Justice requiring the district […]
CCSF union president violated policies in antisemitic rant, investigation finds
Nanette Asimov | San Fransisco Chronicle | March 31, 2026 A union president at City College of San Francisco who was recorded calling a Jewish instructor a “colonizer” and mocking her last name in an expletive-laden rant at a trustees meeting last spring violated campus policies against harassment and discrimination, an independent investigator hired by the school […]
Brandeis Center, StandWithUs Saidoff Law Precedent-Setting Ruling Affirms Targeting Jews as “Colonizers” Can Constitute Illegal Harassment
Independent City College of San Francisco Investigation Confirms Identity-Based Discrimination, Setting Key Precedent for Campus Anti-Semitism Cases (Washington, D.C.– March 31, 2026) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and StandWithUs Saidoff Law on March 31 announced a significant victory for Jewish faculty and students after City College of San Francisco (CCSF) concluded that a […]
web-staging.standwithus.commends Department of Justice for Indictments in Brutal Pittsburgh Antisemitic Assault
(PITTSBURGH, PA — March 30, 2026) — StandWithUs, an international nonpartisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, welcomes the federal grand jury indictment on March 30 of six individuals in connection with a violent, targeted antisemitic attack in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh in September 2024. The indictment names Muhammed Koc, Omar Alshmari, Abraham […]
StandWithUs Strongly Condemns CA Bill Backed by Groups With Records of Hate
(March 2026 — Los Angeles, California) — StandWithUs strongly condemns Assembly Bill 2159 (AB 2159), introduced by CA Assemblymember Robert Garcia. This bill would gut key provisions from AB 715, California’s landmark law aimed at fighting antisemitism in K-12 schools. Assemblymember Garcia “worked closely” with the California Faculty Association (CFA), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) California, the Arab Resource & […]
Four Plead Guilty in 2024 Assault of Pro-Israel Attendees at North Carolina Library Event
Peter Reitzes | The Algemeiner | March 13, 2026 In 2024, two Jewish residents and an 80-year-old senior citizen were beaten and dragged out of a public event in North Carolina which celebrated Hamas and was organized by an anarchist bookfair. Now, almost two years later, four people have pleaded guilty in relation to those attacks at the West […]
Columbia University Settles Lawsuit Over ‘Egregious, Pervasive and Ongoing Antisemitism’
By Debra Rubin | Jewish Link | March 12, 2026 Columbia University has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit brought on behalf of Jewish and Israeli students, which includes laying out what constitutes antisemitism and steps to prevent it from occurring. The case was brought against Columbia and Barnard College two years ago by […]
Four Convicted in Assault at Asheville, NC Library Event Targeting Jewish Attendees
(Los Angeles, CA — March 2026) — StandWithUs Saidoff Law expressed appreciation for the convictions of four individuals responsible for assaulting attendees during an incident targeting Jewish individuals at the West Asheville Library in Asheville, North Carolina on March 10, 2026. StandWithUs Saidoff Law worked with the courageous and resilient victims for nearly two years to achieve this outcome. […]
StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Announces Settlement of Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Columbia University
StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Announces Settlement of Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Columbia University LOS ANGELES — The StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) announced that a settlement has been reached in the federal lawsuit Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. et al. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al. (S.D.N.Y. 1:24-cv-01306-VSB-SN). SCLJ […]
StandWithUs files amicus brief in lawsuit seeking the return of artwork to Holocaust survivor’s family
On Monday, March 2, 2026 StandWithUs, along with the Monuments Men and Women Foundation, Jamie Kastner, Laura Baron Kastner, and the Dr. David Milch Foundation, filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in a lawsuit seeking to return artwork taken by the Nazis during the Holocaust […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Law Testifies Before U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Carly Gammill, Director of Legal Policy & Litigation for StandWithUs Saidoff Law, testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on a panel titled, Antisemitism on America’s College and University Campuses: Current Conditions and the Federal Response. She clarified that Zionism is not a political idea but refers to the connection between the Jewish people and their […]
Over 60% of US Jewish educators reportedly experience antisemitism in workplace — including from teachers unions
By David Spector | New York Post | January 24, 2026 An overwhelming majority of Jewish educators in the US say they have seen first-hand — or even experienced — antisemitism in their respective schools, a new alarming study found. The survey of 584 teachers in K-12 public schools and non-Jewish private schools across the […]
UC San Fran Champions Dangerous Anti-Palestinian Racism Study
By Alexandra Fishman, Dean McKay | Real Clear Education | December 7, 2025 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has threatened its institutional credibility by backing a dangerous study on anti-Palestinian racism that seems to flout the most basic tenets of academic research. This comes as the university is still under a hiring freeze as […]
Scholars question University of California ‘anti-Palestinian racism’ study
By Ana Hathaway | The College Fix | February 3, 2026 A study suggesting high rates of “anti-Palestinian racism” against healthcare workers is drawing concerns for its design – particularly since many respondents were neither Palestinian, nor worked in healthcare. However, the author of the study did not directly address the criticism raised, one of his critics told The […]
