Holocaust survivor recalls miracle of Israel’s founding

South Florida Sun Sentinel Genia Kutner 4/1/2019 During the war I was lucky to survive with my parents and brother; another died from pneumonia. He was 2 years old. I was 11. My brother was 13. When the Nazi’s neared our town – Pinsk in Poland – in 1941, we fled towards Russia. We were […]

University of California, Santa Barbara student government rejects Israel divestment again

Jewish Telegraphic Agency Marcy Oster April 11, 2019 (JTA) — The student government at the University of California, Santa Barbara rejected an Israel divestment resolution. Santa Barbara is the only school in the University of California system whose student government has not passed a divestment proposal targeting Israel, according to the student newspaper, the Daily […]

Divestment Vote Fails at UCSB

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 11, 2019 The vote on UC Santa Barbara divesting from companies that conduct business with Israel failed by a margin of 14-10 at 5 a.m. on April 11. The Daily Nexus reports that the Associated Students Senate meeting, which began at 6:30 p.m. on April 10, lasted around 10 and […]

Unlike other UC university branches, Santa Barbara rejects anti-Israel resolution

Jewish National Syndicate / JNS.org Jackson Richman April 11, 2019 (April 11, 2019 / JNS) After more than nine hours of debate, students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, rejected a resolution early Thursday morning that, had it passed, would have followed other student governments in the University of California system that already passed […]

BREAKING: Anti-Israel motion at UCSB fails, again

The College Fix Daniel Payne April 11, 2019 BDS provisions have failed repeatedly at the school in recent years The student government at the University of California, Santa Barbara failed to pass an anti-Israel resolution there this week, marking yet another failed attempt to formally endorse the boycott, divestment and sanction movement. Read the full […]

StandWithUs Congratulates Cornell Students for Defeating Discriminatory Divestment Resolution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2019 StandWithUs Congratulates Cornell Students for Defeating Discriminatory Divestment Resolution ( Ithaca, New York, 4/11/19 ) — StandWithUs congratulates students at Cornell University for defeating a discriminatory divestment resolution. The Student Assembly at Cornell University rejected the legislation with a vote of 14 in favor, 15 against, and 1 abstaining. […]

UC Santa Barbara Students Defeat a Discriminatory Divestment Resolution

(Santa Barbara, CA, April 11, 2019) — StandWithUs congratulates students at UC Santa Barbara for defeating a discriminatory divestment resolution. The Associated Students of UC Santa Barbara (ASUCSB) rejected the legislation with a vote of 10 in favor, 14 against, and 0 abstaining. “We are incredibly proud of the students at UC Santa Barbara who […]

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 […]

Roundup Of New Haggadahs Hitting The Shelves This Year

Times of Israel Steve Lipman 4/9/2019 Many Haggadahs seek to fulfill the imperative of making the seder participant feel that he or she is experiencing the exodus from the biblical land of slavery on the journey to the Bible’s Promised Land. The StandWithUs Passover Haggadah: “From Ancient Egypt to Modern Israel,” published by the Los […]

Jewish, pro-Israel groups react positively to US designation of IRGC as terrorist group

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 4/9/2019 Firing a Zelzal 3 in the Great Prophet VI military exercise by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on June 26, 2011. Credit: Mohammad Sadegh Heydari via Wikimedia Commons. Prominent Jewish and pro-Israel organizations reacted positively to the Trump administration announcing on Monday that the United States will officially designate […]

ADL, Other Jewish Groups Applaud Airbnb for Changing Its Policy

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 4/9/2019 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other Jewish groups applauded Airbnb for announcing on April 9 that it would be rescinding its policy of de-listing Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria. As first reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Airbnb’s reversal came as part of a settlement with Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center, […]

Israeli Cornell Student Told to ‘Quit Complaining’ by Pro-Palestinian Campus Group

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 4/10/19 A pro-Palestinian group at Cornell University mocked an Israeli student whose home was struck by a rocket from the Gaza Strip by telling her in a Facebook comment to “quit complaining about how it ruined your brunch plans.” The student, Shir Kidron, wrote in an April 7 op-ed for the […]

Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover

The Algemeiner JNS.org/Jewish News Syndicate Deborah Fineblum 4/10/2019 “There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said, “There’s no place like home … for Passover.” It’s no contest. Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), which begins this year at sundown on […]

Letter to Emory President Claire Sterk

April 9, 2019 VIA EMAIL : csterk@emory.edu Claire E. Sterk, PhD President, Emory University 408 Administration Building 201 Dowman Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Dear President Sterk, We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit, Israel education organization, in regard to the anti-Semitic mock eviction notices (notices) recently posted on doors in residential halls […]

Airbnb reverses decision over blacklisting Jewish properties in Judea and Samaria

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 4/9/2019 The online hospitality service Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it has reversed its November decision to blacklist about 200 Jewish-owned properties in Judea and Samaria and has settled all lawsuits. “Under the settlement terms, Airbnb will not move forward with implementing the removal of listings in the West Bank […]

Airbnb Succumbed To Pressure-Reversed discriminatory policy on de-listing Jewish properties 4-9-2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Airbnb Succumbed To Pressure Reversed it’s discriminatory policy on de-listing Jewish properties in West Bank We applaud the individuals who spoke out against this policy, including the 8,000 people who wrote emails of opposition via the StandWithUs Action Center, and the plaintiffs who filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the policy. We […]

Israel’s Democracy Deserves Your Respect

The Times of Israel Michael Dickson Dear World, This week an amazing thing will happen in the Middle East. Keep that in mind, because your local media may not represent it that way. Millions of citizens, men and women, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race or religion, will head to the polls. Totally free, democratic elections, […]

Brown Divest referendum ‘deeply harmful’

Jewish Rhode Island Jessica Raviv April 4, 2019 Unfortunately, on March 21, 2019, Brown University students voted to support a discriminatory divestment referendum against Israel. As a proud member of Brown Students for Israel (BSI) and a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, I stood with my community against this deeply harmful campaign. Introduced by Brown Divest, the […]