StandWithUs Sends Letter to Gaming Convention Decrying Capitulation to Radical Activists
The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department wrote a second time to the organizers of Big Bad Con, a gaming convention scheduled for October 2024 in California, to express disappointment over their capitulation to pressure from radical activists to declare the convention an “anti-Zionist space.” StandWithUs reminded the organizers that exclusionary policies targeting and excluding Zionist Jews […]
Jewish Students at Brown University Celebrate Victory as the Brown Corporation Rejects Divestment Proposal
(Providence, Rhode Island – October 10, 2024) — StandWithUs congratulates the Jewish students at Brown University, including two current StandWithUs Emerson Fellows and one Emerson alum, for their pivotal leadership in opposing the Brown Divest Coalition’s (BDC) anti-Israel BDS proposal. The Brown Corporation’s October 9th decision to reject this harmful proposal is a […]
Jewish students in Toronto challenge anti-Israel hostilities while marking Oct. 7 anniversary | The Canadian Jewish News
Mitchell Consky | The Canadian Jewish News | October 7, 2024 Hope Schrier was initially scared to go to her downtown Toronto campus on Oct. 7, 2024. But she ultimately decided this would be a day to show her strength—if just by showing up. A fourth-year creative industries student at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Schrier […]
Oct. 7 anniversary is ‘an opportunity’ for education and togetherness, say Jewish students across Canada | The Canadian Jewish News
Mitchell Consky | The Canadian Jewish News | October 6, 2024 As the one-year mark of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel approaches, Jewish student organizations are preparing to commemorate victims and hostages while sparking conversations on university campuses. Concerns about security and counter-protests are also in the mix. At least one school is not […]
Colorado Jewish Community Statement on Today’s Attack and Upcoming Anti-Israel Events
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the October 1, 2024 massive bombardment of 180 ballistic missiles fired at Israel by Iran, as well as terror attacks in Tel Aviv and in Jaffa that killed anywhere from six-to-eight people and wounded several others. We stand in solidarity with the Israeli people during this moment […]
Standing United: Thoughts from Jewish Interns at StandWithUs
To Whom It May Concern, On September 1, 2024, we woke to find ourselves grappling with grief and loss once again. With pain mirroring the heartbreak of October 7th, we learned that the lives of six hostages were brutally taken by Hamas, just days before they were found by IDF soldiers . Carmel Gat, Eden […]
Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York
(Boston, MA, September 30, 2024) –. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, on September 30 announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism […]
StandWithUs and 36 Organizations Urge Covington & Burling Law Firm to Withdraw Its Sponsorship of Conference Due to Host’s Celebration of Navi Pillay
(New York, NY) — On September 24, 2024 a coalition of 37 leadership organizations in the American Jewish and legal communities (listed below), called on the law firm of Covington & Burling in a letter to withdraw its sponsorship of the American Branch of the International Law Association’s (ABILA’s) “International Law Weekend” (October 24-26, 2024). This […]
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 […]
