Jewish Groups Bring 19th-Century Weapon to Legal Fight against Antisemitism at Columbia: The KKK Act

By Zach Kessel | National Review | June 28, 2024 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Since the attack of October 7, Columbia University has been hit with a flurry of lawsuits accusing the school of failing to address the resulting surge in antisemitism, but a new complaint filed last week employs a little-used, 19th-century law to […]

StandWithUs Urges Northwestern University Trustees to Nullify Unlawful Agreement Giving In to Encampment Agitators

Legal opinion by Kasowitz Law Firm on behalf of StandWithUs claims Northwestern leadership’s actions are unlawful and urges the Board of Trustees to invalidate the agreement that places Northwestern’s values, reputation, standing and endowment in jeopardy. Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2024 – StandWithUs, utilizing the legal counsel of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, sent a legal demand letter to the trustees of […]

Deep Concern Over UK Decision to Restore £21 Million Funding to UNRWA

19 July 2024 Following the announcement by Foreign Secretary David Lammy regarding the restoration of £21 million of government funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA ), StandWithUs UK expresses profound concern and disappointment. StandWithUs UK stands firmly against this decision, citing serious allegations and instances where UNRWA […]

Follow up Letter to StandWithUs Title VI in Dallas School District

StandWithUs Alerts Dallas Independent School District to Retaliatory Actions Taken Against Jewish Student Civil Rights Complainants, and Urges the District to Proactively Address Antisemitism Before the New School Year Begins View the official letter below. To navigate, simply use the arrows to flip through pages, and utilize the toolbar for additional options such as fullscreen […]

Press Release: StandWithUs and Zachor Urge U.S. Attorney General to Enforce the “KKK Laws” at Columbia University to Remedy Hostile Environment

Letter to the Department of Justice chief explains that the coordinated actions of five anti-Israel campus groups at Columbia deprived Jewish and Israeli students of their civil rights, which should trigger immediate enforcement of the “KKK Laws,” an investigation, and, if applicable, prosecutions under the law. July 17, 2024 –  StandWithUs  and the Zachor Legal […]

StandWithUs and Zachor Urge U.S. Attorney General to Enforce the “KKK Laws” at Columbia University to Remedy Hostile Environment

Letter to the Department of Justice chief explains that the coordinated actions of five anti-Israel campus groups at Columbia deprived Jewish and Israeli students of their civil rights, which should trigger immediate enforcement of the “KKK Laws,” an investigation, and, if applicable, prosecutions under the law. View the official letter below. To navigate, simply use […]

Reply to FIRE’s Analysis of StandWithUs Letter to Santa Monica College re: Academic Freedom

July 15, 2024    StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department’s Reply to FIRE’s Analysis of StandWithUs Letter to Santa Monica College re: Academic Freedom    On July 9, 2024, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (“FIRE”)  published  an analysis (“FIRE’s Response”) of a  StandWithUs letter  to Santa Monica College (“SMC”) dated June 10, 2024 (the “StandWithUs Letter” or the “Letter”). While some of the positions expressed in FIRE’s Response are correct in […]

University of Windsor must rescind agreement with encampment protestors

WINDSOR, ON, (July 11, 2024) – Allied Voices for Israel (AVI) and StandWithUs Canada are deeply troubled by the recent agreement between the University of Windsor and the Windsor Liberation Zone Team. We call on the university to rescind its agreement, as it will undoubtedly cause further harm to Jewish students and their allies on […]

Press Release: Screening of “Screams Before Silence”

Call to Action: Scooter Braun and Daphna Edwards Ziman Host a Private Screening of “Screams Before Silence” to Unify With Women and Multifaith Organizations to Jointly End the Violence Against Women and Children. In an effort to alert the community on the horrific treatment by Hamas on women, men, and children, a private screening of […]

Pro-Israel education group warns of ‘antisemitism and anti-Israel bias’ in teachers’ union proposals

By Rebekah Riess | CNN | Wednesday July 3, 2024 Several items being proposed at an upcoming education convention in Philadelphia are raising concerns among a pro-Israel advocacy group about potential antisemitism and anti-Israel bias. Delegates of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers’ union in the United States, will meet at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia for […]

Major Teachers’ Union to Vote on Resolution Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’

By Zach Kessel | National Review | July 2, 2024 National Education Association members will vote on several anti-Israel resolutions at the union’s annual “Representative Assembly” in Philadelphia this week, including the adoption of an official position holding that Israel is conducting a “genocide” in Gaza and that opposing the Jewish state’s existence is not […]

StandWithUs urges Northwestern trustees to nullify agreement with anti-Israel encampment protesters

Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs sent a letter to the Northwestern University Board of Trustees asking them to nullify an agreement that administrators made with the anti-Israel encampment “agitators.” Adam Sabes | Campus Reform | July 4, 2024 Screenshot taken from X account of Mark Weyermuller. Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs sent a letter to the Northwestern University Board […]

‘Nine Months in Hamas Hell’: Hundreds rally in Toronto demanding release of Israeli hostages | National Post

‘Usually, when people say nine months, the connotation is very happy. It’s a symbol of life, of being born. I am just shocked that we even reached this mark,’ says Canadian citizen Yasmine Magal, whose cousin Omer Neutra was abducted on October 7 Ari David Blaff | National Post | July 7, 2024 Hundreds of […]

Colorado’s Jewish Community call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices

We, the undersigned members of Colorado’s Jewish Community, call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices in its coverage of anti-Israel and antisemitic activity and its oversimplification and overt sympathy toward anti-Israel and racist protesters. We ask that you examine your coverage and commit to including Jewish voices […]

WE DID IT! StandWithUs Colorado Applauds the Colorado Democratic Party Central Committee for Voting Down Ceasefire Resolution

Denver, CO – StandWithUs Colorado applauds the Colorado Democratic Party (CDP) Central Committee for voting down a misleading ceasefire resolution . The resolution was introduced to the CDP Central Committee and voted on July 1st, 2024. The result of the vote was 40.4% in favor, 55.1 % against, and 4.5% abstained, with over 300 voters […]

Jewish cemetery in Montreal desecrated with stone Nazi swastikas | Jerusalem Post

Hampstead mayor Jeremy Levi condemned the Kehal Israel cemetery memorial park’s vandalism, in which the stones traditionally placed on graves out of respect and to mark a visit were misappropriated.  Michael Starr | Jerusalem Post | July 3, 2024 A Montreal Jewish cemetery was desecrated over the weekend when pebbles on gravestones were rearranged in […]

Injunction Against Anti-Israel Encampment Granted to the University of Toronto

TORONTO, ON (July 2, 2024) – StandWithUs Canada is grateful and relieved that the Ontario Superior of Court of Justice has granted the University of Toronto an injunction against the anti-Israel encampment that has been at King’s College Circle since May 2nd. We were proud to serve as an intervenor in this case, along with other Jewish organizations who […]

University of Toronto is granted an injunction to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment that has been on campus for two months | The Canadian Jewish News

Alex Rose & Lila Sarick | July 2, 2024 | The Canadian Jewish News The University of Toronto has received an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its property. The 98-page decision from Justice Markus Koehnen of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice said that members of the encampment must take down the tents […]