Press Release: 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 Northwestern University (“Northwestern”) […]
Letter to Northwestern University Trustees Urging Them to Nullify Unlawful Agreement
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. View the official letter below. To navigate, simply use the arrows to flip through pages, and utilize the […]
Breaking! North Carolina passes Shalom Act to fight antisemitism
(Raleigh, NC, June 26, 2024) — The North Carolina Senate passed 45-2 the Shalom (Standing Up To Hate And Leading with Our Moral Principles) Act, HB942 on June 26, 2024. The Shalom Act ensures that North Carolina state agencies adopt the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance, IHRA, Definition as a tool for training, educating, recognizing, and combating antisemitic […]
American Jewish Medical Association and StandWithUs Demand Justice after Antisemitic Subway Incident in New York
The American Jewish Medical Association and StandWithUs call on New York City authorities to prosecute suspects who terrorized Jewish passengers on the NYC Subway System on June 10, 2024, and appoint a special prosecutor to address antisemitic hate crimes. The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224 Letitia […]
Jewish Student’s Diploma Withheld Over Run-in With ‘Antisemitic’ Poster
By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | June 13, 2024 EXCLUSIVE — A Jewish student at the University of California , Irvine, is having his diploma withheld over claims he stole or damaged a poster that was part of the school’s anti-Israel encampment . Alex Minn, 33, was delivered a sanction letter demanding that he […]
UC Irvine Jewish Student Gets Big Win as Civil Rights Lawsuit Looms
By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | June 15, 2024 EXCLUSIVE — A University of California , Irvine Jewish student will be allowed to graduate after the school initially withheld his diploma following a run-in with an antisemitic poster on campus. The Washington Examiner reported on Thursday that Alex Minn was punished with a required […]
Santa Monica College Professors Accused of Creating Antisemitic Assignments
Ethnic Studies professor and Art History professor require students to promote notion that Israel is committing genocide Alyssa Erdley | Santa Monica Oberserver | Jun 25, 2024 June 14, 2024 — Santa Monica College has received a legal complaint letter from nonpartisan education organization StandWithUS regarding two class assignments that they call bigoted, harassing, and […]
StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic and Anti-Israel New Business Items Proposed at NEA Representative Assembly
(Philadelphia, PA – June 24, 2024) – StandWithUs strongly condemns multiple antisemitic and anti-Israel New Business Items (NBIs) that have been introduced ahead of the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly. The assembly, which brings together over 6,000 delegates from across the United States will take place in Philadelphia from July 3-7, 2024. “As a […]
A Resolution Of The Board of Regents Of The University of Colorado in Response to Protests That Occurred On June 1, 2024, and June 17, 2024, at The Private Residences of Regents
WHEREAS On June 1, 2024, and June 17, 2024, a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) conducted protests related to its demands that the University of Colorado “divest” from corporations that do business with Israel; WHEREAS The protests occurred in front of the private residences of members of the University of Colorado Board […]
Organizations Fighting Antisemitism Stand In Solidarity With CU Board Of Regents For Condemnation Of Protests At Private Residences
Anti-Israel Protests at CU Regents’ Homes Lead to Swift Action Calling Out Antisemitism (June 20, 2024 – Pueblo, CO) — The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado on June 24, 2024 unanimously passed a resolution condemning the anti-Israel protests that took place at the homes of two Regents — Board Chair Callie Rennison […]
Press Release: Department of Education OCR Resolves SWU’s Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College, CUNY
(June 17, 2024 – New York, NY) – On June 17, 2024, StandWithUs was pleased to learn that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has resolved a Title VI Civil Rights complaint filed in November 2021, along with three students, against Hunter College, a CUNY school. StandWithUs’ complaint alleged a pervasively hostile […]
Coalition of Colorado Organizations Praises Town of Superior for Historic Vote to Condemn Antisemitism
Unanimous Passage of Resolution Denouncing Students for a Democratic Society for Hate Speech, Antisemitism, and Racism in Front of CU Regent’s Home is First-of-Its-Kind in the Nation (Superior, CO – June 11, 2024) — A coalition of Colorado organizations working together to address the rise in antisemitism across the state praised the Town of Superior Board […]
StandWithUs Urges Santa Monica College to Take Action on Professors’ Compelled Speech and Viewpoint Discrimination in Class Assignments
The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department sent a demand letter to Santa Monica College (SMC) after two professors issued mandatory class assignments compelling students to adopt anti-Israel political propaganda as objective truth in order to complete the assignments. StandWithUs asserted that both instances constitute classroom compelled speech and viewpoint discrimination in violation of student First Amendment […]
Canada is no longer the safe haven it promised to Jews – opinion | Jerusalem Post
Over these past few years, antisemitism has been on the rise in Canada, with Jews some of the most likely to be victims of hate crimes. Since October 7, this hatred has come fully to the surface. Noga Shalev | June 5, 2024 | Jerusalem Post We were never supposed to be affected by war. […]
Jewish advocacy groups granted intervener status in the University of Toronto court case to remove encampment | The Canadian Jewish News
Plus the story of a pro-Israel counter-protest being removed. Jonathan Rothman | June 3, 2024 | The Canadian Jewish News A half-dozen Jewish Canadian organizations have been granted intervener status in the court case launched by the University of Toronto to end the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown campus. The court’s decision was announced June […]
Today’s antisemitism could be more dangerous than ever
Despite the grim times, there is room for hesitant optimism. By: Jordan Cope | The Jerusalem Post | May 16, 2024 Every year during the Passover Seder, Jews recite “Vehi Sheamda,” a verse that warns of antisemites who will arise in every generation and seek to destroy them. This April, it hit close to home […]
University president on leave for ‘insubordination’ over deal with anti-Israel protesters
Sonoma State leader ripped for ‘egregious’ deal that would have cut academic ties with Israeli institutions By: Valerie Richardson | The Washington Times | May 16, 2024 The president of Sonoma State University has been placed on leave for “insubordination” after unilaterally striking a deal with pro-Palestinian protesters that included an academic boycott of Israel […]
Rising Antisemitism in K-12 Schools Demands National Attention
By: David Smokler | Algemeiner | May 23, 2024 As I walked through the US Capitol on May 8th — the day of the Congressional hearings on Antisemitism in K-12 schools — I was imbued with a sense of hope. As the Director of K-12 Educator Outreach for StandWithUs — an international, nonpartisan organization dedicated […]
