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 […]

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 […]