StandWithUs Sends Letters to UCSC and NYU Regarding ICSZ Conference

(Los Angeles, CA — September 1, 2023) — On September 1st, the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the Center for Combating Antisemitism sent letters to administrators at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and New York University (NYU) expressing concern about the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism’s (ICSZ) upcoming conference, “Battling the […]

Letter to NYU from StandWithUs regarding October 2023 ICSZ conference on IHRA definition

Letter to UCSC from StandWithUs regarding October 2023 ICSZ conference on IHRA definition

Suspect Wanted for Hate Crimes

By: San Diego County Crime Stoppers | Aug 23, 2023 UP TO $3500 REWARD San Diego County Crime Stoppers and investigators from the San Diego Police Department’s Eastern Division are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the suspect responsible for threatening and assaulting a rabbi in the College area of San Diego. […]

$3,500 Reward Offered for Information about Suspect in Attack on Rabbi Aharon Shapiro

By: Donald H. Harrison | San Diego Jewish World | August 23, 2023 SAN DIEGO –San Diego Crime Stoppers on Wednesday, Aug. 23, offered a reward of up to $1,000 for help in identifying and locating the suspect who threatened and assaulted Orthodox Rabbi Aharon Shapiro on July 24 inside a 7-Eleven store at 5142 […]

Three students named by StandWithUs

By: Washington Jewish Week | November 18, 2022 StandWithUs has named three Washington-area students to participate in its programs. Sophomores Gabrielle Guigui, of George Washington University, and Philip Eigen , of American University, are StandWithUs 2022-23 Emerson Fellows. Senior Esther Berkowitz is the 2022-23 StandWithUs Kenneth Leventhal High School Intern at the Berman Hebrew Academy. […]

StandWithUs Hires Campus and High School Regional Managers and Selects Leventhal HS Interns for 2022

BY: TEXAS JEWISH POST StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-partisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, is pleased to announce the 2022-23 students participating in the Kenneth Leventhal High School Internship from Dallas. They are: Eden Behr, Plano West HS; Eli Raphael, Highland Park HS and Lily Feinstein and Shayna Rubinstein are at Akiba […]

GWU cuts ties with academic group following support for BDS

AIDAN MAYS | THE COLLEGE FIX | AUGUST 11, 2023 MESA’s endorsement of the BDS movement undermines academic freedom by rejecting cooperation based on national origin and support of Israel’s right to exist,’ pro-Israel group says. George Washington University has announced it will no longer partner with the Middle East Studies Association by the end […]

In Brazil, pro-Palestinian protest leads to injury and arrest at pro-Israel speaker’s lecture

BY MARCUS M. GILBAN | JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY | AUGUST 16, 2023 Andre Lajst leads the Brazil chapter of StandWithUs, a Zionist advocacy organization. (Courtesy of StandWithUs Brazil) RIO DE JANEIRO ( JTA ) — Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel […]

Princeton University Course Features Book By Professor Accused of Promoting Blood Libels

By: Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | August 14, 2023 The book in question is the 2017 book “The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability” by Jasbir Puar, who heads Rutgers University’s Gender Studies program. A course at Princeton University reportedly features a book that critics say promotes blood libels. The book in question is […]

The Right Organization At The Right Time

By: Oz Linado | L’chaim Magazine | August 6, 2023 As we know all too well, antisemitism is on the rise, especially in our high schools and colleges. At UCSD, a dorm bathroom was vandalized with a swastika made from fecal matter and the Menorah was vandalized at SDSU Chabad House. What fuels antisemitism? According […]

Antisemitism on College Campuses — and a Call to Action

By: Rena Nasar First | Distinctions Journal SUMMER 2023 — ANTISEMITISM ‘Robust debate’ or Jewish hate? An uproar at George Washington University puts Jewish and Israeli students on the defensive — and their advocate, a Syrian Jew, on offense. In the 2022 Fall semester, Jewish and Israeli graduate students enrolled in the Professional Psychology Program […]

In Israel, Democracy Is Not Just A Dream

By: Roz Rothstein | The Algemeiner | August 2, 2023 Tensions in Israel have risen to alarming levels, with the current Israeli government seeking to decrease the power of the judicial branch and a widespread protest movement rising in opposition. This has extended to the Diaspora as well, with demonstrations in major cities like New […]

UN bodies receive millions from ‘terror charities’

By: Jordan Cope | The Jerusalem Post | July 30, 2023 Over the last year, four United Nations agencies have partnered with and accepted $7 million from the terrorism-affiliated NGO Qatar Charity. UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Gutierres. (photo credit: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters) The United Nations has a terrorism problem. Last month, its Security Council refused to designate […]

StandWithUs IsraelLINK and Jewish Agency for Israel Partner on a Program for Israeli Emissaries

(Los Angeles — August 2, 2023) — IsraelLINK, StandWithUs’ signature middle school curriculum and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) are pleased to announce that they have partnered on a new venture in which the Jewish Agency’s ShinShinim (Israeli Emissaries) will present the IsraelLINK curriculum as part of their year of service. Israeli high school […]

The Political Situation In Israel: What Unites Us in Times of Deep Division?

(Photos: In Jerusalem’s central train station, Israelis heading to protest for judicial reform in Tel Aviv and against judicial reform in Jerusalem, shake hands – Sunday July 23, 2023) In recent months, we have seen tensions in Israel rise to alarming levels. Although the current debate is focused on Israel’s judicial system, it cuts deeper […]

‘Students Are Facing a Real Crisis’: StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein Talks About Fight Antisemitism

By: Combat Antisemitism Movement | July 18, 2023 StandWithUs (SWU) was established in 2001 during the Palestinian terrorist onslaught against Israel known as the Second Intifada. Recognizing the lack of available solid information coupled with the promotion of misinformation, SWU’s founders — including CEO Roz Rothstein, COO Jerry Rothstein, President Esther Renzer, and other community […]

Two Men Sentenced to Two Years Probation Over Sushi Fumi Attack

By Aaron Badler | Jewish Journal | July 13, 2023 The two men, identified as Samer Jayylusi, 37, and Xavier Pabon, 32, had been charged with two counts of felony assault and a hate crime. Armenian-Lebanese Christian Mher Hagopian protected the Jewish friends he was dining with at the Sushi restaurant by fighting the assailants. […]