Webinar Recording: How Jewish Affairs Caucuses Are Organizing for Change in Our Schools

A conversation hosted by the StandWithUs K-12 Fairness Center with caucus leaders from California and Colorado on organizing Jewish educators within teachers unions, building statewide coalitions, and advocating for Jewish students and staff in K–12 schools. https://vimeo.com/1196079069?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

StandWithUs Stands With Hillel in Rejecting Political Litmus Tests on Jewish Identity

(Los Angeles, CA — May 12, 2026) — StandWithUs stands with Hillel International against the hateful “Drop Hillel” campaign. We stand against this transparent attempt to isolate, discriminate against, and pressure Jewish students to deny part of their own identity.   We commend the administration at The New School in New York, which promptly rejected the student senate’s disgraceful vote to suspend funding and collaboration with Hillel. We call on all university administrations to do the same. Hillel chapters across the country […]

StandWithUs Canada Expands with New Legal Department Led by Anita Bromberg 

TORONTO, ON (May 12, 2026) – StandWithUs Canada is excited to announce the launch of its new Legal Department, led by Director Anita Bromberg. Bromberg will serve as the organization’s Legal Director, providing in-house expertise on student-related issues while helping to assess, respond to, and address incidents of antisemitism and discrimination in educational settings.  In this role, she will lead the development of a dedicated legal department […]

StandWithUs Urges Administration to Take Action re University-Sponsored Keffiyehs at Commencement

StandWithUs sent a letter to University of California Law San Francisco leadership expressing concern over the student government’s use of university resources to promote the distribution of keffiyehs at the school’s commencement ceremony. The letter raises concerns about campus neutrality, the use of mandatory student funds for divisive political advocacy, and the potential impact on […]

Celebrating 25 Years of StandWithUs

It’s hard to believe that StandWithUs is celebrating 25 years this month! StandWithUs began in Los Angeles on May 21, 2001, a quarter of a century ago during the Second Intifada, a horrific terrorist war against the people of Israel. While suicide bombers massacred Israeli civilians on buses and in cafes and nightclubs, global antisemitism also […]

OP-ED: UBC needs a wake-up call | The Jewish Independent

Avigail Feldman | The Jewish Independent | May 8, 2026 I am graduating and, somehow, my school, the University of British Columbia, feels more isolating than ever. This campus prides itself on the ideas of critical thinking and open dialogue. But, right now, it feels like neither is being practised. Instead, I see a culture […]

Before Resilience Comes Pride

Michael Gencher | Ejewishphilanthropy | May 1, 2026 We hear a great deal today about resilience. Jewish resilience. Student resilience. Communal resilience. It is one of those words that turns up in speeches, panels, strategy papers and school conversations because the pressure on Jewish young people is real and growing. But I think we are […]

StandWithUs Applauds Defeat of AB 2159, Continues the Fight Against K-12 Antisemitism

(May 4, 2026 — Los Angeles, California) — StandWithUs celebrates the defeat of California Assembly Bill 2159 (AB 2159). The bill was introduced by Assemblymember Robert Garcia, “working closely” with multiple groups that have promoted or enabled extremism and hate. AB 2159 is officially dead after missing a key legislative deadline. It would have gutted key provisions […]

StandWithUs Statement on Attack of a Nun in Jerusalem

StandWithUs is deeply disturbed by the shocking, shameful assault on a Catholic nun by a man in Jerusalem. This kind of behavior should never be tolerated under any circumstances. It stands in complete contradiction to the values of the State of Israel and to the character of Jerusalem as a city sacred to multiple faiths. […]

Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest Marks the State of Israel’s 78th Anniversary of Independence

Los Angeles — April 30, 2026 — Tonight, the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest hosted its annual celebration of the State of Israel’s anniversary of independence. This year, “Israel at 78th” brought together elected officials, diplomats, dignitaries, and community leaders, organizations and members to highlight the State’s 78 years of achievement and […]

StandWithUs UK Responds to Escalating Terror Threat Against Jewish Community

StandWithUs UK expresses deep alarm following a series of terror-related incidents targeting Jewish individuals, institutions, and Israeli-linked sites across the country, culminating in the UK government raising the terror threat level to its second highest designation. We are now at a critical stage, a point of transition from rhetoric that has been intensifying on British […]

StandWithUs and NAVI Welcome Federal Title VI Investigation Into New York City’s Department of Education

(New York, NY — April, 2026) — StandWithUs and North American Values Institute (NAVI) welcome the U.S. Department of Education announcement that it has initiated an investigation of New York City Department of Education (“NYC DOE”) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in response to multiple allegations that  NYC DOE’s Jewish and Israeli […]

StandWithUs Saidoff Law Files Amicus Brief Defending Religious Freedom in Federal Case Involving Violent Synagogue Disruption 

StandWithUs Saidoff Law, together with First Liberty Institute, filed an amicus curiae brief in United States v. Party for Socialism and Liberation New Jersey et al., on April 6, 2026, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The case arose from the targeted disruption of a synagogue event at Congregation Ohr Torah in West […]

Israel Celebrates Yom HaZikaron, Viral Post Confirms Celebration Centres On Honouring 30,961 Lives Lost to War and Terror

Yom HaZikaron honours Israel’s war and terror victims, with a viral post clarifying the day’s true meaning of reflection. Marty Vergel Baes | Internation Business Times | April 21, 2026 Israel has once again entered a period of deep national reflection as Yom HaZikaron, the country’s official Memorial Day, is observed across cities, towns, and […]

Former IDF medic and Miss Israel Noa Cochva Speaks Out After Seattle Riot

Talk Radio 570 KVI | April 22, 2026 A Jewish event in downtown Seattle featuring former IDF medic and Miss Israel Noa Cochva drew terror-supporting activists who blocked and assaulted attendees outside the venue, resulting in three arrests. Cochva spoke at the event, hosted by StandWithUs Northwest, despite attempts by the radicals to disrupt the […]

3 people arrested after protest disrupts pro-Israel event in Seattle

Michelle Esteban | Komo News | Mon, April 20, 2026 SEATTLE — A private fundraising event for a Jewish advocacy group in Seattle was disrupted Sunday evening when protesters gathered outside the venue, blocked entrances, and shouted at attendees, according to organizers and police. StandWithUs Northwest Executive Director Randy Kessler said demonstrators yelled insults and profanity […]

Zionism wins big in Vegas

Pat Johnson | Jewish Independent What happens in Las Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. That was the defiant message from Roz Rothstein, the chief executive officer and co-founder of StandWithUs, as she welcomed about 1,000 Jewish and pro-Israel high school and college students, alumni, activists and assorted allies to the organization’s conference in the Nevada […]

Israel welcomes Senate antisemitism report, but groups point out gaps | Toronto Sun

Bryan Passifiume | Toronto Sun | April 24, 2026 OTTAWA — Israel’s ambassador to Canada says his country welcomes this week’s release of a Senate report on Canada’s antisemitism crisis, but some groups say the report doesn’t go deep enough. Ambassador Iddo Moed said Israel praised the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights’ report, Heightened Antisemitism in […]