(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.
“Drop Hillel” distorts that reality. The campaign makes false and misleading accusations about Israel, then frames Jewish students and institutions as guilty by association simply because they refuse to erase Israel from Jewish life. It also ignores the facts behind the current conflict, including that Israel is fighting genocidal terrorist groups that hide behind their own civilian populations.
StandWithUs works with Hillel chapters every day to help Jewish and Zionist students thrive, educate their peers, respond to rising antisemitism, and be proud of who they are. We know firsthand how essential Hillel is to Jewish students and universities across the country.
We stand proudly with Hillel in combating this extremist campaign and maintaining Hillel’s Zionist and pro-Israel identity without apology. We urge students, faculty, administrators, and community members of good conscience, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, to stand with their Jewish peers in rejecting political litmus tests placed on Jewish identity.
No one can sever the Jewish connection to Israel. We commend the Jewish students and Hillel professionals who continue to foster Jewish life with courage, clarity, and pride, even as they face campaigns of hate. As with all challenges like this, the Jewish people and our institutions will continue with solidarity and strength, and we will not only survive, but we will continue to thrive.
