Students too afraid to report campus antisemitism, commission hears
Michael Gencher | Australian Jewish News | July 19, 2026 StandWithUs executive director Michael Gencher has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that Jewish university students are so fearful and disillusioned that many will not make formal complaints about antisemitism on campus, believing the process to be futile. Gencher, whose education and […]
Michael Gencher, Executive Director StandWithUs Australia in Conversation with Israel Ellis, The Unfiltered View
In September 2025, Michael Gencher, Executive Director StandWithUs Australia stood in Archer Park, Bondi and told the Jewish community that people were going to be hurt. Three months later on December 14, a father and son terror team walked into a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, murdered fifteen people, and wounded scores more. In this conversation […]
Even After a Terrorist Attack and Royal Commission, Australia Doesn’t Take Antisemitism Seriously
Michael Gencher | The Algemeiner | May 18, 2026 This is not only an Australian story. Jewish communities across the diaspora are living through the same reality. People have been murdered. Jews have been attacked in the streets. Jewish institutions have been threatened and forced to operate under continuously heightened security. Students have been targeted […]
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 Stands with the Jewish Community and People of Sydney, Australia in Wake of Hanukkah Massacre
(Los Angeles – December 14, 2025) – Following the terrible massacre where so many were murdered and wounded at a Hanukkah event organized by Chabad in Sydney, StandWithUs unequivocally stands with the community and people of Sydney and condemns this antisemitic massacre. This horrific attack is not only an assault on the Jewish community, but […]
How Australia Betrayed Its Jewish Community Right Before the High Holidays
By Michael Gencher | The Algemeiner | October 1, 2025 Nearly two years after the horrors of October 7, 2023 — and just before the solemn days of Rosh Hashanah — Australia’s Jewish community was dealt another blow. At the very moment we gathered to pray for renewal, our government announced that it formally recognizes […]
No More Words: Bondi Shows Where Inaction Leads
By Michael Gencher | Times of Israel I was there on Sunday morning, September 7, at Bondi Beach. I organised the counter gathering as Executive Director of StandWithUs Australia. I saw families, students, and seniors arrive with Israeli and Australian flags. I saw neighbours from across Sydney join because they felt that a line had […]
Australia at a crossroads: From the Opera House to the August marches — opinion
By Michael Gencher Australia can continue down this path, where grievance and division define our national life, or we can reclaim unity before it is too late. When a mob of pro-Hamas supporters poured onto the steps of the Sydney Opera House on October 9, 2023, waving flags and chanting in celebration and solidarity with Hamas’s […]
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Michael Gencher appointed new Executive Director of StandWithUs Australia
StandWithUs, a 22-year-old international, non-partisan education organisation dedicated to supporting Israel and combating antisemitism, proudly announces the appointment of Michael Gencher to the role of Executive Director, StandWithUs Australia. Michael will begin in early April. StandWithUs has established itself as a prominent presence within the Australian community over the past decade, sending educators to engage […]
StandWithUs Australia Set to Launch
Sydney 10 March, 2022 Photos courtesy StandWithUs Australia International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs – whose mission is to inspire and educate people of all ages and backgrounds about Israel, challenge misinformation and fight antisemitism – has announced it will be opening national operations in Australia. StandWithUs is already well-known locally in Australia. The organisation has […]
‘web-staging.standwithus.comes to Australia’
‘We will complement, not duplicate, existing work’ The Australian Jewish News By AJN STAFF March 9, 2022 Australian students at a StandWithUs workshop in Israel. Photo: Courtesy StandWithUs Australia INTERNATIONAL advocacy organisation StandWithUs will make all its resources available to the Australian community when it commences local operations, its Israel executive director Michael Dickson says. […]
StandWithUs Australia Set to Launch in Spring 2022
Sydney 10 March, 2022 Photos courtesy StandWithUs Australia International Israel education organisation, StandWithUs – whose mission is to inspire and educate people of all ages and backgrounds about Israel, challenge misinformation and fight antisemitism – has announced it will be opening national operations in Australia. StandWithUs is already well-known locally in Australia. The organisation has […]
