Anita Bromberg

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

OP-ED: Gen Z Canceled Critical Thinking | The Algemeiner

Zara Nybo | The Algemeiner | April 17, 2026 As a society, we haven’t reckoned with the impact that cancel culture has had on Gen Z, and we need to. Starting in 2020, cancel culture was implemented through social ostracization, major media campaigns, online bullying, and toxic one-sided debates used to demean individuals for their […]

Zionism wins big in Vegas | The Jewish Independent

Pat Johnson | The Jewish Independent | April 10, 2026 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 […]

StandWithUs Canada Denounces Antisemitic Attack on Toronto Synagogue During Purim

TORONTO, ON (March 3, 2026) – StandWithUs Canada is appalled by the overnight shooting of Temple Emanu-El, a synagogue in Toronto, in a brazen act of intimidation and hatred. The building sustained damage, although no injuries were reported as the building was empty.   “Such an act seeks to instill fear in the heart of the Jewish community, […]

OP-ED: Wrong decision to host Piker | The Jewish Independent

Avigail Feldman | The Jewish Independent | February 27, 2026 As a political science student at the University of British Columbia, I believe fiercely in free expression, open debate and intellectual diversity. I have defended the idea that universities should be places where ideas are rigorously challenged, interrogated and tested against competing visions of the […]

StandWithUs Canada Calls for Termination of Dean of University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry for Lecture’s Antisemitic Materials

TORONTO, ON (February 27, 2026) – StandWithUs Canada is calling for the termination of Dr. Anil Kishen, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto, following his inclusion of antisemitic imagery in a lecture. These images had no place in an academic setting, let alone a medical classroom. They reflect an alarming […]

StandWithUs Canada Condemns Antisemitic Assault at Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, ON (February 25, 2026) – StandWithUs Canada is outraged by an antisemitic incident that occurred on February 23 during our WordSwap program at Toronto Metropolitan University. WordSwap is a central StandWithUs Canada program that brings Israeli voices to Canadian campuses, countering the reductive and often distorted portrayals of Israelis promoted by antizionist activism on […]

ETFO’s Decision to Enlist Independent Jewish Voices for Antisemitism Training Raises Serious Concerns

Toronto, ON (February 16, 2026) – StandWithUs Canada is deeply concerned that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has chosen Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) to deliver antisemitism training to union leadership. This decision carries serious risks of legitimizing harmful narratives and perpetuating antisemitism rather than combatting it, as IJV does not reflect the core […]

OP-ED: Patterns of Erasure – Genocide in Nazi Europe and Canada | Jewish Post and News

Liron Fyne | Jewish Post and News | January 22, 2026 When we think of the word genocide, our minds often jump to the Holocaust, the mass-scale, systemic government-led murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, whose unprecedented scale and methods led to the very term ‘genocide’ being coined. […]

Modern Day Maccabees: Students Who Light Up The Darkness

Hanukkah teaches us that our responsibility is not only to find the light – but to be the light, especially in moments of darkness. When hatred and antisemitism seek to intimidate, isolate, or silence Jewish and Zionist college  students, the story of the Maccabees reminds us that courage is often born from ordinary people who refuse to […]

OP-ED: Advocating for girls’ rights | The Jewish Independent

Hannah Presman Chikiar | The Jewish Independent | December 5, 2025 At the start of this year, I was doing what any average 15-year-old would be doing: studying, playing sports, hanging out with friends, counting down the days until summer and, yes, waiting to turn 16 to get my driver’s licence! I never imagined I […]

Joint Statement from Hillel Ontario, StandWithUs Canada, Students Supporting Israel (SSI) Guelph, and Chabad of Guelph

GUELPH, ONT. (Thursday November 13) – We are outraged that the Central Student Association (CSA) advanced motions directly targeting Jewish and pro-Israel students at the University of Guelph. This is part of a long-standing campaign to target and marginalize, SSI, and Jewish, Israeli, and pro-Israel students at Guelph, in an attempt to silence and erase […]

Statement on TIFF Cancellation of The Road Between Us

MONTREAL, QC (Tuesday, October 7) – StandWithUs Canada is outraged by the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) decision to censor The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, a Canadian-made documentary capturing the true story of courage and survival during Hamas’ October 7 massacre, the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust and what sparked the […]

Jewish students report intimidation and closures as Oct. 7 anniversary sparks campus unrest | The Canadian Jewish News

Concordia University closed due to ‘the threat of extreme disruption.’ Mitchell Consky | The Canadian Jewish News | October 9, 2025 The second anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel was marked by vigils, protests and heated confrontations that Jewish students say left them feeling unprotected on their own campuses, while administrators […]

The 2nd Annual Herzl Cup

On September 13th 2025, 187 Jewish and pro-Israel students from Grades 5-12 brought our community to the rink, celebrating Jewish identity through sport at our 2nd Annual Herzl Cup! It was a firm reminder to our players to always be proud of who they are, to stand up for what they believe in, and to […]