Letter to San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot
StandWithUs wrote to San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot requesting that she bring charges in the cases of 65 people arrested for unlawful assembly and other crimes at UC San Diego on Monday, May 6, 2024, following the dismantling of the anti-Israel encampment on campus. Read the letter below. To navigate, simply use the arrows […]
UN Exposed: Complicity or Incompetence?
A StandWithUs UK Special Deep Dive Series According to its first article in its Charter, the first purpose of the United Nations (UN) is: To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression […]
Emerson Fellow Student poll: Navigating Jewish and Zionist Identity on Campus
31 October 2024 Written by Ben Weinstein, a StandWithUs UK Emerson Fellow at LSE “Strength and Struggle: Navigating Jewish and Zionist Identity on Campus” As a Jewish and Zionist student on campus, the last year has not been easy. I say this having nothing to compare this last year to as I started university a […]
StandWithUs Israel Team hosts exhibition to honor October 7 victims
By Jerusalem Post Staff | Jerusalem Post | September 26, 2024 “When we look into their eyes, we see their stories”: New exhibition honors October 7 victims Graffiti artist Benzi Brofman honors those killed and kidnapped in the Hamas massacre with a moving multimedia exhibition blending art and storytelling. Faces of October 7, a profoundly […]
Pro-Hamas Group Planning Oct. 7 Celebration in New York City
By Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | October 2, 2024 (Screenshot) Within Our Lifetime (WOL), one of the most outspoken anti-Israel organizations in the US, is planning to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel with a mass demonstration in New York City, The Algemeiner […]
“When we look into their eyes, we see their stories”: New exhibition honors October 7 victims
Graffiti artist Benzi Brofman honors those killed and kidnapped in the Hamas massacre with a moving multimedia exhibition blending art and storytelling. By Jerusalem Post Staff | Jerusalem Post | September 26, 2024 Left to right: Eitan Neishlos (Dubai-based philanthropist and partner of exhibition), Benzi Brofman (Israeli Graffiti Artist), Michael Dickson (Executive Director of StandWithUs […]
Jewish students in Toronto challenge anti-Israel hostilities while marking Oct. 7 anniversary | The Canadian Jewish News
Mitchell Consky | The Canadian Jewish News | October 7, 2024 Hope Schrier was initially scared to go to her downtown Toronto campus on Oct. 7, 2024. But she ultimately decided this would be a day to show her strength—if just by showing up. A fourth-year creative industries student at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Schrier […]
Oct. 7 anniversary is ‘an opportunity’ for education and togetherness, say Jewish students across Canada | The Canadian Jewish News
Mitchell Consky | The Canadian Jewish News | October 6, 2024 As the one-year mark of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel approaches, Jewish student organizations are preparing to commemorate victims and hostages while sparking conversations on university campuses. Concerns about security and counter-protests are also in the mix. At least one school is not […]
Colorado Jewish Community Statement on Today’s Attack and Upcoming Anti-Israel Events
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the October 1, 2024 massive bombardment of 180 ballistic missiles fired at Israel by Iran, as well as terror attacks in Tel Aviv and in Jaffa that killed anywhere from six-to-eight people and wounded several others. We stand in solidarity with the Israeli people during this moment […]
Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York
(Boston, MA, September 30, 2024) –. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, on September 30 announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking to Hold UNRWA Accountable for October 7 Terrorism
StandWithUs filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York on September 20, 2024, along with the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, in support of a lawsuit recently filed against UNRWA by Israelis alleging UNRWA’s aiding and abetting the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. StandWithUs’ amicus brief argues UNRWA is not entitled […]
Event Recap: We Will Dance Again with Montana Tucker
Our “We Will Dance Again” event with the wonderful Montana Tucker was even more inspiring, energizing, and powerful than we had ever imagined. 75 young dancers from around the Greater Toronto Area came together to raise over $105,000 in support of StandWithUs Canada, reaching over 800 donors! We are beyond proud of their fundraising efforts, […]
StandWithUs Will Open October 7th Memorial Exhibition To Run from September 24 Through October 30 at its Katz Education Center in Jerusalem
The exhibition will feature acclaimed Israeli graffiti artist Benzi Brofman’s portraits of victims of Oct. 7th including hostages still in Hamas captivity. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of October 7th, renowned graffiti artist Benzi Brofman and the international Israel education organization StandWithUs are collaborating on a special memorial art exhibition called “Faces of October 7th.” […]
Hezbollah Pager Attack
A StandWithUs UK Deep Dive “The manner and timing are like something from a movie, it’s shocking”:Hezbollah Pager Surprise Attack On Wednesday 17th September, the Middle East was the setting for another dramatic element of the wars against Israel. In the afternoon, thousands of small explosions were setoff across Lebanon and parts of Syria. Within […]
Hostage Negotiations Impasse
Impossible Demands:Negotiations Between Israel and HamasA StandWithUs UK Deep Dive Negotiations between Israel and Hamas regarding a deal for the release of hostages has dragged on for almost a year, with the United States, Egypt and Qatar as mediators. There is a significant difference between what is being reported in the media and the reality […]
StandWithUs Salutes the City of Miami Beach for Anti-BDS Ordinance
Miami Beach, Florida – September 11, 2024 StandWithUs congratulates Commissioner David Suarez and the City of Miami Beach Council for unanimously passing an ordinance that will bar the city from contracting with parties engaged in boycotts against Israel. The ordinance follows a resolution , which—passed by the council in May 2024 —mandates that recipients of […]
Pittsburgh Organizers Stopped an Effort to Boycott Israel; But It Was Far Too Close
By Julie Paris | The Algemeiner | August 22, 2024 The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known for many things: bridges, steel, sports teams, and sadly, the Tree of Life Synagogue building shooting, where the worst massacre of Jews in US history took place on October 27, 2018. After the Tree of Life attack, we […]
Pittsburgh Jewish Community Successfully Defeats Illegal and Discriminatory BDS Referendum Item
Community Relations Council Director Laura Cherner (left) stand with attorneys Efrem Grail, Carolyn McGee and Ronald Hicks, StandWithUs Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Julie Paris and Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein (Photo provided by Julie Paris) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) — On August 19, StandWithUs, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, and a coalition of […]
