StandWithUs UK to Grow Operation; Appoints New Executive Director

London – Wednesday, 11 March, 2020 Israel educational charity StandWithUs has announced it will be growing its presence across UK campuses and the wider community, under the leadership of their new UK Executive Director, Sara Sherrard, who will succeed Raphael Wein following the conclusion of his term this month. Sara is not new to the […]

Hollywood Girl Raises Support for Israel Through Bat Mitzvah Project

Sun Sentinel March 5, 2020 By Sergio Carmona Hadar Setton has taken her StandWithUs booth throughout South Florida. (Courtesy) For her bat mitzvah project, Hadar Setton of Hollywood wanted to do something of goodwill for Israel. The project has involved Hadar, 11, volunteering for StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization. Through this project, she has […]

For the 3,500 Teens at the Annual BBYO Convention, the World Needs Their Help

Jewish News Syndicate February 25, 2020 BY JAMES RUSSELL The Israeli delegation leads attendees in singing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, at BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Feburary 2020. Photo by Jason Dixson Photography. Global economies, issues and relationships are crucial, but climate change, emphasized participants and youth organizers, “is the issue of the time.” […]

Amid chaos, UC Berkeley student government delays vote against terrorist display

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACKSON RICHMAN February 5, 2020 “Jewish students were repeatedly harassed, heckled and threatened with physical threats of violence … Jewish students should never feel threatened and should NEVER fear for their safety while on campus,” posted campus group Tikvah: Students for Israel, on Facebook. Students with UC Berkeley’s “Bears for Israel” […]

Pro-Israel groups urge University of Michigan to cancel SJP conference featuring ‘vicious’ anti-Semi

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Sean Savage and Jackson Richman January 21, 2020 Several pro-Israel groups are urging the University of Michigan to cancel an upcoming conference at the school that is featuring anti-Israel groups and speakers that “have a long record of vicious anti-Semitism,” according to Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs. The event, titled […]

Canada’s Recent, Though Rare, Vote Against Israel at UN Sparks Concern in Jewish Circles

Jewish News Syndicate January 3, 2020 BY  SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN The government could have expressed support for a two-state solution in ways that “would have been more effective and avoided adding credibility to the distorted, anti-Israel narrative that adversaries seek to advance within the U.N.,” said Shimon Fogel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. […]

StandWithUs to Hold its Philadelphia Fourth Annual Defenders of Israel Gala Dinner

Philadelphia Jewish Link 11/27/2019 2019 Defender of Israel Honoree Jeffrey A. Barrack As anti-Israel sentiment continues to increase and anti-Semitism becomes more and more widespread, there is a dire need to dispel the myths about these two issues that are so critical to the Jewish community through education and countering the falsities that are propagated […]

IDF Officer Who Led Aid Effort to Syria Protested at UK Universities

The Algemeiner by Shiri Moshe NOVEMBER 19, 2019 Protesters disrupt a talk by Lt. Col. (Res.) Eyal Dror at the University of Warwick on Nov. 19, 2019. Photo: StandWithUs / Twitter. An Israeli military veteran who helped oversee a humanitarian aid effort benefiting victims of the Syrian conflict was protested while speaking at two British […]

Retired Israeli Soldier Who Helped Thousands Of Syrians Civilians Met By ‘hate’ On Uk Campuses

The Jewish Chronicle November 20, 2019 Lieutenant colonel Eyal Dror gave talks at King’s College London and Warwick University about setting up the humanitarian mission to help Syrian refugees – but his events were barracked and booed by pro-Palestine protestors Protesters disrupt Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Dror’s talk at Warwick University A retired Israeli soldier who […]

Standwithus Program Grows In Arizona

Arizona Jewish Life TROY HILL NOVEMBER 20, 2019 StandWithUs is an international and non-partisan Israel education organization that offers a national high school program that mentors and trains high school students to engage their communities with conversations about Israel. The program has grown in Arizona this year to include three interns, up from one last […]

Former Israeli commander and leader of mission to provide aid for Syrian civilians met by hate on UK

19th November, 2019: Former Israeli commander and leader of mission to provide aid for Syrian civilians met by hate on UK campuses During a five-day speaking tour in the UK, Ret. Lt. Col. Eyal Dror, has been met with hate and disturbance on UK campuses. Protestors at Kings College London and Warwick University have attempted […]

Young Israelis Coming To Canada On Mission Of Peace | The Canadian Jewish News

The Canadian Jewish News October 31, 2019 By Susan Minuk WordSwap delegates pose for a photo after a team meeting at the StandWithUs Israel office A diverse group of young Israelis who represent the tapestry of Israeli citizens – Jewish, Druze, Muslim, Ethiopian, Bedouin, Orthodox, Reform and LGBTQ – will visit Canada for the first […]

Educating My Peers On Israel – Why I Decided To Become a StandWithUs Canada High School Intern

Fresh Ink For Teens October 16, 2019 By Laura Barkel The author with her parents, Aliza and Steven Barkel. All my life, I have been in love with Israel. Coming from Russian, Iraqi and Israeli lineages, it’s easy to imagine how immersed I was in its culture. Growing up speaking Hebrew, going to a Jewish […]

StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson Awarded Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize

Left to right: Co-founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart together with philanthropist Sylvan Adams present Michael Dickson with the Bonei Zion Prize at the Tower of David, Jerusalem – September 23, 2019. (Photo: Sasson Tiram) (JERUSALEM, Israel — September 23, 2019) —  UK-born StandWithUs Israel executive director Michael Dickson was presented […]

Our Shtetl San Diego: September 10, 2019

San Diego Jewish World Donald H. Harrison September 10, 2019 San Diego’s New StandWithUs Director Has Roots in the Region Although Yosef Condiotti, the new San Diego regional director of StandWithUs, only arrived in San Diego County last month, he is hardly a stranger to the area nor to some of its Jewish leaders. His […]

StandWithUs Lecture In A Brazilian University Is Cancelled Due To Pro-Palestinian Groups Threats

Universidade de Pernambuco, a public university in Northeast Brazil, decided to cancel the lecture titled “Dilemmas in the Peace Process between Israelis and Palestinians”, after threats. The national press covered the cancellation due to pro-Palestinian groups pressure and published a quote by a professor from Universidade de Pernambuco: “I had to cancel the event for […]

Univ. in Brazil cancels lecture after alleged threats from pro-Palestinian group

Jewish Telegraph Agency August 22, 2019 Andre Lajst during a lecture in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Dec. 4, 2017. (Courtesy of the Rio Grande do Sul Jewish Federation) RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian public university canceled a lecture about the Middle East peace process after what the moderator said were threats by a […]

South Florida college, high school students train to advocate for Israel

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona August 23, 2019 StandWithUs’ 2019-20 Emerson Fellows include college students from South Florida. (StandWithUs/Courtesy) In early August, the Israel education organization StandWithUs hosted trainings in Los Angeles for selected North American college and high school students to prepare them to be pro-Israel advocates on their campuses for this 2019-20 […]