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 […]
Pittsburgh Jewish Community Fights Back Against Unlawful BDS Referendum Item
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) — On August 13, the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and a coalition of four local Jewish clergy filed a legal challenge to a petition filed last week seeking to place a question on the upcoming ballot to amend the Pittsburgh City Home Rule Charter. The ballot question asks whether the city should participate in […]
StandWithUs Legal Letter to University of Pittsburgh Regarding Professor Misconduct
StandWithUs sent a legal demand letter to Pitt to express our concern about a faculty member targeting a Jewish student for harassment based on the student’s Jewish religious and ethnic identity in violation of campus policies and, very possibly, applicable laws. We believe that this situation merits immediate investigation and remedy.
Camden is first NJ county to adopt antisemitism definition
Jewish Community Voice By Ezra Solway October 4, 2023 On September 21, Camden became the first county in New Jersey to adopt a working definition of antisemitism. The seven members of the Camden County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to adopt the working definition of antisemitism first created by the International Holocaust Remembrance […]
‘A Significant Deterrent’: US Jewish Groups Praise Conviction of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter
The Algemeiner By Dion J. Pierre June 16, 2023 5:05 PM Photo: Shutterstock As the perpetrator of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018 was convicted Friday of dozens of federal hate crimes , Jewish organizations across the country expressed on Friday their gratitude for the […]
LINK program bringing dynamic Israel education to South Jersey schools
Jewish Community Voice REA BOCHNER March 11, 2020 The proliferation of anti-Israel messages in the media and on college campuses is not news. Nor is the rising opposition to Israel here and abroad. What is surprising, however, is the number of Jewish youth with anti-Israel sentiments. “I’ve met bright young Jewish kids, even in our […]
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 […]
