Senator Paul Boyer led the Arizona Legislature in passage of anti-boycott legislation
(Phoenix, AZ — April 10, 2019) Senator Paul Boyer led the Arizona Legislature in passage of anti-boycott legislation. The bill (SB1167), which passed both houses with a significant bipartisan majority, clarifies Arizona’s original anti-boycott law by removing its application to sole proprietorships and individual consumer conduct. The bill, which Governor Doug Ducey has promised to sign, updates the […]
Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover
The Algemeiner JNS.org/Jewish News Syndicate Deborah Fineblum 4/10/2019 “There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said, “There’s no place like home … for Passover.” It’s no contest. Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), which begins this year at sundown on […]
StandWithUs Southeast hosts Leaders of Tomorrow gala March 9, 2019
Sun Sentinel / Florida Jewish Journal Sergio Carmona March 28, 2019 Tom Tracy Photo StandWithUs Southeast’s recent third annual Leaders of Tomorrow gala drew approximately 300 people. StandWithUs, founded in 2001, is an organization that’s dedicated to educating people of all ages and faiths about Israel and combating anti-Semitism. Its Boca Raton-based Southeast regional office […]
StandWithUs/Southeast Celebrates Its Third “Leaders of Tomorrow” Gala on March 9, 2019
Photo Credit: Tom Tracy Photo Approximately 300 people were greeted by a tapestry of color – flowers, linens and martini’s – as they entered the Hi-Ridge County Club in Lantana, Florida for StandWithUs/Southeast’s (SWU/SE) third annual “Leaders of Tomorrow” gala held on March 9, 2019. SWU/SE Executive Director Sara Gold Rafel greeted her guests and […]
Palestinian human rights activist speaks at Oregon State
KEZI News Tyler Jones March 15, 2019 CORVALLIS, Ore. — A Palestinian rights activist was on the Oregon State Campus to educate people about Palestinian conflicts with Israel and within their own country. Bassem Eid is an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority. He has traveled the world, speaking about his desire for dignity for […]
Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference
JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Oren Peleg March 13, 2019 “I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can ever be of myself.” Jewish and non-Jewish lay leaders, activists, young professionals, academics […]
Seeing Israel changed mind of Hispanic opponent
San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison 26 February 2019 Sebastian Parra SAN DIEGO – Although Sebastian Parra grew up in Cali, Colombia, with the words of Genesis 12:3 intoned frequently at his Protestant church, anti-Israel propagandists in the United States knew just how to destroy his faith in God’s declaration to Abram, that “I will […]
Israeli Technion Will Make a Stop in Los Angeles for 2019 Tour
Jewish Journal ERIN BEN-MOCHE 2/15/2019 From Left: Tamar Rott Shaham and Dmitry (Dima) Glinets. Photos provided by Miller Ink. Israeli Technion will once again visit Los Angeles as part of its yearly U.S. tour to spread awareness of Israel’s latest technological advances and start up culture. For more than 25 years, students have traveled to […]
University of Michigan, Dearborn Administration to Review Policies After Pressure by StandWithUs
by Rachel Frommer Mock parking tickets on the windshields of cars in a University of Michigan at Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) lot last month — which accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and other crimes – were placed there by two people in “Muslim garb,” a witness told The Algemeiner on Wednesday. UM-Dearborn student Amanda Gosline said that […]
PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS COMBAT ACLU’S SUIT ON ARIZONA’S ANTI-BDS LAW
The law, passed in March 2016, directly forbids Arizona government agencies from engaging contractors who participate in boycotts of Israeli goods or services. BY DANIEL J. ROTH FEBRUARY 9, 2018 BDS. (photo credit: WIKIPEDIA) NEW YORK – A pro-Israel organization on has filed documents with a US court seeking to uphold an anti-BDS law in […]
