StandWithUs and NAVI Welcome Federal Title VI Investigation Into New York City’s Department of Education
(New York, NY — April, 2026) — StandWithUs and North American Values Institute (NAVI) welcome the U.S. Department of Education announcement that it has initiated an investigation of New York City Department of Education (“NYC DOE”) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in response to multiple allegations that NYC DOE’s Jewish and Israeli […]
StandWithUs Saidoff Law Files Amicus Brief Defending Religious Freedom in Federal Case Involving Violent Synagogue Disruption
StandWithUs Saidoff Law, together with First Liberty Institute, filed an amicus curiae brief in United States v. Party for Socialism and Liberation New Jersey et al., on April 6, 2026, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The case arose from the targeted disruption of a synagogue event at Congregation Ohr Torah in West […]
Israel Celebrates Yom HaZikaron, Viral Post Confirms Celebration Centres On Honouring 30,961 Lives Lost to War and Terror
Yom HaZikaron honours Israel’s war and terror victims, with a viral post clarifying the day’s true meaning of reflection. Marty Vergel Baes | Internation Business Times | April 21, 2026 Israel has once again entered a period of deep national reflection as Yom HaZikaron, the country’s official Memorial Day, is observed across cities, towns, and […]
Former IDF medic and Miss Israel Noa Cochva Speaks Out After Seattle Riot
Talk Radio 570 KVI | April 22, 2026 A Jewish event in downtown Seattle featuring former IDF medic and Miss Israel Noa Cochva drew terror-supporting activists who blocked and assaulted attendees outside the venue, resulting in three arrests. Cochva spoke at the event, hosted by StandWithUs Northwest, despite attempts by the radicals to disrupt the […]
3 people arrested after protest disrupts pro-Israel event in Seattle
Michelle Esteban | Komo News | Mon, April 20, 2026 SEATTLE — A private fundraising event for a Jewish advocacy group in Seattle was disrupted Sunday evening when protesters gathered outside the venue, blocked entrances, and shouted at attendees, according to organizers and police. StandWithUs Northwest Executive Director Randy Kessler said demonstrators yelled insults and profanity […]
Zionism wins big in Vegas
Pat Johnson | Jewish Independent 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 organization’s conference in the Nevada […]
ADL, Brandeis Center, Mayer Brown, and StandWithUs Welcome Concord-Carlisle Regional School District’s Settlement to Address Antisemitism
Following civil rights complaint, federal resolution mandates reforms to how district addresses antisemitism (Concord, Massachusetts – April 20, 2026) — ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and a pro bono team at the law firm Mayer Brown welcome the April 15 resolution agreement between the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District and the U.S. Department of Justice requiring the district […]
Iran, War, and Antisemitism: What San Diegans Need to Know
Why the War in Iran Is a Threat to All of Us Every day, we are bombarded with headlines escalating tensions in the Middle East: “Iran War Rages On”…“Rockets Rain Down Across Gulf States”…“Another Explosion in Israel”… And although it may seem like a world away, the effects of the ongoing war hit close to […]
StandWithUs Los Angeles Commemorates Yom Hashoah
The StandWithUs Holocaust Education Center (HEC) was honored to feature two remarkable Holocaust survivors at its Yom HaShoah commemoration events in Los Angeles. Susanne Reyto spoke to the Tzofim/Israeli Scouts of LA about her experience growing up in Hungary during the Holocaust, recounting the harrowing circumstances she faced and paying tribute to the remarkable individuals whose bravery saved her life. She talked […]
Summer Lee faces sharp criticism from Pittsburgh Democrats for appearing with Hasan Piker
By Salena Zito | Washington Examiner | April 8, 2026 PITTSBURGH — Rep. Summer Lee’s (D-PA) decision to campaign alongside Hasan Piker in Michigan has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats across her congressional district. State Rep. Dan Frankel, a Pittsburgh Democrat and a former colleague in the state House, was among those critical. Frankel, a longtime Pittsburgh […]
Antisemitism in San Diego: What You Can Do
Antisemitism in San Diego: How It Shows Up, and What the Antisemitism Task Force at StandWithUs is Doing About It Antisemitism doesn’t always announce itself loudly. Sometimes, it’s a swastika etched into a public space. Sometimes, it’s a conspiracy theory shared in a classroom. Or sometimes, it’s a comment, headline, or social media post that […]
StandWithUs Condemns Rep. Summer Lee’s Decision to Campaign Alongside Hasan Piker, a Streamer Widely Condemned for Antisemitic Rhetoric
(Pittsburgh, PA – April 10, 2026)— Pennsylvania Representative Summer Lee (PA-12) made the troubling decision to campaign alongside controversial online personality Hasan Piker at the University of Michigan and Michigan State on April 7 in support of Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. This decision drew significant criticism and concern across the political spectrum due to Piker’s […]
Tackling Qatari Influence in Texas by the Horns
By Jordan Cope | The Cannon Online | April 6, 2026 As an undergraduate at the University of Texas, I was tasked with investigating the funding sources of Hamas, the terrorist group that murdered 1,200 people, including 46 Americans, on Oct. 7, 2023. A truth became apparent: Qatar was not only one of Hamas’s biggest […]
How ‘progressive’ K-12 education promotes bigotry in California
By Mitch Siegler and David Smokler | New York Post | April 2, 2026 Jewish students and educators in K-12 schools across the country are experiencing a surge of antisemitism, often in proudly “progressive” communities. In those environments, antisemitism is often perceived as a solely right-wing phenomenon that conjures up images of Groyper bros hoisting tiki torches and chanting “Jews will […]
What We Carry Forward: From Poland to Passover
Deborah Peretz | Times of Israel | March 30, 2026 There were two ways to go. One path looked clearer, less muddy, and more manageable. Of course, I chose that one. And yet, after a while, it didn’t seem to matter. There was mud everywhere, and eventually, I succumbed to it. Perhaps that is the […]
Egypt was not the last time: Seeing the Iranian struggle in the Passover story
At her Persian-Jewish seder table, Chloe Levian reflects on her family’s escape from Iran and why Exodus still feels painfully present. By Chloe Levian | Unpacked | April 10, 2026 Every year, my extended Persian-Jewish family gathers around beautiful, intricate Passover seder tables. Let’s be real: we can’t all fit at one table. Piles of Saran-wrapped […]
CCSF union president violated policies in antisemitic rant, investigation finds
Nanette Asimov | San Fransisco Chronicle | March 31, 2026 A union president at City College of San Francisco who was recorded calling a Jewish instructor a “colonizer” and mocking her last name in an expletive-laden rant at a trustees meeting last spring violated campus policies against harassment and discrimination, an independent investigator hired by the school […]
