Violins of Hope in San Diego

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day , January 27, 2025 ,   we are deeply grateful to Holocaust Survivor Susanne Reyto  for her inspiring presentation at the Canyon Crest Academy Music Department in San Diego. As the author of Pursuit of Freedom   and   Destination Freedom   and chair of Violins of Hope, LA County […]

San Diego Leaders of Tomorrow Gala 2025

Leaders of Tomorrow Gala 5:30PM Reception | 6:30PM Program Location given upon registration Register Now Keynote Speaker Michael Rappaport Michael Rapaport is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in over sixty films since the early 1990s, and starred on the sitcom The War at Home. He also appeared in Boston Public, Friends, Prison […]

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 […]

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 […]

Colorado’s Jewish Community call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices

We, the undersigned members of Colorado’s Jewish Community, call on Colorado Public Radio to examine and change its persistent erasure of Jewish voices in its coverage of anti-Israel and antisemitic activity and its oversimplification and overt sympathy toward anti-Israel and racist protesters. We ask that you examine your coverage and commit to including Jewish voices […]

WE DID IT! StandWithUs Colorado Applauds the Colorado Democratic Party Central Committee for Voting Down Ceasefire Resolution

Denver, CO – StandWithUs Colorado applauds the Colorado Democratic Party (CDP) Central Committee for voting down a misleading ceasefire resolution . The resolution was introduced to the CDP Central Committee and voted on July 1st, 2024. The result of the vote was 40.4% in favor, 55.1 % against, and 4.5% abstained, with over 300 voters […]

A Resolution Of The Board of Regents Of The University of Colorado in Response to Protests That Occurred On June 1, 2024, and June 17, 2024, at The Private Residences of Regents

WHEREAS On June 1, 2024, and June 17, 2024, a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) conducted protests related to its demands that the University of Colorado “divest” from corporations that do business with Israel; WHEREAS The protests occurred in front of the private residences of members of the University of Colorado Board […]

Organizations Fighting Antisemitism Stand In Solidarity With CU Board Of Regents For Condemnation Of Protests At Private Residences

Anti-Israel Protests at CU Regents’ Homes Lead to Swift Action Calling Out Antisemitism (June 20, 2024 – Pueblo, CO) — The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado on June 24, 2024 unanimously passed a resolution condemning the anti-Israel protests that took place at the homes of two Regents — Board Chair Callie Rennison […]

Coalition of Colorado Organizations Praises Town of Superior for Historic Vote to Condemn Antisemitism

Unanimous Passage of Resolution Denouncing Students for a Democratic Society for Hate Speech, Antisemitism, and Racism in Front of  CU Regent’s Home is First-of-Its-Kind in the Nation (Superior, CO – June 11, 2024) — A coalition of Colorado organizations working together to address the rise in antisemitism across the state praised the Town of Superior Board […]

In Denver, chilling Oct. 7 testimony

By Steve Mark | Intermountain Jewish News | March 13, 2024 Five months removed from one of the most horrific days in Israeli history, Sagi Gabay recounts with vivid detail the attack that almost killed him. “They took the opportunity to attack the festival because it was next to an open field,” said Gabay, “where […]

‘We Have Been Here Before,’ StandWithUs Reminds San Diego Amid War in Israel

The San Diego Jewish World By Jacob Kamaras Oct. 17, 2023 The StandWithUs “Leaders of Tomorrow” gala on Oct. 15 in San Diego. Photo courtesy of StandWithUs. SAN DIEGO — As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, StandWithUs co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein grew up deeply immersed in the shadow of the Shoah. That is what […]

StandWithUs Calls on University of Denver to Act After Antisemitic Hate Crimes on Campus

(Denver, CO – February 14, 2023) – StandWithUs is appalled by abhorrent attacks targeting the dorm rooms of three Jewish students at the University of Denver. The incidents, which occurred between February 9 – 12, included pork left on the doorstep and smeared on the dorm room door of one Jewish student and mezuzahs ripped […]

San Diego Jewish World Honors Community Leaders From the ‘Outside’ and ‘Inside’

August 2, 2022 San Diego Jewish World By Donald H. Harrison (Left to right) San Diego Jewish World Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Jewish World’s new owner and Editor Jacob Kamaras, and StandWithUs co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein at the publication’s first annual event on Sunday, July 31, in La Jolla. Credit: Ben […]

web-staging.standwithus.commends Arizona for Landmark Antisemitism Legislation

( PHOENIX, AZ — April 19, 2022) — web-staging.standwithus.commends the state of Arizona for overwhelmingly passing (by a 49-4 vote) important legislation to help confront antisemitic crimes and discrimination. By passing HB 2675 on April 19, 2022 , Arizona now joins the ranks of Florida, Iowa, South Carolina, and Tennessee in codifying the International Holocaust […]

web-staging.standwithus.comMENDS COLORADO FOR TAKING ACTION AGAINST UNILEVER’S BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

(Los Angeles, CA) — On March 18, 2022, Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) voted unanimously to put Unilever on notice regarding its boycott of Israel. In doing so, PERA declared that it would begin divesting its 42 million dollars of investments in Unilever if the latter refused to reverse its boycott within 180 days. […]

San Diego school board modifies resolution calling for ‘unbiased’ materials on Israel

Jewish News Syndicate BY JACOB KAMARAS San Diego Board of Education. Source: Screenshot/Google Maps. (October 27, 2021 / JNS) The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved, though modified, a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that would have also supported “unbiased and politically neutral” classroom materials pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the […]

StandWithUs San Diego Condemns Antisemitism and Misinformation During Panel Hosted by SDCDP

Photo Credit: shutterstock.com (San Diego, CA – October 7, 2021) — StandWithUs San Diego strongly condemns antisemitic conspiracy theories and demonization of Israel during a recent panel hosted by the San Diego County Democratic Party (SDCDP) Central Committee. One panelist falsely accused Israel of being complicit in the horrific murder of George Floyd, simply because […]

San Diego Community Colleges Address Union Resolution Condemning Israel, Offer ‘Sincere Thoughts’

The Algemeiner by Dion J. Pierre September 23, 2021 Skyline of San Diego, California. Photo Credit: shutterstock.com The head of the San Diego Community College District responded on Wednesday to a controversial anti-Israel measure recently passed by its representative union, expressing “sincere thoughts to those who were offended by the resolution.” The resolution , which […]