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Education is the Road to Peace
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Who we are
The New York Regional Office of StandWithUs serves to advance the mission of StandWithUs - ensuring that Israel's side of the story is told - in the New York area. We work to educate students and adults about Israel and empower them to become educators themselves. Our staff are here to work with students on college campuses throughout the NY Tri-State area, as well as working with synagogues and communities, to promote a greater understanding and support for Israel. We are passionate in our commitment to a Jewish, democratic and secure Israel living in peace with its neighbors.
Our Goals
* Promote peace through education and understanding
* Counter misinformation about Israel in the local media, college campuses and communities
* Energize and create enthusiasm about Israel
UPCOMING EVENTS
StandWithUs New York and the East Coast
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------------------------------------------------------------------New York City - Salute to Israel Parade
May 23 @ 11:00am - 4:00pm
Fifth Avenue
(More details to come)------------------------------------------------------------------Long Island - Anti-Semitism vs Anti-Zionism on Campus & in the World
May 24 @ 6:30pm
Congregation Tifereth Israel
40 Hill Street, Glen Cove, NY
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RECENT EVENTS
NJ High School Students Prepare for Israel Advocacy on Campus
 More than 65 high school students and parents attended a program organized by JTeen at the JCC in West Orange, New Jersey, to learn how to stand up for Israel on campus. The students were split into four groups and each group explored a case study on defending Israel. Regional Coordinator, Avi Posnick, ran a session called, "Standing Alone" - he asked the students what they would do if their teacher openly expressed his views on Israel and you, a student with a different opinion, were the only student in the room who was willing to speak out.
Students were shocked that some cases were actually taking place on campuses but by the end of the evening, they felt very positive and confident about advocating for Israel and creating pro-Israel programming on campus.
The program was jointly sponsored by: Community Relations Committee of the UJC of Metrowest NJ, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning, the Israel Program Center of Metrowest, NJ, and the JCC of Metrowest.
We thank the ADL of NJ for the picture above.
Click here to see coverage in the NJ Jewish News
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IDF Soldiers Speak Out from Pennsylvania to Connecticut During Israel Apartheid Week, StandWithUs launched a speaking tour with four IDF combat soldiers to talk about their experiences in the IDF, Gaza and what the IDF is all about. This is part of a StandWithUs initiative called, "Soldiers Speak Out."
Here on the East Coast, two of the soldiers spoke throughout the tri-State area on college campuses, high schools and synagogues including, Philadelphia, Frisch High School in New Jersey (pictured left), Columbia University, JCC of Greater New Haven, Temple Sholom of Greenwich, CT, Central Connecticut State University, UConn, John Jay School of Law in NYC, and the Touro Institute for Human Rights and the Holocaust in New York.
For more information about the Soldiers Speak Out initiative, please click here.
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Greenwich Public High School Students Learn About Israeli Innovations and Technology In cooperation with UJA Federation of Greenwich, StandWithUs was invited to present to over 35 students at the Greenwich Public High School. Dani Klein, Campus Director for North America, gave a presentation about Israel's innovations, technologies and contributions to the world. He gave the students a perspective about Israel that they have never seen before.
The program was very well received as many of the students stayed after to ask more questions and continue the conversation. The program was sponsored by UJA Federation of Greenwich and the Greenwich Public High School Israel Club.
We thank UJA Federation of Greenwich for their partnership.
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Israeli-Arab Journalist, Khaled Abu-Toameh Address over 200 people at Temple Israel Center of White Plains, NY
 Over 200 people from throughout Westchester County came to Temple Israel Center of White Plains to hear Israeli-Arab Journalist, Khaled Abu-Toameh. His talk, titled, "Hamas, Fatah and Peace with Israel," was run in a town hall setting with Dr. Eric Mandel of TIC White Plains moderating the discussion with Khaled.
As a former editor of Al-Fajr, Yasser Arafat's newspaper, and now a writer for the Jerusalem Post and a producer and writer for many other media outlets, Khaled gave an insiders perpective on the chances for peace with Israel. Following his discussion with Dr. Mandel, Khaled took questions from the audience which included students and adults from throughout the area. Khaled's talk was sponsored by StandWithUs, in partnership with Temple Israel Center of White Plains and the 5 Synagogues of White Plains Israel Action Committee. Click here to view more pictures from the event
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StandWithUs Stands for Freedom in Iran
 More than 10,000 people gathered together outside the United Nations to demand freedom for all Iranians. On stage, throughout the rally, StandWithUs staff and student leaders, held signs representing four groups of people who are persecuted in Iran. The staff and student leaders included, Ron Kutas, StandWithUs Emerson Fellowship Director, Danielle Blumenstyk, StandWithUs International Fellowship graduate, Sharon Savariego, StandWithUs International Fellowship graduate and Jordanna Birnbaum, a current StandWithUs Emerson Fellow at NYU.
Besides for the signs, StandWithUs staff and student leaders had tape over their mouths to show that opposition to Ahmadinejad is silenced.
Click here to see videos of StandWithUs at the rally as well as speeches by Elie Wiesel and others.
Click here to see photos.
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Students escape the city for a day of networking, advocacy and fun
 Westchester, NY - on Sunday, July 26, students from across the tri-State area spent the day in Larchmont, NY (Westchester), learning advocacy skills and fun. The students heard from Toby Frankenstein, Speechwriter for the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations, who gave an update about the political situation in Israel, Israel's work at the UN, Iran, etc. followed by a question and answer session.
The students then broke up into various sessions where they learned different advocacy skills and tactics. (Pictured left - Dani Klein, Campus Director for North America, runs a session titled, "Social Barometer).
Following the sessions, the students enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of swimming, playing sports, eating pizza, netowrking, and having fun.
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StandWithUs Marches in the Salute to Israel Parade on 5th Ave in NYC
 Over 100 people from all over the NY area came to march with StandWithUs for the second year in a row, in the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City. The theme of this years parade was a celebration of Tel-Aviv at 100. StandWithUs proudly celebrated this milestone with eye catching signs and banners.
The StandWithUs volunteers, young and old, proudly wore StandWithUs t-shirts and handed out thousands of information cards about about StandWithUs to the crowds.
StandWithUs was also joined by Noam and Aviva Shalit, the parents of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held by the terror group Hamas, for the last three years. His parents were here at the parade in order to keep attention on Gilad and urge the world community to continue to work for his release.
Click here to see more pictures from the parade.
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Israeli Ambassador to the UN addresses over 200 people in New Jersey
 At an event, jointly sponsored by StandWithUs and UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, Gabriela Shalev, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, addressed the crowd of over 200 people. She was joined by Yair Shiran, Israel's Economic Minister to North America and Clifford Goldstein, Chairman of the Board, Amidex Funds, Inc.
The event, titled, "Israel, Facing New Political and Economic Challenges in 2009," was held at the Federation building. The Ambassador gave an overview of what Israel's political challenges will be as well as the work of Israel at the UN. She was followed by Minister Shiran, who spoke the economic challenges and opportunities that Israel faces. Mr Goldstein spoke of the many investment opportunities for those wishing to invest in Israel and many of the other contributions of Israel to the world.
The event was also sponsored by Oppenheimer & Co., and the Israeli Economic Mission to North America.
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