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StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic Graffiti at the University of Connecticut
(Mansfield, CT – April 1, 2021) – StandWithUs is extremely saddened by three antisemitic attacks that took place at the University of...
Apr 1, 20212 min read


Long Beach City College Board of Trustees Passes IHRA Resolution
Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler March 26, 2021 The Long Beach City College Board of Trustees passed a resolution endorsing the International...
Mar 30, 20213 min read


Planning for Antisemitism in Planned Giving to Universities
The Algeimeiner Yael Lerman MARCH 22, 2021 A few years ago, a woman contacted the pro-Israel organization where I work, StandWithUs,...
Mar 22, 20213 min read


California approves ethnic studies curriculum that sparked debate among Jewish groups
Jewish Telegraphic Agency BY BEN SALES MARCH 18, 2021 (JTA) — After years of contention and revisions, California’s State Board of...
Mar 22, 20211 min read


California’s Ethnic Studies conflict: A sobering lesson for Jews everywhere
Times of Israel | Opinion Deborah Gastfreund Schuss MAR 19, 2021 California yesterday approved a still-problematic 900-page Ethnic...
Mar 22, 20211 min read


Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and my Grandmother
Jewish Journal By Max Samarov March 17, 2021 Tsilya, third from the right, was clearly up to no good. (Courtesy author) In 1979 my...
Mar 22, 20215 min read


Jewish, pro-Israel groups express mixed reactions to adoption of California’s ethnic-studies track
The approved curriculum has undergone several revisions since the first draft was revealed in August 2019, which was strongly criticized...
Mar 22, 20215 min read


Jewish groups condemn CNN's Don Lemon for remarks suggesting Black and Brown Jews don't exist
Fox News By Joseph A. Wulfsohn March 19, 2021 Photo: Ted Eytan Anti-Semitism awareness organizations are condemning CNN anchor Don Lemon...
Mar 22, 20212 min read


Series of online events held by students to promote coexistence
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem features in discussion with Gulf leaders, as the role of sport in promoting peace also comes in to focus Jewish...
Mar 22, 20212 min read


CA State Board of Education Approves Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler March 18, 2021 The California State Board of Education unanimously approved the Ethnic Studies Model...
Mar 22, 20213 min read


StandWithUs to Oberlin College: Protect Your Students and Investigate Allegations Against Professor
March 19, 2021 VIA EMAIL: (cambar@oberlin.edu) Carmen Twillie Ambar President Oberlin College Cox Administration Building, 201 Oberlin,...
Mar 19, 20213 min read


Series of online events held by students to promote coexistence
UK Jewish News March 18, 2021 A series of online discussions were held by students to celebrate coexistence between Israel and its Arab...
Mar 19, 20212 min read


SOUTH FLORIDA JEWISH COMMUNITY EMBRACES MIAMI HEAT & APOLOGETIC MEYERS LEONARD WITH STREET ART
(Miami, FL) –– The Jewish community of South Florida is embracing both the Miami HEAT and basketball player Meyers Leonard following his...
Mar 18, 20212 min read


Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and my Grandmother
Jewish Journal Max Samarov March 17, 2021 In 1979 my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov,...
Mar 17, 20215 min read


University of Texas Student Gov’t Passes IHRA Resolution
Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler March 16, 2021 Photo by: Larry D. Moore | Wikimedia Commons The student government at the University of...
Mar 17, 20213 min read


Jewish Groups Charge Grammy Awards With ‘Insensitivity’ for Featuring Tamika Mallory
The Algemeiner Shiryn Ghermezian MARCH 12, 2021 The Grammy Awards is facing criticism from Jewish groups for listing Women’s March...
Mar 13, 20212 min read


SWU presses for Jewish history in Ethnic Studies Curriculum
San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison March 10, 2021 StandWithUs panel on March 10 on proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum included...
Mar 12, 20214 min read


NBA player put on leave after using anti-Jewish slur on video-game platform
Jewish News Syndicate “The words used by Meyers Leonard were wrong, and we will not tolerate hateful language from anyone associated with...
Mar 11, 20212 min read


StandWithUs to NBA and NBPA: Adopt IHRA in Wake of Meyers Leonard Antisemitic Slur
In the wake of Meyers Leonard's recent antisemitic slur during an online gaming session, StandWithUs and its Center for Combating...
Mar 11, 20212 min read


StandWithUs Deeply Disappointed in Normalization of Anti-Jewish Hate at 2021 Grammy Awards
(Los Angeles -- March 10, 2021) -- The 2021 Grammy Awards is featuring two people, Tamika Mallory and Jay Electronica, who are both known...
Mar 11, 20213 min read
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