Standing United: Thoughts from Jewish Interns at StandWithUs
To Whom It May Concern, On September 1, 2024, we woke to find ourselves grappling with grief and loss once again. With pain mirroring the...
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Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York
(Boston, MA, September 30, 2024) --. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and...
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- Sep 27
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StandWithUs and 36 Organizations Urge Covington & Burling Law Firm to Withdraw Its Sponsorship of Conference Due to Host’s Celebration of Navi Pillay
(New York, NY) -- On September 24, 2024 a coalition of 37 leadership organizations in the American Jewish and legal communities (listed...
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- Sep 26
- 1 min
StandWithUs Requests from UC Chancellors Proof of Compliance with UC Policy
On September 23, 2024, StandWithUs sent a letter to all ten UC Chancellors, requesting proof that they indeed have fulfilled their...
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- Sep 25
- 1 min
StandWithUs Urges Action in Washington State, Bellevue School District, for Ignoring Antisemitism in Violation of District Policy and State Law
In April 2024, StandWithUs contacted the Bellevue School District in Washington State about increasingly antisemitic incidents at their...
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- Sep 25
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StandWithUs Sends Letter to Board Game Convention Offering Advice in the Face of Antisemitic Boycotters
The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department wrote to the organizers of Big Bad Con, a board game convention scheduled for October 2024 in...
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- Sep 24
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StandWithUs Sends Letter to The New School Seeking Administrative Action Regarding Antisemitism
On September 23, StandWithUs sent a letter to administrators at The New School (1) addressing a departmental newsletter replete with...
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- Sep 23
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StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking to Hold UNRWA Accountable for October 7 Terrorism
The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York on September 27, 2024 along with the...
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- Sep 19
- 4 min
StandWithUs Will Open October 7th Memorial Exhibition To Run from September 24 Through October 30 at its Katz Education Center in Jerusalem
The exhibition will feature acclaimed Israeli graffiti artist Benzi Brofman’s portraits of victims of Oct. 7th including hostages still...
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- Sep 18
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StandWithUs Announces New Criminal Justice Division within the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department
(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- On September 18, 2024 , StandWithUs announced a new criminal justice division within its StandWithUs Saidoff Legal...
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- Sep 18
- 4 min
SUNY Purchase Leaders Violated Students’ Rights and Rewarded Jew-Hating Rhetoric; They Must Be Held Accountable
By Esti Heller | The Algemeiner | September 11, 2024 When I first met Milagros “Milly” Peña — the president of SUNY (State University of...
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- Sep 18
- 2 min
‘The irony of becoming what you once hated’: Milwaukee mural intertwines Star of David with swastika
There’s outrage from group working to combat antisemitism By Kristin Pierce | WISN | September 12, 2024 Screenshot The outside of a...
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- Sep 18
- 5 min
Education Is Power
By Julianne Katz | Jewish Link | August 29, 2024 StandWithUs students in Los Angeles StandWithUs is an international, nonpartisan...
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- Sep 12
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StandWithUs Salutes the City of Miami Beach for Anti-BDS Ordinance
Miami Beach, Florida - September 11, 2024 StandWithUs congratulates Commissioner David Suarez and the City of Miami Beach Council for...
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- Sep 8
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UMich student government criticized by pro-Israel org for withholding student funds in divestment demand, calls it a ‘gross abuse of power’
By Michael Duke | Campus Reform | September 5, 2024 A pro-Israel organization criticized the University of Michigan’s student...
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- Aug 26
- 4 min
Pittsburgh Organizers Stopped an Effort to Boycott Israel; But It Was Far Too Close
By Julie Paris | The Algemeiner | August 22, 2024 The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known for many things: bridges, steel,...
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- Aug 26
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StandWithUs Files Amicus Brief at the U.S. Supreme Court Advocating for Employees' First Amendment Rights Not To Be Represented by Antisemitic Union
City University of New York ("CUNY") professors learned that CUNY's union issued an antisemitic resolution after October 7. Though six...
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- Aug 20
- 3 min
Press Release: StandWithUs Files Title VI Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against SUNY Purchase for Egregious Antisemitic Targeting by Student Government, Enabled by Administration
Los Angeles, CA – The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, a division of StandWithUs, along with a current student and a recent...
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- Aug 20
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Title VI Complaint Filed Against SUNY Purchase by StandWithUs
StandWithUs Files Title VI Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against SUNY Purchase for Egregious Antisemitic Targeting by Student Government...
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- Aug 20
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Pittsburgh Jewish Community Successfully Defeats Illegal and Discriminatory BDS Referendum Item
Community Relations Council Director Laura Cherner (left) stand with attorneys Efrem Grail, Carolyn McGee and Ronald Hicks, StandWithUs...
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- Aug 14
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Pittsburgh Jewish Community Fights Back Against Unlawful BDS Referendum Item
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) — On August 13, the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and a coalition of four local Jewish clergy filed a legal...
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- Aug 12
- 3 min
A Dallas School District Is Being Investigated for Antisemitism; Here’s How Other Schools Can Avoid That Fate
By: Jenna Statfeld Harris | Algemeiner | Aug 5, 2024 On July 15, 2024, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
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- Aug 9
- 2 min
StandWithUs Condemns Targeted Violence Against Hindu Community in Bangladesh
(Los Angeles, California — August 08, 2024) — On August 5, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a coup,...
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- Aug 6
- 3 min
New Hampshire Adopts IHRA to Fight Antisemitism
(Concord, New Hampshire - August 06, 2024) - On August 05, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 508, which codifies...
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- Aug 6
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A Call for Accountability and Reform
The video in question, “Why doesn’t international law apply to the West?” sourced from the YouTube channel. Michael Gencher | ...
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- Aug 6
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Focus Groups on Campus Antisemitism Show What a Difference Administrations Can Make
Multiple surveys have reported an alarming increase in hostilities on campus, and this was an opportunity to explore that trend further....
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- Aug 6
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Victims of antisemitic riot outside Los Angeles synagogue sue radical groups behind ‘shocking’ violence
Protesters allegedly blocked the entrance to the Adas Torah synagogue as violence broke out Peter Aitken | Fox News | July 26, 2024...
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- Aug 6
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Address ‘alarming’ Jew-hatred, reverse agreements with agitators, 18 groups tell schools
“Institutions cannot trample on the rights of Jewish and Israeli students in an effort to restore order to their campuses,” said Roz...
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- Aug 2
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StandWithUs Helps Expose Al Jazeera Journalist’s Ties to Hamas
(Los Angeles, California — August 02, 2024) — On July 31, 2024, Al Jazeera reporter Ismail Al Ghoul was killed in an airstrike west of...
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- Jul 29
- 7 min
National Review Article: Jewish Groups Bring 19th-CenturyWeapon to Legal Fight againstAntisemitism at Columbia: The KKKAct
By Zach Kessel/June 28, 2024 Since the attack of October 7, Columbia University has been hit with a flurry of lawsuits accusing the...
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- Jul 25
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As Threat of Hezbollah War Rises, Here’s What You Should Know About Israeli-Lebanese Relations
Matthew Abelson | Algemeiner | July 16, 2024 Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Israel’s relations with Lebanon have historically been...
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- Jul 24
- 4 min
Letter from SWU and CAMERA to AFT President Randi Weingarten
July 22, 2024 Randi Weingarten American Federation of Teachers 555 New Jersey Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20001-2079 Via Email:...
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- Jul 23
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Los Angeles screening of ‘Screams Before Silence’ captivates local Jewish community
“I am the live testimony standing before you, before the world speaking for [the victims who no longer can,” one ZAKA first responder...
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- Jul 17
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StandWithUs and Zachor Urge U.S. Attorney General to Enforce the “KKK Laws” at Columbia University to Remedy Hostile Environment
Letter to the Department of Justice chief explains that the coordinated actions of five anti-Israel campus groups at Columbia deprived...
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- Jul 15
- 4 min
Reply to FIRE’s Analysis of StandWithUs Letter to Santa Monica College re: Academic Freedom
July 15, 2024 StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department's Reply to FIRE’s Analysis of StandWithUs Letter to Santa Monica College re: Academic...
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- Jul 11
- 3 min
Press Release: Screening of “Screams Before Silence”
Call to Action: Scooter Braun and Daphna Edwards Ziman Host a Private Screening of “Screams Before Silence” to Unify With Women and...
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- Jul 10
- 4 min
Major Teachers’ Union to Vote on Resolution Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’
By Zach Kessel | National Review | July 2, 2024 National Education Association members will vote on several anti-Israel resolutions...
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- Jul 10
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StandWithUs urges Northwestern trustees to nullify agreement with anti-Israel encampment protesters
Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs sent a letter to the Northwestern University Board of Trustees asking them to nullify an agreement...
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- Jul 3
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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...
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- Jul 3
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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...
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- Jul 1
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Press Release: StandWithUs Urges Northwestern University Trustees to Nullify Unlawful Agreement Giving In to Encampment Agitators
Legal opinion by Kasowitz Law Firm on behalf of StandWithUs claims Northwestern leadership’s actions are unlawful and urges the Board of...
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- Jul 1
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Letter to Northwestern University Trustees Urging Them to Nullify Unlawful Agreement
Legal opinion by Kasowitz Law Firm on behalf of StandWithUs claims Northwestern leadership’s actions are unlawful and urges the Board of...
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- Jun 27
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American Jewish Medical Association and StandWithUs Demand Justice after Antisemitic Subway Incident in New York
The American Jewish Medical Association and StandWithUs call on New York City authorities to prosecute suspects who terrorized Jewish...
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- Jun 27
- 3 min
Breaking! North Carolina passes Shalom Act to fight antisemitism
(Raleigh, NC, June 26, 2024) -- The North Carolina Senate passed 45-2 the Shalom (Standing Up To Hate And Leading with Our Moral...
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- Jun 25
- 4 min
Jewish Student’s Diploma Withheld Over Run-in With ‘Antisemitic’ Poster
By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | June 13, 2024 EXCLUSIVE — A Jewish student at the University of California, Irvine, is having his...
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- Jun 25
- 3 min
UC Irvine Jewish Student Gets Big Win as Civil Rights Lawsuit Looms
By Peter Cordi | Washington Examiner | June 15, 2024 EXCLUSIVE — A University of California, Irvine Jewish student will be allowed to...
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- Jun 25
- 3 min
Santa Monica College Professors Accused of Creating Antisemitic Assignments
Ethnic Studies professor and Art History professor require students to promote notion that Israel is committing genocide Alyssa Erdley |...
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- Jun 24
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StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitic and Anti-Israel New Business Items Proposed at NEA Representative Assembly
(Philadelphia, PA – June 24, 2024) – StandWithUs strongly condemns multiple antisemitic and anti-Israel New Business Items (NBIs) that...
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- Jun 21
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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...
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- Jun 21
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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...
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