Honoring Survivors, StandWithUs in Israel

Jewish Journal

Ryan Torok

5/15/2019

Husband-and-wife Roz and Jerry Rothstein, CEO and COO of pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU), respectively, took part in a mission to Israel for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut.

StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein (far left); Jerry Rothstein, COO of StandWithUs (far right); and StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson (center) met with Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Tel Aviv. Photo courtesy of StandWithUs

The group went to Tel Aviv, Sderot and Jerusalem.

“It was a very private and high-level mission,” a StandWithUs representative said. “We don’t usually do press on it.”

The group met with Michael Dickson, executive director of StandWithUs — Israel and Israel Defense Forces soldiers (IDF), among others.

SWU supporters from around the world took part in the mission. The delegation arrived in Israel on May 5.

Visiting the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, they posed for photographs with IDF soldiers on the building’s helipad overlooking the city.

The delegation was thrilled after seeing the SWU name projected onto City Hall in Tel Aviv, marking the organization’s 18th birthday and 71 years since the founding of the State of Israel.

The Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv forms the backdrop for StandWithUs "Independence Day" Mission

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