Posts Tagged: StandWithUs
‘We Stand Together’: US Jewish Groups to Hold Major Pro-Israel Rally in Washington, DC on Tuesday
Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate in a "March for Israel" in Washington, DC on Tuesday to demand the release of hostages...
Let’s Meet the Challenge of Rising Campus Antisemitism Through Legal Remedies
The surge in anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiment in response to Hamas’s October 7 massacre, especially its blatant celebration by people around the world, is cause for...
Jewish Groups Demand Law Firms Withdraw Support for Event Honoring Anti-Israel UN Official
Leading Jewish and civil rights groups this week called on three law firms to withdraw their sponsorship of a conference that will honor UN human...
University of California Urged to Reject Ethnic Studies Admissions Requirement Over Antisemitism Concerns
Nearly 100 religious, civil rights, and educational organizations are calling on the University of California (UC) to reject a proposal that would require applicants to...
‘Are Most Jews Evil?’: Top US University Hosting ‘Palestine Literature Festival’ Featuring Avid Anti-Zionists
The University of Pennsylvania is preparing to host an event that will feature a gamut of anti-Zionist activists who have promoted antisemitic tropes and called...
NYU Praised by Academic, Civil Rights Groups for Declining to Host Anti-Zionist Conference
US Jewish groups on Wednesday cheered New York University (NYU) for confirming that it will not host a conference that a California-based anti-Zionist organization planned...
‘An Important Step’: Panama Adopts IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The Republic of Panama has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, drawing praise from Jewish leaders and groups in the US. The...
‘A Significant Deterrent’: US Jewish Groups Praise Conviction of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter
As the perpetrator of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018 was convicted Friday of dozens...
‘Expression of Hate’: CUNY Condemns Commencement Speech Which Demonized Israel
The City University of New York (CUNY), facing widespread criticism from Jewish groups and lawmakers over a law school commencement speech in which a student...
‘A Big Victory’: Biden Plan on Antisemitism Broadly Welcomed by US Jewish Groups, Activists
American Jewish groups on Thursday welcomed the release of the US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, a first of its kind document containing best practices...
US Government Investigating George Washington University for Alleged Anti-Palestinian Discrimination
The US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened a first of its kind investigation of alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination at George Washington University,...
‘I Will Kill All You Jews’: London Antisemitic Hate Crime Wave Continues
A wave of antisemitic hate crimes has hit Jewish Londoners in the last month, according to a slew of reports by neighborhood watch group Shomrim...
‘We’re Hizbullahi’: Jewish Children Harassed Near Day School in UK
Two men filmed themselves harassing a group of Jewish children near a day school in north London, according to footage shared on Wednesday by StandWithUs...
‘Profoundly Destructive’: Jewish Organizations from Across Ideological Spectrum Call on Academic Association to Reject BDS Resolution
Over 80 major Jewish organizations spanning the American political spectrum have signed a blistering letter imploring members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to reject...
