Posts Tagged: StandWithUs
Lessons Learned When Planned University Giving Inadvertently Funds Antisemitism
Since writing about how donors to universities are increasingly finding themselves locked into funding anti-Israel professors and programs, requests have poured into StandWithUs seeking further guidance...
Pro-Israel Advocacy Groups Send Letter to Unilever Asserting It Can Overturn Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott
Two major pro-Israel advocacy groups have sent a letter to Unilever, the parent company of the ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s, arguing that, contrary...
How Building Interfaith Alliances Benefits Israel
The May 2021 war between Hamas and Israel prompted a steady release of misinformation about Israel, from media outlets to the college campus. It also...
Jewish Organizations Mark Anniversary of 1994 AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires
Jewish organizations on Sunday marked the 27th anniversary of the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. The 1994 bombing...
Anti-Israel Item Before Largest US Teacher’s Union Overwhelmingly Defeated at Assembly
An anti-Israel item placed before the National Education Association (NEA)’s Representative Assembly was overwhelmingly voted down, with only 23 percent of representatives supporting it, while...
2 Million Member US Education Union to Vote on Backing ‘Palestinian Struggle for Justice’
The largest labor union in the United States will weigh whether to approve two motions condemning Israel and recognizing the "State of Palestine" during its...
Jewish Refugees From Arab and Muslim Countries Recognized on United Nations World Refugee Day
In honor of United Nations World Refugee Day on Sunday, Israel and Jewish organizations remembered the often forgotten story of the nearly one million Jews...
They Want to Silence Jews and Israel; It Won’t Work
In my 15 years of working as a civil rights lawyer, I have never seen a wave of requests for legal help like I am...
The Holocaust Will Never Be Retro Chic
JNS.org - Armani, known for being sleek and polished, recently stumbled. Big time. It all started in early April when a private citizen named Janet Rosenblatt...
US Antisemitism Watchdog Opposes Ethnic Studies Course Requirement in California Assembly Hearing
A Jewish organization that concentrates on fighting antisemitism in schools and academia told a California Assembly hearing on making a controversial ethnic studies curriculum a...
Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and My Grandmother
JNS.org - In 1979, my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov, a small town about an hour from her home...
Zoom Cancels Planned University of Hawaii Event Featuring Notorious Palestinian Terrorist
Zoom canceled a webinar featuring a notorious Palestinian terrorist following a letter to the company's CEO from pro-Israel education group StandWithUS. The event -- scheduled for...
Pro-Israel Education Group Files Amicus Brief in Support of Fordham University’s Denial of Recognition to Students for Justice in Palestine
A pro-Israel education group has filed an amicus brief in support of Fordham University for denying recognition to a campus chapter of Students for Justice...
Florida State University Student Government Official Apologizes for Retweeting Diatribe Against ‘Zionist Community’
A Florida State University (FSU) student government official has apologized after retweeting a defamatory comment about the school's "zionist community." Rawan Abhari -- the Student Government...
