Yael Lerman

Yael Lerman is the director of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, providing legal resources to students, professors and community activists confronting antisemitic and anti-Israel activity.

ARTICLES BY: Yael Lerman

December 28, 2022 4:08 pm

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It’s Time to Apply ‘Broken Windows’ Thinking to Antisemitism

In criminology, the "broken windows" theory holds that by responding vigilantly to small crimes, we help prevent larger crimes by sending the message that our...

June 9, 2021 12:57 pm

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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...

March 22, 2021 11:30 am

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Planning for Antisemitism in Planned Giving to Universities

A few years ago, a woman contacted the pro-Israel organization where I work, StandWithUs, worried about her late husband’s legacy. He had spent his career...

October 14, 2020 4:35 am

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Resisting the Normalization of Antisemitism in High Schools

An alarming incident recently occurred in Marin County, California, when high school students, associating themselves with Nazis, used social media to target specific Jewish students...