Posts Tagged: StandWithUs
‘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...
Lawsuits Are Key to Fighting Antisemitism
JNS.org - For the last 20 years, many of us have been documenting the overwhelming rise of hostility on American campuses towards Israel, Jewish students...
US Government Investigating George Washington University for Alleged Antisemitic Discrimination
The US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into George Washington University to determine whether administrators allowed a professor...
George Washington University Exonerates Professor Accused of Antisemitism
George Washington University on Monday said there is no evidence to substantiate a civil rights complaint's claims that one of its assistant professors is antisemitic...
500 Academics and Mental Health Professionals Call for Removal of Professor Accused of Antisemitism
Over five hundred academics and mental health professionals have issued a letter urging George Washington University (GWU) to remove "decolonial" clinical psychology professor Lara Sheehi...
