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StandWithUs (SWU) is an international, nonprofit, and nonpartisan Israel education organization that works to inspire and educate people of all ages about Israel, as well as challenge misinformation and fight against antisemitism. Through university fellowships, high school internships, middle-school curricula, conferences, materials, social media, educational films and missions to Israel, StandWithUs supports people around the world who want to educate their schools and communities about Israel. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the organization has chapters and programs throughout the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Brazil and the Netherlands. For the last 11 years, StandWithUs has consistently received the highest possible ratings from Charity Navigator and GuideStar, two charity watchdog groups that assess hundreds of thousands of charities in the United States.
“Offering training and resources to young Israelis specifically designed for Diaspora students presents an opportunity for American young teens not only to learn about Israel but to develop a genuine relationship with Israel,” says Mina Rush, creator of IsraelLINK.
Now more than ever, we believe it is crucial that even deep disagreements do not prevent us from remaining united around our love for Israel and the Jewish people.
Among other things, it will include consideration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, which recognizes the variety of forms that antisemitism can take.
Billboards call attention to the rise of antisemitism in the United States and around the world; the first of the messages are up in two locations in South Florida from March 8 to April 9.
Noa Tishby, Israel’s special envoy for antisemitism, was the emcee and also interviewed keynote speaker, award-winning journalist Matti Friedman.
Navi Pillay presents the latest report from the UNHRC “Commission of Inquiry” to the U.N. General Assembly. The new report will most assuredly minimize the role of Palestinian terrorism and instead overwhelmingly blame Israel for the conflict.
Amsterdam Publishers celebrates in New York its ongoing efforts to preserve Holocaust memories
“The State of New Jersey has an obligation to ensure that members of local school boards lawfully and ethically use their platform to create an unbiased educational environment for all students in their district,” said Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs.
StandWithUs was at the forefront of the challenge against Ben & Jerry’s boycott, sending approximately 500 individual letters to Unilever stakeholders, testifying before a state investment board, rallying 16,000 to join the campaign, deploying advertisement trucks to Unilever’s headquarters to protest Ben & Jerry’s antisemitism and regularly reaching out to Unilever CEO Alan Jope.