Feb. 27 – March 2, 2025 Los Angeles, CA In the wake of the October 7, 2023 attacks and the subsequent surge in global antisemitism, the StandWithUs International “Israel In Focus” Conference welcomed a diverse coalition of advocates to confront…
Anti-Israel Demonstrators Protest the March UC Regents Meeting
Demonstrations took place on March 18th and 19th against the ongoing University of California Regents meeting which is set to last from March 18th until March 20th. In the period leading up to this Regents meeting, there were two instances…
Anti-Israel Demonstrators Occupy and Vandalize Engineering Building During Finals Week
This morning, UCLA Palestine affinity groups called for the “occupation” of the Engineering IV building, stating their intent to rename it the Adnan Al-Bursh Liberated Zone after a Palestinian orthopedic surgeon who died in an Israeli prison in April 2024.…
Cautionary Tales from an Ex-Soviet Jew
Being raised by parents who fled the Soviet Union and immigrated to America after decades of systemic antisemitism in the USSR, I am filled with gratitude for the ability to be openly Jewish, a privilege unknown to the generations of…
Opinion: The Daily Bruin Editorial Board’s Distorted Portrayal of UCLA Disciplinary Policy
By Hillah Greenberg and Mia Toubian The Daily Bruin Editorial Board has a responsibility to engage with contentious issues with intellectual rigor, sound argumentation, and journalistic integrity. Their recent editorial, however, seemingly engages in fallacious reasoning, misleading rhetoric, and a…
Opinion: A Jewish Response to Chancellor Frenk and Professor Gabriel’s Initiative to Combat Antisemitism
At 9:01 am this morning, UCLA chancellor Julio Frenk, sent a long overdue email calling for a campus-wide “Initiative to Combat Antisemitism.” While October 7th certainly served as a catalyst for the anti-Israel and antisemitic frenzy that has erupted across…
Opinion- The West’s Willful Blindness: Confronting the Reality of Extremism
Now that we have seen Gazan children parade the bodies of the murdered Bibas boys, many Jews must confront the reality that the leadership of Gaza is indoctrinated with Jew-hatred. The sight of young children, grinning as they hoisted the…
Bridging Faiths, Defending Truth: Christian Zionists in the Emerson Fellowship
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” The Christian, StandWithUs Emerson Fellows are not just friends of the Jewish people; they are bound by a deeper recognition…
Satire: Roosevelt Scolds Polish Commander for Failing to Work with Hitler, Accuses Commander of not “Being Respectful”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The highly anticipated meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Polish Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły took a dramatic turn on Friday, as Roosevelt, alongside Vice President John Nance Garner, publicly dressed down the Polish leader for Poland’s failure…
The Debt America Never Repaid: Haym Salomon, the Sephardic Jew Who Financed the Revolution
Jews can claim credit for some of the world’s most valuable inventions—Google, pacemakers, Adam Sandler, stainless steel, Barbie, aspirin. But perhaps their most overlooked contribution? The United States of America itself. Haym Salomon, a Sephardic Jew, was not merely a…