Program areas at StandWithUs
Educational events and materials for students and communities, and activities in the ussince the inception of Standwithus, the professionals recognize that the same antisemitic propaganda that is being promoted on campuses is also used in high schools, middle schools and in communities around the world to achieve the same destructive goals. The main goal is to create animosity towards Israel and its supporters. (continued on sch. O)some examples of relentless campaigns by anti-israel organizations include the calls for boycotting only Israel, the rallies supporting hamas terrorism and/or calling for violence against israelis and/or anyone who supports Israel, promotion of misinformation about Israel and/or jews, and holocaust denial or holocaust inversion (accusing jews of being nazis). All of these racist tactics are menacing to jewish people, to Israel and to non-jewish people who support israel.the same strategies and tools that Standwithus is using on college campuses are also being used within communities.for 23 years, Standwithus has been engaged in educating and inspiring people of all ages about Israel and about fighting antisemitism. Standwithus is there to support community members in a variety of ways, from funding events to producing publications and films on a variety of issues, (and in a variety of languages) to respond to anti-israel, antisemitic campaigns. We bring relevant programs and guest speakers, we host educational conferences, film discussions, and more. To proactively educate and inspire students, we have a year-long "emerson fellowship" for college students across the us and around the world, as well as our kenneth leventhal year-long internship for high school students in the us and around the world. We have a curriculum for middle schools called "Israel link" used in hundreds of middle schools in the us.standwithus has become the largest producer and distributor of well-documented, colorful, userfriendly and engaging publications for campuses, high schools, churches, synagogues and communities about Israel and the jewish people. Films that Standwithus produces are used on social media. Millions of copies of our materials have been distributed each year in multiple languages, and are available in hard copy, as a pdf on our website. Standwithus has become a significant leader on social media, reaching millions of people each week. Since october 7, 2023 when hamas invaded Israel, Standwithus social media has seen over 1.5 billion interactions on all our combined social media platforms.
Campus support and community activities in the usstandwithus has become a household word across the united states for people who want to educate their local communities about Israel and fight antisemitism, whether it is on campus or in their communities. All of our offices have the same approach. We offer training, materials, funding, and speakers for campuses, high schools, middle schools, churches, synagogues and community events. We regularly host large and small conferences and other forms of educational programs. (continued on sch. O)standwithus has been working on college campuses since its inception, due to students from across the country reaching out to our professionals for help to challenge antisemitic misinformation being promoted on campuses by antisemitic student groups. Israel and its supporters are regularly being marginalized and/or "canceled" on campus as they were on berkeley for example when 9 student groups in the law school voted on a bylaw that would not allow "zionist" speakers to present to these groups. Its important to note that a zionist simply believes that Israel has a right to exist in peace and security in the location of the ancestral homeland of the jewish people, and most jews consider Israel an integral part of their jewish identity. That is why a bylaw against zionists is considered antisemitic, and jewish students (as well as non-jewish zionists) feel threatened and marginalized on far too many campuses where Israel and jews are being misrepresented or discriminated against. Students have reported hate speech and antisemitic campaigns being hosted on their campuses through speakers, professors and student groups who create ill will on campus for Israel and anyone who supports it. Students and community members who want to educate their peers need the tools and support to do so. Standwithus provides guidance and will create newmaterials as needed, to make sure we challenge lies and misinformation.standwithus will not say "no" to students who ask for help, as long as the need is related to the Standwithus mission of education about Israel and fighting antisemitism.standwithus has become an important resource for students who want to stand up against misinformation about Israel and/or anti-jewish racism. The emerson fellowship as well as the kenneth leventhal internship give students opportunities to take leadership roles in their schools across the us and around the world. We are now working on six continents, with offices and programs in australia, the uk, the netherlands, Israel, brazil, argentina, canada, Israel and the us. Through our leadership programs and our partnerships with other like-minded organizations, we reach hundreds of thousands of students every single year with programs and support.
Israel office=========misinformation about Israel and jews have been promoted to young adults in countries around the world. Standwithus opened an office in Israel in 2005 when we realized that we can educate visitors that come to Israel. Our work has grown significantly in Israel. We recently doubled our office space, and opened an education center in jerusalem so that we can reach tens of thousands more students from our jerusalem location. Students come to us from all over the world for sessions and special experiences, including tours. (continued on sch. O)one of our biggest accomplishements is the work we do in Israel, which includes partnering with other organizations to educate their constituents, to working with israeli college and high school students to help them become better representatives of their own country, Israel. Having a large, fully functioning office in Israel enables us to be a resource for materials, speakers, programs, conferences, missions to Israel, social media, including real-time updates during wartime, and so much more.we anticipate that the Israel office and its many educational programs will continue to grow each year due to the high demand for our resources and desire to partner with other groups.the Standwithus social media department, which educates millions of people each week, is managed by our team in Israel. With millions of fans on all our social media platforms, our reach is trackable, and our analytics are impressive. We also offer facebook pages in other languages, including arabic, which is dynamic and informative to the arab world, reaching millions of people each week.the educational videos we create and post on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter have achieved millions of views annually.
A) high school===========we began our work in high schools in 2012 in order to prepare students for the antisemitism they might face in their future college campuses. Our high school department has grown significantly since 2012, with over 200 leventhal interns in the 2024/2025 academic year in the us and canada. Between our campus, high school and middle school programs, Standwithus is reaching significant numbers of students with our programs and educational materials. Following their training in high school, many of our students take leadership roles in their colleges, and increasing numbers become Standwithus emerson fellows to continue their journey at standwithus.b) new and expanded programs at Standwithus during the last few years includeincreased numbers of social media followers. Our platforms reach millions of people each week.we have opened programs in the netherlands, australia, brazil, argentina, and south africa.we opened up a department for rabbis from across north america, from all denominations. The purpose is to provide them with free resources that will enhance their congregations engagement and education with Israel and also help them fight antisemitism.we opened a holocaust education center to bring curriculum into the classroom, to help lower the incidents of holocaust denial and raise the level of education. This program has flourished with over 20,000 students already engaged.we now have numerous new booklets on antisemitism which can be found at standwithus.com/booklets.with the threat of curriculum in k - 12 classrooms becoming tainted with antisemitism, we have opened a department specifically dedicated to making sure that we are monitoring and engaging with this newest threat.since october 7th, we have grown significantly within each of our departments, including our legal work, social media, campus and high school work.we continue to produce new films which receive millions of views annually.we have opened our center for combating antisemitism which offers materials and speakers.