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New AI assistant launched to fight online antisemitism and misinformation

The assistant offers quick, fact-based answers to questions on Jewish history, Zionism, antisemitism, and Middle East affairs.

 A new AI-powered chatbot called SWUBOT, was developed by the nonprofit organization StandWithUs and is intended to serve students, educators, and community advocates around the world.
 Protest reportedly organized by JVP at the Capitol’s Cannon Office Building a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in Washington on July 23, 2024.

JVP is a shield for hate, not a voice for peace 

 A doctor wears a protective mask as he walks outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 1, 2020.

Study: 40% of US Jewish medical professionals experienced antisemitism in workplace

A MAN wearing a kippah places back a poster with the photo of a hostage – Moran Stella Yanai, since released – after it was ripped down, at New York University in October 2023.

StandWithUs pilot study: Safety and security on campus


Why Jewish organizations need a road map to defeat antisemitism – opinion

How collaboration among Jewish groups can secure the future and fight global antisemitism.

   CHABAD ON CAMPUS ISRAEL student delegation releases hundreds of yellow balloons, issuing a prayer for the release of the hostages held captive in Gaza, in New York City’s Times Square.

Grapevine: Faces, family

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

"When we look into their eyes, we see their stories": New exhibition honors October 7 victims

Graffiti artist Benzi Brofman honors those killed and kidnapped in the Hamas massacre with a moving multimedia exhibition blending art and storytelling.

 Left to right: Eitan Neishlos (Dubai-based philanthropist and partner of exhibition), Benzi Brofman (Israeli Graffiti Artist), Michael Dickson (Executive Director of StandWithUs Israel).

Michael Dickson: Sitting down with the man who stands for Israel

While the battle before Dickson and generations to come is an uphill one, he has faith that Israel will come out of this more unified and optimistic than ever before.

 ‘IN JERUSALEM’ Editor Erica Schachne (L) and Noa Amouyal in conversation with StandWithUs Executive Director Michael Dickson, at the organization’s Jerusalem office.

Lawsuit hits protest groups, funder over Pico-Robertson synagogue riots

StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice files a federal lawsuit against Code Pink, PYM, and WESPAC for blocking worshippers and inciting violence at an LA synagogue.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with counter-protesters, near Adas Torah synagogue in Pico-Robertson neighborhood, California, U.S., June 23, 2024, in this still image obtained from a video.

After 'Post' report, radio app by Hamas was removed from the App Store

The free application allowed listeners to tune into broadcasts of the Gaza-based radio station.

 iPhone device

Tales of a wounded Wildcat: Antisemitism at my alma mater - opinion

In January, Northwestern became a target of a federal investigation into its handling of antisemitism.

 PROTEST SIGNS litter the campus of Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois, April 25.

IDF lone soldiers, B'not Sherut celebrate Thanksgiving in Jerusalem

For lone soldiers and lone B’not/B’nei Sherut, Thanksgiving holds special significance. While they may find themselves far from their homes and families, they are not alone.

 CARVING THE turkey: StandWithUs executive director (C) Michael Dickson with Michael Levin Base co-director Lizzie Noach, and volunteers.

Pro-Palestinian protest leads to injury, arrest at pro-Israel speaker’s university lecture

According to news reports, the advisor to the university’s rector left the scene with a broken nose after attempting to safeguard her daughter.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a protest following a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in London, Britain May 22, 2021.

StandWithUs UK office broken into on Israeli Independence Day

StandWithUs UK has reached out to the police and Community Security Trust to investigate the incident

 Memorial candle placed next to StandWithUs UK t-shirt after break-in

George Washington U faces federal investigation over antisemitism charges

Opening an investigation does not necessarily mean that the department believes the complaint has merit, but pro-Israel activists still celebrated it as a symbolic victory. 

George Washington University