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StandWithUs is a pro-Israel advocacy organization based in Los Angeles. It has recently opened offices in New York, Detroit, and in Jerusalem. SWU also has staff / affiliates in Chicago, Buffalo, San Fransisco, and in Orange County, CA.
It describes itself as "an advocacy organization that promotes education and understanding that will bring a secure future for Israel and her neighbors."
Structure
StandWithUs is also known as "Israel Emergency Alliance". It has several divisions:
- StandWithUsCampus - targeted at college students
- United4Freedom - a speaker's bureau funded by the Jewish Community Foundation
- Stand4Facts - "Stand4Facts is a dynamic web-based tool developed in collaboration with recent college graduates, academics, and student activists, to help you understand and respond to the rash of anti-Israel rallies and speeches on campus."
- LearnIsrael - donates pro-Israel books to libraries. "one of our initial objectives will be to ensure that the story of Israel is accurately represented in our nation’s libraries through books, films, online resources and other programs.". Also seems to be known as Librarians for Fairness.
- IsraelB2B - "The goal of this project is to match Israeli companies with businesses in your community and to promote sales of Israeli made products. ... While in some instances prices for some Israeli goods may not be as competitive as similar products made in other countries, let us not forget that our objective is not the profit which may be gained."
The executive director of the Alliance is Rosalin Rothstein.
StandWithUs, along with the American Jewish Congress and the The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership, is also a founding member of the Coalition for Responsible Peace in the Middle East . It is a member organization of the Israel On Campus Coalition(ICC) and is a partner with Giyus.org, which promotes the distribution of the Megaphone desktop tool.
References
- StandWithUs.org disclaimer page
- Internal Revenue Service Form 990, "Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax", for "Israel Emergency Alliance", 2004, part V, retrieved from
- Giyus.org list of partner organizations
External links
- Organization website
- Campus website
- Organization website - International
- "Pro-Israel group fights back with ads" Yaakov Lappin, Ynetnews 05.15.07
- "Searching for a Response", Mike Levy, Jewish Journal, June 8, 2001.
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