Help the legal battle for the Jewish people
Dear friends,
As terrorists butcher Jews in their homes in Israel, their sympathizers in the United States and abroad are targeting Jewish students on college campuses. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), WOL Palestine, and similarly aligned student groups — which exist to foment Jew-hatred and demonize Jewish students — have been rallying across the country as the Israeli people are under siege. Many of these rallies are not merely aimed at conveying solidarity with Palestinians victimized by the Hamas regime; rather, they publicly and aggressively celebrate Hamas’s barbaric attacks and justify the murder of Jewish and Israeli people. Responses from campus officials have generally been tepid at best, leaving Jewish students feeling unsupported and under threat.
The Lawfare Project's lawyers are currently assisting numerous Jewish student activists in the United States and Canada who are experiencing hostile environments on campus. We are helping them navigate the situations and ensuring their civil rights are being protected.
Moreover, we have mobilized our network of over 600 lawyers and dozens of law firms to provide pro bono legal services, and we are preparing to file lawsuits against schools across the country.
If legal action is not yet available based on the facts, we are working with the students to request specific forms of support from campus officials. If the officials fail to provide these forms of support or effective alternatives, we are documenting these acts to pave the way for potential legal action, which we will pursue aggressively.
Additionally, at schools where student groups like SJP have engaged in particularly egregious conduct, we are demanding a range of actions, including that their recognition as student organizations be revoked and they be deemed ineligible to receive institutional funding, that these groups and their members be disciplined according to applicable school policies, and that robust bias training specifically aimed at protecting Jewish identity be implemented.
How can you help?
(1) If you know any students whose rights may have been violated, please have them contact us as soon as possible by submitting this form on our website or emailing us at About@TheLawfareProject.org.
(2) If you know attorneys who may be interested in working with us, please have them join our legal network via this form.
(3) Please consider making a U.S. tax-deductible donation to support the legal battle. You can donate:
(a) via our website;
(b) by mailing a check payable to The Lawfare Project, 633 3rd Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10017; or
(c) via bank transfer or with a stock gift (please contact us for details).
(4) If you would like to make a donation that is tax-deductible in Canada, you can donate to our partner organization, the Lincoln Centre for Human Rights Research:
(a) via e-Transfer using the email LincolnCentre@secretariatcentral.com (please also send an email to LincolnCentre@secretariatcentral.com with contact information for tax receipt purposes);
(b) with a credit card via CanadaHelps;
(c) by mailing a check payable to Lincoln Centre for Human Rights Research, 20 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 6, Markham, ON L3R 9X9; or
(d) via electronic funds or wire transfer (please contact us for details).
Beyond confronting this current crisis, The Lawfare Project continues to work tirelessly on its pending legal actions in the United States and worldwide to enforce the rights of Jews facing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring antisemitic hate crimes are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and much more.
Now more than ever, we need your support.
In solidarity,
Brooke Goldstein
Executive Director, The Lawfare Project