Author: David Leibermann

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An outspoken American-born rabbi and left-wing human rights activist has been charged with obstructing soldiers in the West Bank, one of whom was a far-right settler who was himself charged with a hate crime in 2015.   The indictment comes as violence has risen in the West Bank, and as the Biden administration […]

When Alon Fishman visited Israel in early January on a group trip, it wasn’t his first time in the country. But Fishman, 23, had never seen Israel like this before. When his Birthright Israel group arrived at the Western Wall, they found it uncharacteristically empty, and the plaza featured a new memorial with the names […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Katie Silver had already mastered volunteering and racing to safe rooms when she hopped on another Israeli wartime trend. Silver, a pilates instructor in Jerusalem, logged onto a Facebook group called Secret Tel Aviv and announced that she was looking for love. Like many single 30-somethings, Silver had tried dating apps but […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Hamas delivered a long-awaited response to an Israeli proposal for a hostage deal on Tuesday, eliciting cautious optimism from some involved in negotiations even as Israeli officials dimmed hopes about how many hostages could ultimately return alive. Israel has not responded officially to the counterproposal, which reportedly lays out a 135-day path […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A bid to rush wartime emergency assistance to Israel failed in the U.S. House of Representatives, running into opposition from a trio of factions who opposed the bill for widely divergent reasons. The bill for $17.6 billion in emergency assistance needed a two-thirds majority under a special House procedure. It garnered […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has traveled to Israel to fulfill his foreign policy pledges — and his own personal religious aspirations. Milei, an avowed philosemite who was elected in November, will travel with his rabbi-turned-ambassador and will meet with families of Argentinians held hostage in Gaza. Milei is the first Latin […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Relatives of Israeli hostages who have drawn international criticism for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza are planning a multi-day march in support of ramped-up measures to debilitate Hamas. The march will go from the Gaza border to Jerusalem. It will start at Zikim, one of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, and […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Progressive mayors of two major American cities took opposite tacks Wednesday toward local resolutions endorsing a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, a sign of enduring divisions between Democrats as the war is about to enter its fifth month.  Jacob Frey, the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, vetoed his city council’s resolution endorsing a […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A conflict that started on a tiny perimeter of land on Oct. 7 is, less than four months later, reverberating throughout the region, from Turkey in the north to Morocco in the west, Iran in the east and Yemen in the south. “This is an incredibly volatile time in the Middle East,” […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel would achieve a “total victory” in its war against Hamas as Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he is “hopeful” that the sides are nearing an extended truce. Blinken’s comments came while Hamas said it was considering Israel’s latest proposal for a temporary ceasefire, which would […]