Author: David Leibermann

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The New Israel Fund opened its latest fundraising pitch Wednesday with a Passover-themed plea: “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” The reference to the upcoming holiday was not the only way the appeal was topical. The U.S.-based nonprofit, which funds a variety of progressive organizations in Israel, was, for the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – While fellow Ivy League institutions landed in hot water over their handling of campus antisemitism since the Israel-Hamas war began six months ago, Princeton University has largely evaded the spotlight. That changed this week, as the U.S. Department of Education opened a Title VI investigation into antisemitism allegations at the elite New […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A lecturer at an Israeli university is going on unpaid leave after students demanded he be fired for signing a petition that claims Israel “appears to” be guilty of genocide. Regev Nathansohn, who teaches communications at Sapir College, is one of two dozen Israeli academics who have signed a petition calling for […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Holocaust survivors in Israel relived their trauma on Oct. 7, when Hamas’ attack on their country was the deadliest day for Jews since the Nazis were defeated. Some were injured, hid for their lives and were displaced from their homes, in echoes of their experiences as children. Now, they will get a […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Organizations and individuals around the world have donated at least $1.4 billion toward Israel’s recovery from the attack of Oct. 7, according to a new report published by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.  The donations, coupled with widespread pro-Israel activism in the Diaspora and the arrival in Israel of tens of thousands […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — More than 150 Jewish filmmakers, writers, actors, and creatives — including Oscar nominees and winners — have signed an open letter in support of director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech at the 2024 Academy Awards. Glazer, whose Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest” won best international feature, used his speech to denounce Israel’s […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that how the United States deals with Israel’s war with Hamas depends on what Israel does to mitigate dangers for aid workers and for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip. Within hours, Israel loosened controls on humanitarian aid entering the enclave. Biden’s 30-minute […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – An elite West Coast liberal arts school will no longer pre-approve students to study abroad at Haifa University, in a decision announced after its student government voted against the program in protest of Israel. Anti-Zionist activists at Pitzer College and beyond are cheering the change as a victory for the movement to […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Israeli military is investigating reservist soldiers who shot dead David Ben Avraham, a Palestinian who converted to Judaism to honor his grandfather for rescuing Jews during the deadly 1929 Hebron riots. The soldiers considered the 63-year old suspicious when he got off the bus on Thursday in the West Bank near […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When I first met Keith Siegel, he was the last of four siblings still at home. He was in high school, and I remember him pedaling off early in the morning. I was in a different world, graduate school, and was renting a room from his parents as I needed a quieter place […]