Author: David Leibermann

TAIPEI, Taiwan ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Growing up as a Bukharian Jew in China, Uriah was always told by his parents to hide his Jewishness in public and to try to assimilate into the greater Chinese population. Uriah — who asked to be identified only by his Hebrew name to ensure the safety of his family […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — In a video posted to social media on Sunday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib leveled a litany of harsh accusations at President Joe Biden — from saying he betrayed his voters to blaming him for endorsing “genocide.”  But one six-word phrase in the video caught the ire of a growing chorus of critics and […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A Jewish billionaire investor and philanthropist quit the board of Columbia Business School, saying the campus had become unsafe for Jews since the launch of the Israel-Hamas war. “With blatantly anti-Jewish student groups and professors allowed to operate with complete impunity, it sends a clear and distressing message that Jews are not […]

KFAR AZA, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — One month after their bucolic kibbutz turned into a site of carnage, Hanan Dann and Gili Okev returned for a brief visit — alongside two former world leaders, dozens of journalists and a handful of volunteers who were still engaged in the painstaking work of gathering the traces of their […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — National Jewish organizations are calling on Jews from around the country to travel to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14 for a mass pro-Israel rally they hope will rival major Jewish demonstrations in 2002 and 1987 in size and impact. The March for Israel has three goals, according to Eric Fingerhut, CEO […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For a few hours on Sunday, the unthinkable happened on social media: AIPAC promoted a clip of Bernie Sanders talking about Israel. Hours later, that praise prompted Sanders to write a post distancing himself from the pro-Israel lobby. Sanders, the Jewish Vermont senator and unofficial leader of progressives on Capitol Hill, […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The antisemitism envoys of 24 countries, including the United States, made a joint call for governments to protect their local Jewish communities in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The statement was posted Monday with the signatures of 30 officials. In addition to representatives of countries across Europe […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — French police are searching for a man who stabbed a young Jewish woman in her home in Lyon on Saturday. A swastika was found scrawled on her door, and police said they are investigating whether the symbol was connected to the assault. The woman, who was stabbed twice in her stomach after […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Thousands of people protested against Israel and the U.S. government’s support of it in downtown Washington D.C., with some rushing the White House fence with cries of “Intifada” and “Free Palestine.” The protest, which began at 2 p.m. on Saturday and lasted into the evening, called for a ceasefire in the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — In a speech on Friday, the head of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah did not announce that the group would escalate its conflict with Israel, though he hinted that it may in the future. The speech by Hassan Nasrallah appeared to forestall the possibility, at least at present, that Israel’s war against […]