Author: David Leibermann

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, open letters calling for a ceasefire have been one of the most common ways for thousands of academics, from Boston to Los Angeles, to register their opposition to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.  Now, two such statements are at the center of a new federal […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Since Oct. 7, a growing number of Democrats have called for a ceasefire in Gaza, harshly criticized Israel or refused to send it more money.  But increasingly over the past few weeks, when both chambers of Congress sit down to vote, it is a faction of Republicans, allied with Donald Trump, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Tensions are flaring at Israel’s northern border after a rocket fired from Lebanon killed a woman in the northern city of Tzfat. Israel is reportedly carrying out extensive strikes inside southern Lebanon on Wednesday in response to the deadly rocket attack from Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group, which also left eight Israelis […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When Jonathan came home after 99 days serving in Israel’s military reserves in and around Gaza and the West Bank, the feeling that stuck with him wasn’t relief or exhaustion. It was anger.  Transitioning back to civilian life was a challenge, as was keeping his emotions in check. He says […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Israeli military has rescued two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the second such rescue since Hamas took hundreds of Israelis captive on Oct. 7. The overnight rescue operation, which was announced in the early hours of Monday morning, Israel time, comes as the Israel Defense Forces are shifting […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Late last month, Jacob Frey, the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, vetoed his city council’s resolution endorsing a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, calling it “a one-sided resolution that adds more division to an already fraught situation.” On Thursday, the council voted to override his veto, adopting a resolution that calls for a […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden is conditioning U.S. defense assistance on not impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid, a key point of tension between the U.S. and Israeli governments during the Gaza war. The policy announcement, made Thursday night, followed a trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel that has put […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Assaf Lowengart’s introduction to American baseball didn’t go well: A fan accidentally doused him in beer when his family, having relocated from Israel to Milwaukee for a year, attended a Brewers game. Then in first grade, he cried. Yet Lowengart soon caught the baseball bug, rising in the ranks of Israel’s nascent […]

Jared Genser, a Washington, D.C.-based international human rights lawyer, has extracted hostages and political prisoners from some of the world’s worst dictatorships — usually in one-off deals following years of negotiation and on a rare occasion involving large sums of money.  But he’s concerned that piecemeal dealmaking with rogue actors encourages more kidnappings. So Genser […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An array of left-leaning Israeli human rights groups has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Their statement echoed the views of some of the families of the hostages still held by Hamas. It also was a sign of the way Jewish Israelis’ virtually wall-to-wall support for the war is […]