Author: David Leibermann

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the question came, Columbia University’s president was ready. Her answer was “Yes.” Just minutes into a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism on Wednesday, Nemat Shafik had been asked, “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Columbia’s code of conduct?” It was a knowing repeat of the now-infamous question that cost […]

This story is part of an occasional series examining life during wartime at Israel’s northern border. MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For each of the last four winters, Mount Hermon ski area CEO Refael Nave spent practically every day at the mountain whose peaks straddle the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel. As the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A Holocaust research center founded by Steven Spielberg has gotten embroiled in a drama over campus Israel speech that is dividing the University of Southern California, where it is housed. The USC Shoah Foundation is downplaying its role in the school’s academics after the university’s valedictorian, a pro-Palestinian student who earned a […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – The artist representing Israel at one of the world’s foremost contemporary art exhibitions is shutting down her exhibit until a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages is reached. Ruth Patir, whom Israel selected as its official representative at the Venice Biennale, closed her country’s pavilion on Tuesday […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The war between Israel and Hamas — now in its seventh month — shows no sign of ending soon. The United States said Monday that Hamas rejected the most recent proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, an unprecedented rocket attack on Israel from Iran scrambled the calculations of Israel and […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) —  Republicans and Democrats in Congress are uniting to pass a bill that would create a national coordinator of antisemitism — though it faces competition from another Republican-backed bill that seeks to define antisemitism.  The bipartisan Countering Antisemitism Act, introduced last week, is meant to advance President Joe Biden’s national strategy to […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — More than 24 hours after stymieing a direct Iranian attack, Israel is weighing how to respond as the United States is urging restraint.  That decision will come alongside another pivotal one: how to respond to a truce proposal from Hamas that would halt the war in Gaza and free hostages in exchange […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The sirens started blaring all over Israel just before 2 a.m. — in the south, in the north, near army bases around the country and, unusually, in and around Jerusalem. The sirens are meant to stop Israelis in their tracks — or wake them from their slumber — and send them rushing to safe rooms when […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Unqualified public expressions of support for Israel from President Joe Biden. The United States and other nations scrambling to protect Israel from rockets. Congress accelerating defense assistance to Israel. When Iran attacked Israel on Saturday, it pulled Israel out of the isolation it was sinking into due to its war with […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On Saturday night, Iran fired more than 200 missiles and drones at Israel.  The unprecedented attack — from Iranian soil to Israeli territory — is the most direct confrontation ever between the two longtime adversaries. It threatens to spiral into a broader regional war whose consequences could also likewise be without precedent.  […]