Author: David Leibermann

JERUSALEM ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As rain pounded the gravestones, thousands of people crowded into Israel’s military cemetery on Mt. Herzl to pay their final respects to Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg. It was one of many military funerals that day. Grinberg, 35, was the commander of the Golani infantry brigade’s elite 13th battalion, which lost nine […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Rutgers University suspended its campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine Monday, joining a growing number of American universities that have restricted the pro-Palestinian group’s operations as campus activism has spiked surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. The chapter has two business days to appeal the “interim” suspension. The university did not say […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden had a menorah custom-made from a White House beam, but it was another menorah from thousands of miles away that elicited the most powerful reaction at the annual White House Hanukkah party Monday night. Partygoers making their way up to the mansion’s residence, where the celebration took place, […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Over the weekend, one Jewish Democratic congressman joined with Elise Stefanik, the number-three Republican in the House of Representatives, to demand accountability for antisemitism. Another took to cable TV to say she had no credibility on the issue. The gap between the two Jewish Democrats — Florida’s Jared Moskowitz and Maryland’s […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A top U.S. official denied reports that the Biden administration has set a deadline for Israel to end its war with Hamas. But U.S. officials are becoming more open and outspoken about differences between the two allies over the war’s conduct. “We’re not in the business of being that prescriptive with […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Hundreds of staffers for 140 Jewish organizations, most of them progressive, signed a letter to President Joe Biden and Congress urging them to press Israel to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Hamas, citing their work “building thriving Jewish communities.” The letter, which does not necessarily reflect the views […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – The son of an Israeli government minister and former military chief of staff was killed in combat in Gaza on Thursday, as Israel continued its war against Hamas, killing some of the terror group’s senior officials amid mounting civilian and troop casualties. Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, the son of former Israel Defense […]

MAHANAYIM JUNCTION, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. Lea, a former infantry instructor in the Israel Defense Forces, cut short a trip to Central America and booked a ticket back to Israel, hoping to contribute to the war effort.  But like thousands of reserve soldiers, she has found herself far […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – The independent panel that rules on disputes at the world’s largest social media company is taking up two challenged posts about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in cases with potential ramifications for how users will be able to talk about the war online. The cases are the first to be taken on under […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the University of Pennsylvania board should make a “serious decision” about the school’s president, who is facing pressure to resign after she declined to say outright that calls for the genocide of Jews violate the university’s code of conduct. The outcry follows a congressional hearing on Tuesday […]