Author: David Leibermann

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For Jews who were not directly ensnared in the violence and terror of Oct. 7, the days that followed were characterized by rapidly changing numbers. The number of people known to be dead shot up, as did the number of rockets fired from Gaza and the number of mobilized Israeli troops. The […]

GAZA ENVELOPE, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For Ido Felus, returning to his home in Kfar Aza is not a choice but an imperative that has guided every decision he has made — including what to study in college — since Oct. 7. “If we don’t come back, the terrorists will have won,” Felus, 24, told […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — U.S. and British combat aircraft struck targets belonging to Yemen’s Houthi militia on Thursday, marking a rare and risky instance of U.S. and Western involvement in a conflict between Israel and an Arab adversary. The Houthis, an Iran-backed militia, had been targeting Western sea vessels in the Red Sea, ostensibly to […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The first day of Israel’s trial for genocide opened at the International Court of Justice on Thursday, with lawyers from South Africa beginning to make their case that Israel is guilty of the crime against humanity in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel has chosen to contest the claim in the […]

Life changed dramatically for millions in Israel on 7th October 2023 and one of them was Inbar Haiman, a young student attending a Peace Festival in the Negev desert that weekend.   Caught up in the attack, and then kidnapped and hauled off to Gaza on a motorbike, she was one of the more than two […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An anti-war protest organized by a broad coalition of Israeli left-wing organizations in the heart of Tel Aviv was canceled after police denied the event a permit. Organizers say they will appeal the denial to the Supreme Court and make plans for an even bigger event next week. The rally, […]

TEL AVIV — It only took a few minutes from the time the rocket fire from Gaza began on the morning of Oct. 7 for Karen Tal to field her first of many phone calls and messages with terrible news. The CEO of Amal, a secular educational network whose mission is to serve Israelis of […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Nine Israeli soldiers were killed, including six in one incident, during fighting in Gaza on Monday as Israel announced a new phase that officials said would be more targeted than the campaign that has devastated the enclave. The announcement — made first to the New York Times — came as Secretary of […]

KIBBUTZ HAZOREA, Israel — Fifteen young men and women, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings and to each other, dance around a bucolic field, twisting their bodies to trance music blasting through their headphones. Beyond their earphones is silence, except for the constant rumble of fighter jets taking off from Ramat David air base in the […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — One month after his fiancee was killed in the Israeli military’s Oct. 7 battle against Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri, Omer Ohana received a small bit of solace: His government passed a bill granting recognition to same-sex partners of fallen soldiers. “My love! From this day forward I am an […]