Author: David Leibermann

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As community manager of his kibbutz in Israel’s south, Asaf Artel, 52, oversees all social aspects of Kissufim’s 120 member families. On Oct. 7, Artel was able to guide Israeli troops while they rescued people from the kibbutz via walkie talkie from inside his safe room, where he spent several hours with his […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For years, the 50th day after Yom Kippur has been marked by the pilgrimage of hundreds of Ethiopian Jews dressed in white and carrying colorful umbrellas to Jerusalem to celebrate Sigd. This year, that day falls on Monday. But with Israel country at war, official public celebrations of the Ethiopian Jewish holiday […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel has revised the number of people known to have been killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, dropping its official estimate from 1,400 to 1,200 over the weekend. The change, announced in a statement from an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, comes more than a month after the attack, in which […]

(New York Jewish Week) — Columbia University has suspended two pro-Palestinian student groups — Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine — saying they violated university policies and expressed “threatening rhetoric and intimidation.” The suspension runs through the end of the fall semester, about six more weeks, and marks a significant crackdown by […]

(New York Jewish Week) – Hundreds of high school students and adults gathered near Bryant Park, heeding the call of a coalition of pro-Palestinian groups for New York City high school students to stage a walkout in protest of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. The crowd chanted “Intifada,” called for a ceasefire, accused Israel […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On Sept. 30, Ryan Lavarnway and Team Israel took the field in the Czech Republic to battle the host country for fifth place at the 2023 European Baseball Championship. Israel lost 5-1 and finished sixth in the biennial tournament. One week later, some of Lavarnway’s teammates were hastily called into active duty […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — International news outlets denied that photographers they hired had advance knowledge of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, after a report suggested without hard evidence that the journalists may have coordinated with the terror group ahead of the invasion. But the Associated Press and CNN have said they will no longer work […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Reports of antisemitic incidents have spiked over 800% in the Netherlands since Oct. 7, a leading Dutch-Jewish watchdog has reported. The surge only reflects antisemitic acts reported to the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), not all incidents filed to police departments and other anti-discrimination bureaus. CIDI would not release […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — By now, the dramatic rescue of Amir Tibon’s family from Kibbutz Nahal Oz by his 62-year old father, retired IDF General Noam Tibon, has become one of the most widely shared stories of Oct. 7.  Lesser known but also heroic is the tale of another of Tibon’s family members, Dudik […]

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 […]