Author: David Leibermann

DEAD SEA, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As the owner of the second boat to sail the Dead Sea in the past 75 years, Noam Bedein knows its salty waters better than almost anyone. But lately, his excursions have led him to discover sites neither he nor anyone else has ever seen.  A few days before […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A security guard was killed in a shooting attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon as violence between Israelis and Palestinians has continued to rage. The terror attack came after a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Friday night. Since the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – The Jewish American billionaire known for bankrolling an influential Israeli right-wing think tank said he has stopped doing so because of concerns over the future of Israeli democracy and the disunity within Israeli society.  Arthur Dantchik, a libertarian and major Wall Street executive, gifted millions in tax-exempt donations to Kohelet Policy Forum, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Anyone who has visited an Israeli beach is likely familiar with the popular beach paddle game known as matkot. For millions of TV viewers and a live audience of 1,400 at NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” a trio of Israeli performers who go by Bomba, or bomb in Hebrew, offered an intimate introduction […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Israeli Athletics Association is preparing to host almost 2,000 athletes and officials from 48 countries for the 2023 European Athletics Under-20 Championships. The biannual track and field competition, which features 44 different events, will be hosted at Jerusalem’s Givat Ram Stadium. Putting on such a tournament is no small feat, but […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a veteran Jewish Democrat from the Chicago area, spoke earlier this week at a demonstration in her district against the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul — the latest sign that Democratic officials are embracing the Israeli antigovernment protest movement. The protest on Sunday in Evanston, Illinois was organized by UnXeptable, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded five people at a hamburger restaurant in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim before a policeman shot him dead. One man was seriously injured and four had moderate wounds in the terror attack on Tuesday afternoon, the Times of Israel reported. An off-duty policeman […]

JAFFA, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Hebrew lyrics for an Israeli sandwich shop ad don’t sound quite like a typical Israeli night club anthem.  “Kebab, merguez sausage, shakshuka/Vegetables and onion are always interesting…Now that you’ve eaten a baguette with soul/you will definitely be back,” the song goes. But “Omelette Bread in Netanya,” the song in […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A right-wing TV channel in Israel has banned a guest from its programs after he called for the release of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin, drawing applause from the audience. Ari Shamai, a lawyer, made the remark on Sunday amid discussion of an Israeli Supreme Court decision that barred […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — David Leitner, one of the most famous lovers of falafel in a country full of them, has died at 93 in Israel, the country that became his home after he survived the Holocaust as a young teen. Leitner’s death comes nearly a decade after his ritual of eating falafel to mark his […]