Author: Sara Wood

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Biden administration is convening a summit with Jewish leaders on Monday on what it says is an “alarming” rise in reports of antisemitism on college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Doug Emhoff, the Jewish Second Gentleman who launched a task force on antisemitism last year along with […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Democrats are emphasizing President Joe Biden’s pro-Israel chops in their campaign for Jewish votes, a twist for a party that has long made domestic policy front and center in its efforts to get out the Jewish vote. An online ad released by the Jewish Democratic Council of America Monday contrasts Biden’s […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Speaking in front of a view of the Tel Aviv skyline, CNN anchor Jake Tapper issued a plea to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: don’t fake concern about antisemitism to score political points. Tapper was hosting his Sunday “State of the Nation” program from Tel Aviv, where he is helping to cover Israel’s […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Police at Cornell University were called to the school’s kosher dining hall, and the campus Hillel warned students to stay away from it, after anonymous antisemitic posts on a Greek life website that included threats to “shoot up” the building and kill and rape Jewish students. The posts, whose text has circulated […]

LAS VEGAS ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Mike Pence chose a Jewish gathering to announce his exit from the presidential race, with a veiled warning that his onetime boss, Donald Trump, posed a threat to a robust American foreign policy that he said was vital to Israel’s interests. Pence, the former vice president, elicited gasps and cries […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On the fifth anniversary of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, President Joe Biden drew a straight line between the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history and Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 invasion of Israel. “A gunman opened fire on Sabbath worshippers as they prayed, murdering 11 precious souls, wounding many more – including […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The White House denounced “antisemitic messages being conveyed on college campuses” in a statement Thursday, condemning students groups that have praised Hamas’ attack on Israel or “call for the annihilation of the state of Israel.” The statement is the most direct critique President Joe Biden’s office has yet made about inflammatory rhetoric […]

When Sue Gorlin was a child and away at camp during the summer of 1960, her mother received some awful news: She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and doctors gave her six months to live.  But she underwent surgery and, defying the odds, made a full recovery.  Not long afterward, Sue’s aunt was diagnosed with […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A man broke into the home of a Jewish family of six in Los Angeles early Wednesday morning, allegedly yelling “Free Palestine” and “Kill Jews” as he was taken away, according to police there. The suspect, whom police identified as Daniel Garcia, forced his way into the parents’ bedroom while announcing his […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The decision by Brandeis University’s student government senate to reject a resolution condemning Hamas is drawing significant dissent from within the university’s community. Two statements published Wednesday aim to demonstrate that the vote Sunday night does not represent the majority view at the university, which was founded in 1948 by leaders of […]