Author: Sara Wood

((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 […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — In its first action under its new speaker, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly condemned the deadly invasion of Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, which launched Israel’s current war against the terror group in Gaza. “With the most cosponsors of any resolution ever, this measure sends a clear message across […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Students, administrators and the Hillel director at George Washington University say they are concerned after anti-Israel messages were projected onto the exterior of a campus building on Tuesday night. The messages — including “Glory To Our Martyrs,” “Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now,” and “Free Palestine From The River To The Sea” — appeared on […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For pro-Israel students at Brandeis University, the two weeks since Hamas attacked Israel had been, at least in part, a period of relief: Their campus hadn’t been convulsed by the kind of anti-Israel sentiment that was roiling so many others. That changed on Sunday, when Brandeis’ student government voted down a resolution […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – When Reform Judaism’s leading educational institution adopted a controversial plan last year to discontinue rabbinical seminary studies at its flagship Cincinnati campus, leaders were insistent that other graduate programs would still be on offer there. That no longer appears to be the case, as Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s president has […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A top lawyer in Illinois’ state government told a Jewish person, “Hitler should have eradicated all of you.” An Israeli student was assaulted at Columbia University. And Jewish schools and synagogues in at least three different states have been subjected to violent threats. Those are a few incidents that have occurred during […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As news broke of Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, David Weinstein shared the grief and fear of many in the American Jewish community. But as the director of Camp Tel Yehudah, a Jewish summer camp in New York, the violence soon hit very close to home. “Like everybody else, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Two people were taken into custody Sunday night as violence broke out at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies in Skokie, a Chicago suburb with a large Jewish community. Several skirmishes occurred at the protests — a pro-Israel rally that drew 1,000 people and a 200-person pro-Palestinian counterprotest. The clashes between protesters are […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Michigan State University apologized after an image of Adolf Hitler was displayed on the school’s video board at its football game against the University of Michigan on Saturday. The photo was shown during a pregame trivia quiz at Spartan Stadium that came from the YouTube page The Quiz Channel. The question asked […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — More than a month after the start of the school year, Jewish day schools across the United States are experiencing a surge of new students: Israeli children whose own schools have been shuttered by war. Within days after Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct. 7, Prizmah, the North American network for Jewish day […]