Author: Sara Wood

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On its second try, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a single vote, in a process some Jewish groups said was tainted by antisemitic rhetoric. The impeachment of Mayorkas, who is Jewish, passed Tuesday on party lines by a vote of 214-213, with three […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a defense aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, including humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, that now faces a difficult path in the Republican-led House of Representatives.  The bill, approved 70-29 in a bipartisan vote before dawn on Tuesday after weeks of wrangling, is the latest bid […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Egypt’s foreign minister dampened speculation that the country’s peace treaty with Israel would be at risk if Israel invaded Rafah, a city on Gaza’s border with Egypt. In recent days, Israeli officials have said they plan to send ground troops into Rafah as the next stage in their war against Hamas. […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Meta has shut down the Instagram and Facebook accounts of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy.” The company did not elaborate on its policy, reported Friday by multiple media outlets, but since Oct. 18, 11 days after Hamas terrorists raided Israel and murdered […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As Harvard University has become ground zero in the debate around campus antisemitism, a new federal investigation at the school will determine whether it has done enough to stop harassment of Palestinian students and their allies. The Title VI investigation comes at a tense moment for the Ivy League institution, whose president […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly voted against impeaching Alejandro Mayorkas, the Jewish homeland security secretary, after a process that a number of Jewish groups and the White House said was marred by antisemitism. The vote Tuesday evening was 216 against to 214 for impeachment, a stunning loss for House Speaker […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The House and Senate are rushing competing bills to the floor with massive aid for Israel, with votes expected as soon as this week. The question is whether the bills in the Republican-led House and the Democratic-led Senate can be reconciled, or whether they will cancel each other out, once again […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — D.C. police have arrested the Lyft driver who allegedly assaulted a Chabad rabbi last weekend, and are now treating the case as a hate crime. Police on Wednesday arrested Tireek Myrick, 32, in the Jan. 28 assault of Rabbi Menachem Shemtov, the Chabad rabbi at Georgetown University and the scion of […]

(New York Jewish Week) — A man has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for a spree of violent attacks against Jews in a heavily Orthodox area of New Jersey. In April 2022, Dion Marsh perpetrated a series of attacks against Orthodox Jews in and around Lakewood, a city in central New Jersey that is […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden ordered strict sanctions on four Israeli West Bank settlers for alleged violence against Palestinians and Israeli peace activists. Biden’s executive order Thursday represented an escalation of the diplomacy and pressure he has exerted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in extremists. A White House statement framed […]