Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — After a suspect was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a pro-Israel protester near Los Angeles earlier this month, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said that his office has “not ruled out a hate crime” in the case. But he added that at present, based […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — IBM pulled $1 million in ads from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after owner Elon Musk called an antisemitic post the “absolute truth,” his most direct endorsement of antisemitism since he started sparring with watchdogs who call out hate speech. And the tech giant may not be the only one […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives found that Rep. George Santos, the Long Island Republican who lied about being Jewish, had likely committed “substantial violations of federal law.” The committee referred its findings to the Department of Justice, where Santos is already under investigation. In response, Santos said on […]

LOS ANGELES ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Ventura County sheriff’s office has arrested a man in connection with the death of Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish pro-Israel activist who died after a confrontation during a demonstration in a Los Angeles suburb. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, of Moorpark, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and his bail was […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Three polls this week asking the same question showed a stark contrast: A substantial majority of American Jews approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, while majorities of Americans disapprove. The results appear to reflect both Jewish appreciation for Biden’s wholehearted support for Israel during the war and […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — One big turning point in Sammy Tweedy’s Jewish story took place when he was preparing for his bar mitzvah, and his rock star father, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, converted to Judaism as part of the process. Another occurred in 2020 when he was a sophomore in college and accepted a free Birthright […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — George Washington University has suspended Students for Justice in Palestine for at least 90 days, making it the third U.S. college to curtail the group’s operations this month. A new pro-Palestinian student group has already been announced and is staging a rally to support the suspended SJP chapter. George Washington University made […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — I didn’t cover or attend the Free Soviet Jewry rally in Washington in 1987, but I’ve seen the photographs.  That rally, which drew some 250,000 Jews to the National Mall, was long considered a high point for Jewish street activism, the benchmark against which all demonstrations since have been measured. The […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Four hours after Tuesday’s historic pro-Israel march in Washington, D.C. ended, Jennie Levy had expected to be touching down back in Detroit, after a long but fulfilling day standing shoulder to shoulder with Jews from around the country in support of Israel. Instead, her delegation of 900, organized by the Jewish Federation […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Organizers of a pro-Israel rally at the National Mall in Washington on Tuesday claimed that 290,000 people showed up for the event, making it one of the largest gatherings of Jews in U.S. history at a time when an ongoing war in Gaza has sharply divided public opinion around the world. […]