Author: Sara Wood

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The number of Americans confirmed to be among the hundreds of people killed during the Hamas invasion of Israel is now at 22. John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesman, said Wednesday at the White House press briefing that the number of known dead was now 22, up from 14 on […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On paper, the agenda must have seemed dry, an accounting of flights out of Israel, of military equipment going into Israel and of call centers. But amid the niceties that routinely mark the opening of such meetings, Shelley Greenspan, the White House liaison to the Jewish community, couldn’t hold back on […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Hours after news broke that Hamas had murdered hundreds of Israelis in border towns near Gaza, students at Harvard University sat down to write a letter of protest. The letter, titled “Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine,” does not mince words. It opens, “We, the undersigned […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Jedidiah Murphy, the Jewish man on death row in Texas whose fight to avoid the death penalty gained support from prominent Jewish activists, has been executed. Murphy, 48, was sentenced to death for the fatal 2000 shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham in Dallas County during a carjacking. “To the family of […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden issued a forceful condemnation of Hamas, and pledged American support for Israel, as he announced that the number of American dead from the terror group’s invasion of Israel is now 14. As many as 20 Americans are missing, according to the White House. In an address on Tuesday, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A stay of execution was upheld for a Jew on death row in Texas, one day before he was scheduled to receive lethal injection. Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was sentenced to death for the fatal 2000 shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham in Dallas County during a carjacking. On Monday, one day before […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden said at least 11 Americans are dead among the hundreds killed in Israel during Hamas’s invasion of the country. The president added that law enforcement agencies were working to secure Jewish American institutions amidst fears of copycat violence on U.S. soil.  Biden also ordered the White House to […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — In an unprecedented show of support for Israel, a number of professional athletes and sports teams issued statements about Hamas’ invasion of the country, which has left over 900 dead. “The NBA and [the NBA Players’ Association] mourn the horrific loss of life in Israel and condemn these acts of terrorism,” the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Rabbi Binyamin Krauss swayed back and forth as he delivered an emotional message to his Jewish day school Monday morning. “It is hard to feel like you’re in a world of darkness,” he told his students at SAR Academy, the Jewish day school in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx where he […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When a large Zionist Orthodox group gathered virtually on Monday to pray for Israel, the group’s executive chairman, Doron Perez, wasn’t there — one of his sons had been wounded in battle, and another was missing in action. “Thank God, their son Yonatan has returned home,” Rabbi Danny Mirvis, the deputy CEO […]