Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A Los Angeles charter school and the synagogue that rents it space are in turmoil after two first-grade teachers at the school held lessons about “the genocide of Palestine.” One of the teachers also complained on social media about Israeli flags on the campus of the synagogue, Adat Ari El in North […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Fistfights broke out Wednesday night outside a Holocaust museum in Los Angeles that was screening footage of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis after pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated against what they said was a “Gal Gadot military propaganda video.” Several people were reportedly pepper-sprayed and detained by police following the Museum of Tolerance […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Large majorities of American Jews are worried for their safety amid Israel’s war with Hamas and believe antisemitism is on the rise, according to a new poll. And the vast majority of American Jews support military aid for Israel. Most Americans overall also support military aid for Israel, the poll found. The […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — It was one of the few questions that united all five candidates at what was a no-holds-barred Republican primary debate: What would they advise Israel’s prime minister as he wages war against Hamas? The uniform answer: Finish them. Israel and antisemitism featured large in the latest GOP primary debate in Miami on […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – As Amanda Silberstein testified to the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday about how a student at her university had threatened to kill and rape Jewish students, she was interrupted. “Free Palestine,” a protester shouted from the audience during Silberstein’s testimony at a hearing on free speech and antisemitism on college campuses. […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Orthodox Union is seeking to run a full-page ad in more than 20 university newspapers across the United States reprinting the text from a congressional resolution denouncing antisemitism on college campuses. “Thank you Congress for standing with Jewish students on campus,” reads the all-caps headline of the ad, which is printed […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Biden administration’s plan to combat antisemitism is “under a lot of pressure” because of the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents since the launch of the war between Israel and Hamas, a top White House official said. Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, held an online briefing with […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said colleges could lose federal funding if they fail to address antisemitism and other bigotries, following up on a meeting last month with Jewish leaders alarmed by rising antisemitism on campuses in the wake of the Israel Hamas war. Cardona made his warning in an interview on […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The U.S. House of Representatives censured Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian American Democrat, for her rhetoric in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, including using the term “from the river to the sea.” The 234-188 vote late Tuesday night saw 22 Democrats vote to censure Tlaib, and […]

THOUSAND OAKS, California ((JEWISH REVIEW)) —  Elena Colomba was on her hands and knees, covered in chalk, drawing a large blue Star of David on the sidewalk on Tuesday — a tribute to Paul Kessler, the Jewish man and pro-Israel protester who died Monday after an altercation with a pro-Palestinian protester. The middle of the star […]