Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Hamas has released two American hostages, a mother and a daughter, whom it was holding in the Gaza Strip. Judith and Natalie Raanan of Evanston, Illinois, were among more than 200 people taken hostage during Hamas’ assault on Israel Oct. 7. They are the first to be released. The pair crossed back […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden delivered a rare Oval Office address asking Americans to back assistance to Israel and Ukraine in the name of preserving democracy across the globe. “We’re facing an inflection point in history,” Biden said Thursday in the roughly 15-minute address, delivered just hours after he returned from a lightning […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Pro-Palestinian hackers briefly took over the Pittsburgh Jewish Federation’s feed on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Hours later, after retaking control, the federation deleted its account on the platform. The federation said the hack impacted its Facebook account as well. The hack took place less than two weeks after the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A Jewish man in metropolitan Detroit was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat Saturday after allegedly asking on social media if anyone wanted to help him “go to Dearborn & hunt Palestinians.” The reported remark and the arrest come amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Carl Mintz, 41, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — At least 300 people were arrested at a Jewish-led rally in the U.S. Capitol calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning Israel for a “potential genocide” of the territory. The rally was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, two Jewish groups that have focused their criticism on Israel and […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden will deliver an address to the nation from the White House’s Oval Office on Israel and Ukraine, a sign of how invested the United States is in the outcome of Israel’s war with Hamas. “Tomorrow, President Biden will address the nation to discuss our response to Hamas’ terrorist […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden secured an agreement from Israel to allow the transfer of humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip during his visit to Israel on Wednesday, and said the United States would provide $100 million in humanitarian to the Palestinians. “Based on the understanding that there will be inspections that the aid will […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden arrived in Israel with a message of wartime solidarity, saying that he accepted the Israeli assessment that a blast at a Gaza hospital was the fault of Palestinian militant groups. Speaking to the press in Tel Aviv alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said the evidence Israeli […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Before he paid his respects at the funeral of Wadea al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy stabbed to death in what police are calling a hate crime, Rabbi Ari Hart called the officiants of the funeral to make sure his presence would be welcome. “’I’m an Orthodox rabbi, I’m a Zionist rabbi, I […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The top four congressional leaders told Jewish officials from around the country they were committed to backing Israel’s war with Hamas until the terrorist organization is wiped out. The comments came Tuesday at a rally of 350 Jewish leaders from around the country organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major […]