Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — I am a non-religious, 20-year-old-Jewish student in New York City. I have not been to Israel since I was 9. I was raised in what you might call a “naturally occurring Jewish community”: Riverdale, in the Bronx. I attended Modern Orthodox schools through high school. Once I graduated, I left for Binghamton […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Moving Traditions is a small Jewish organization with an unusual name and a mission that can be hard to describe on one foot. Working through synagogues, Hebrew schools and its own programs and curricula, it helps Jewish kids navigate their teen years in healthy, safe, appropriate and socially conscious ways.  When the […]

LOS ANGELES ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Los Angeles charter school that stirred controversy at the synagogue where it is housed after first-grade teachers taught lessons about “the genocide of Palestine” announced steps on Friday to “repair this harm.” Two teachers have been removed from the school and the principal has been placed on leave at […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When it sends a contingent to the mass pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. next week, Americans for Peace Now will be standing alongside a group led by someone it accused of racist tweets.  That group, the Zionist Organization of America, has accused Americans for Peace Now of supporting antisemitism.  Leaders of […]

((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 […]