Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Mehdi Hasan, the prominent journalist and pro-Palestinian commentator, summed up the feelings of many progressives in January when he posted, “A lot of folks don’t recognize John Fetterman these days.” Hasan was responding to a statement by Fetterman criticizing anti-Israel activism at Harvard University. It was the latest in a string of […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An overwhelming majority of U.S. Jews say Israel’s reasons for launching a war against Hamas are justified, and a substantial majority approve of how Israel is conducting the war. The Pew Research Center study published Thursday is billed as the rare survey of sentiment about the war to include enough Jewish […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Days after calling for new elections in Israel and saying that the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is an “obstacle to peace” and has “lost his way,” Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would welcome Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress. Schumer’s statement, sent to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency via […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) —  The premier Jewish history museum in the United States may come under the umbrella of the Smithsonian, providing a level of financial security and distinction to an institution that was facing bankruptcy four years ago. On Wednesday, a bipartisan slate of lawmakers introduced legislation to study whether the Weitzman National Museum […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The U.S. Department of Education has concluded its investigation into a public school district in Park City, Utah, over reports of antisemitic harassment and other forms of discrimination, with the district agreeing to improve its anti-bias training and report future incidents of hate to the federal government. The resolution agreement is only […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Authorities in Newton, Massachusetts, said they are investigating a string of seven recent instances of vandalism targeting homes with pro-Israel signs as individual hate crimes. In one incident this week, more than 100 posters displaying Israeli hostages who are being held in Gaza were destroyed, in what the Jewish homeowners said had […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — American Jewish University last year hired a law firm specializing in investigations of gender-based misconduct following complaints against the two deans who have been running the university’s rabbinical school for more than two decades.  The university, which is affiliated with Conservative Judaism, confirmed that the law firm Cozen O’Connor’s Institutional Response Group […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A number of prominent Jewish donors are included on a letter from more than 100 Democratic funders calling on President Joe Biden to pull back his “unconditional” support for Israel’s war effort, and warning that it may harm his reelection prospects. “Because of the disillusionment of a critical portion of the […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An umbrella group for large Jewish organizations said it remained “distressed” after a call with New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who sought to explain his bombshell speech last week calling for new elections in Israel and saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost his way.” Schumer, the majority leader and […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Jewish academics protesting campus antisemitism have found a new way to vent their frustrations: Sleep on it. That’s the idea behind a new “sleep-in” mass protest which Jewish students and faculty across multiple campuses, mostly in California, are launching Tuesday evening. It comes amid increased scrutiny of antisemitism on many campuses and […]