Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – In early June, the town of Highland Park, New Jersey, had one of its central thoroughfares decked out in rainbow Pride flags to celebrate an upcoming LGBTQ-themed music festival.  But four days after the display went up, Highland Park’s mayor took four of the flags down. According to communications from city officials, […]

PITTSBURGH ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Defense lawyers for the man convicted of murdering 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue began detailing their argument that he should not be sentenced to death, calling witnesses to identify abnormalities in his brain. That point is a key part of the defense’s strategy to keep their client, Robert Bowers, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Orthodox students at Brandeis University are decrying an ad for their school that said the university is “anything but Orthodox.” The ad, which was published on Sunday in The New York Times Magazine, was headlined, “Brandeis was founded by Jews. But, it’s anything but Orthodox.” The two-page spread was part of a […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Before sundown Friday night, as American Jews prepared to light their Shabbat candles, some also lit yahrzeit candles. The additional flames, which signify mourning, burned in commemoration of the first anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court ruling removing a federal guarantee of abortion rights. That is far […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – James Crown, a Chicago billionaire and major donor to Jewish causes, died Sunday in a crash at a racetrack in Colorado while celebrating his 70th birthday.  His sudden death at the Aspen Motorsports Park drew immediate eulogies and condolences from Chicago’s Jewish leaders as well as President Joe Biden, former President Barack […]

PITTSBURGH ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As the gunman in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting stood trial over the past several weeks, the defense made clear that they believed their client had committed the attack, and they declined to present evidence or call witnesses.  Now, after Robert Bowers was convicted on all 63 counts he faced, his lawyers […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Two Georgia synagogues were targeted by nearly identical antisemitic protests over the weekend, both allegedly organized by a neo-Nazi group that has gained notoriety in recent months. On Friday, a group of around 10 to 15 protesters gathered outside Temple Beth Israel, a Reform congregation in Macon, a city in central Georgia. […]

PITTSBURGH (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via (JEWISH REVIEW)) — Prosecutors have moved to block the convicted synagogue shooter and his defense team from presenting certain evidence to the jury during the next phase of the trial, such as comparing the case to others or putting a witness on the stand to argue that the death penalty is not […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) —Jewish voters would favor Joe Biden over Donald Trump by 50 percentage points in a 2024 general election matchup, according to a survey released on Monday — a stark contrast from polls of the national electorate that predict a close race between the two leading candidates. The survey of 800 registered Jewish […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel’s security agencies said they would use “all the means that are at our disposal” to combat violence by settlers in the wake of West Bank riots that left one Palestinian dead and dozens injured. They pledged to use a tactic generally reserved for Palestinian terror suspects in order to stop […]