Author: Sara Wood

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 […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A rabbi at a historic synagogue in Charleston has announced his resignation from his congregation, and plans to leave South Carolina, over what he characterized as the state’s discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ people. On Wednesday, Rabbi Greg Kanter, who is gay, told Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim that he and his family would […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – An Indiana chapter of Moms For Liberty, a group that has advocated for book bans in school districts across the country, apologized for quoting Adolf Hitler in a newsletter this week. The group’s chapter in Hamilton County, north of Indianapolis, released the first edition of its newsletter, The Parent Brigade, on Wednesday. […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — If Eliza Kanner had only one job, late June would be busy enough. Entering her third season as a New England Patriots cheerleader, Kanner and her team are in the Dominican Republic this week for their annual calendar shoot. The NFL preseason begins in August, and then her evenings and weekends are […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Pride Month can be a busy time for Abby Stein, the trans Jewish author and activist. But she recently turned down an invitation to serve as a scholar in residence during a Pride Shabbat. That’s because the event was in Florida, where lawmakers have recently enacted laws prohibiting medical care for trans […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A Missouri school board has decided not to ban “Maus,” the graphic memoir about the Holocaust, after considering doing so because of a new law barring the distribution of “explicit sexual material” in schools. The board of Nixa Public Schools voted unanimously on Tuesday night to retain Art Spiegelman’s award-winning book in […]