Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A United Nations report validated Israeli reports of sexual violence committed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 invasion of Israel and afterward, including instances of rape. The 24-page report, based on a 17-day investigation spanning January and February, supports a claim that Israel and its supporters have stressed in the months since […]

Will the advent of artificial intelligence usher in a new age of prosperity and efficiency, or will it hasten the downfall of civilization as we know it? While tech leaders and government regulators race to establish new practical and legal frameworks to determine how computer automation and algorithmic decision-making will impact our lives, Spertus Institute, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Vice President Kamala Harris called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and placed most of the onus on Israel for a shortfall in humanitarian aid entering the enclave.   The call for a cessation of fighting was not actually a change in the U.S. position on the war. In her speech, at a […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The brother of a San Diego-area Jewish dentist killed at his office on Thursday says Benjamin Harouni was “murdered in cold blood” in an act of hate and pledged to set up a nonprofit to combat hatred in his memory. Local police have not declared the incident a hate crime, saying that […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Six U.S. House of Representatives Democrats returned from an Israel trip accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “utter disregard for Palestinian lives” and fearing that he is moving toward Gaza’s “total destruction.” The Democrats — including the most senior Democrat on the House  appropriations committee, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut — made […]

Sylvie Slotkin was already struggling with her mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic when, before her sophomore year of high school, she learned that her mother, Lisa, had breast cancer.  Slotkin, now a freshman at Northwestern University, recalls thinking, “Things really don’t need to be worse right now than they already are — and then […]

LOS ANGELES ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As a member of the Israeli military who frequently speaks on Israel’s behalf, Ran Bar-Yoshafat is used to being heckled by anti-Israel protesters, especially on college campuses. But he says what happened to him at the University of California, Berkeley this week — where a planned appearance was canceled because […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For months, poll after poll has been clear on one thing: Most Americans don’t like the way Joe Biden is handling the Israel-Hamas war.  In December, a New York Times poll found that 33% of voters approved of his approach to the war, and earlier this month, an AP poll put […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – When a Missouri school district recently received notice that it was the subject of a federal investigation related to antisemitism, its superintendent was as shocked as anyone. “Honestly, it was a surprise to me when I saw that,” Brandon Eggleston said of the moment on Jan. 2 when the U.S. Department of […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the White House laid out its response to reports of spiking antisemitism after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, it focused on one legal provision: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination at federally funded campuses and school districts.  Working with Jewish groups, the Department […]