Author: Sara Wood

((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 […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Donald Trump said that any Jew who votes for Democrats “hates their religion”, an escalation of his anger at a community that continues to vote overwhelmingly for his opponents, and shows little sign of changing course in November. “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion, they hate everything about […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the leader of Ireland appeared alongside President Joe Biden on St. Patrick’s Day, he spent about half of his speech advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza. But before he made his case, he explained why the issue hit so close to home. “When I travel the world, leaders often ask […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A Chabad house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was damaged in a suspected arson attack over the weekend, and local authorities have arrested a 50-year-old man they believe to be responsible. The rabbi of the Las Olas Chabad Jewish Community Center told local news that he was alerted to the fire Saturday morning, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A school district in suburban Virginia is drawing backlash for announcing that middle school students could opt out of a talk by a Holocaust survivor on Monday. Critics of the school connected the announcement with widespread reports of spiking antisemitism in K-12 schools following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. But the […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Fallout from Chuck Schumer’s speech last week pushing for new elections in Israel is continuing, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it “totally inappropriate” and President Joe Biden commending the Jewish Senate majority leader for a “good speech.” The divergent reactions over the weekend to the New York Democrat’s bombshell […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When Sen. Chuck Schumer called for new elections in Israel, all but telling Israelis that it was time to replace Benjamin Netanyahu, it was a rare instance of an American leader weighing in on how (and when) an ally should vote. The call was all the more notable coming from Schumer, the […]