Author: Sara Wood

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – At a recent city council meeting in Evanston, Illinois, a man in dark sunglasses stepped up to the podium during the public comment period to accuse the Anti-Defamation League of stifling free speech. Wearing a hat with the logo of the neo-Nazi group Goyim Defense League, the man — who claimed to […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden used his State of the Union speech to call on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying that it must not be used as leverage. “Israel must do its part. Israel must allow more aid into Gaza and ensure humanitarian workers aren’t caught in […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – The Jewish interim CEO of a prestigious arts center in San Francisco is resigning from her position, calling her decision “a direct result” of antisemitism she has experienced in the wake of a protest by pro-Palestinian artists on exhibit. “For me as an individual, the last weeks have been excruciating. Not just […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Utah officials are investigating after a cidery and bar in Salt Lake City announced “No Zionists Allowed.” Michael Valentine, owner of Six Sailor Cider and Weathered Waves Bar, also targeted a local Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and kosher food truck operator who publicly criticized the business owner’s stance. “As many are, we are horrified by […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the conservative website Campus Reform published what it said, in all-caps, was an “EXCLUSIVE” about a new federal antisemitism investigation at Arizona State University, it had the rare distinction of being able to cite the complaint that was the trigger. Quoting from correspondence with the U.S. Department of Education, Campus Reform […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, the Minnesota Jewish Democrat who ran a long shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nod, suspended his campaign and endorsed President Joe Biden. Phillips sought to tap into frustration among Democrats based almost wholly on Biden’s age; the two barely differed on policy, including on Israel, with both […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who was a favorite of pro-Israel Republicans, withdrew from the race for the GOP presidential nomination after losing nearly every Republican state primary thus far by wide margins. But unlike other candidates in the party who dropped out, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When Morielle Lotan learned that her nephew, Addir Mesika, had sacrificed his life to save others during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the consultant to climate tech startups and investors said she was nearly paralyzed with grief. “I wanted to shut my company down and not do another day of climate work,” Lotan […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Rep. Adam Schiff, the California Jewish Democrat who has the backing of AIPAC,  advanced to the runoff for the U.S. Senate after Tuesday’s primary.  But the Israel lobby appeared to score a loss in a closely watched California House race where it had spent more than $4 million opposing the winning  candidate. […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A week after a campaign to show opposition to President Joe Biden’s Israel policies made a mark in the Michigan primary, it garnered substantial results in at least another five states, a sign that the Gaza war could dog his campaign for reelection. The results did not dent Biden’s overwhelming wins in […]