Author: Sara Wood

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 […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – More than a third of Americans would be reluctant to vote for a pro-Israel politician. One fifth are uncomfortable buying products from Israel. More than 40% at least somewhat agreed that Israel intends to cause as much Palestinian suffering as possible.  But nearly all U.S. adults believe Jews have the right to […]

MIAMI ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — It’s Saturday night on a brisk Miami weekend and Ostrow Brasserie is packed with diners for its post-Shabbat dinner service. Servers clad in crisp white shirts, black ties and suspenders weave through tables of guests that vary from black hat-clad Hasidic Jews to Israelis in sequined jackets to families of sunburned French […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A campaign to protest President Joe Biden’s support of Israel by voting “Uncommitted” in the Michigan Democratic presidential primary declared victory on Tuesday night, as early returns showed the movement garnering more than 10% of the vote. Biden still won the primary overwhelmingly. But the Uncommitted movement, also called Listen to Michigan, […]

(J. Jewish News of Northern California via (JEWISH REVIEW)) — As a student at London’s Royal Academy of Music in the late 2000s, Jenni Asher lived across the street from the city’s Central Synagogue. She was not Jewish at the time, but she was feeling angst over the direction that her spiritual home, the Worldwide […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Two Jews affiliated with Montgomery County Public Schools wrote an opinion piece earlier this month with a warning: If their school district didn’t start doing a better job addressing antisemitism, it could become the target of a federal Title VI investigation. Now, based entirely on the details of their piece, the Department […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A bill to mandate Holocaust education in Washington state’s middle and high schools died last week after debate over whether an amendment alluded to Israel’s war with Hamas. H.B. 2037, introduced by a Republican state representative, would have built on a 2019 state law that suggested but did not mandate teaching the […]