Author: Sara Wood

((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 […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When North Carolina voters go to the polls in November to elect their next governor, they will choose between a Jewish Democrat and a Republican who has been accused of antisemitism but said he apologized. Both parties’ contests were called relatively early on Tuesday evening, as soon as the polls closed. Lt. […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The violent disruption to an Israeli speaker’s appearance on campus last month has triggered negative headlines and a criminal investigation at the University of California, Berkeley. Now, the school is facing a federal discrimination investigation, too. The U.S. Department of Education announced the investigation into Berkeley’s handling of antisemitism on Tuesday, just […]

Shira Schneeweiss was working as a paralegal when she decided she needed more from her career. During Covid, Schneeweiss had moved from Canada to New York and found a paralegal job at a law firm on Long Island. She hadn’t planned on going into law but found that she enjoyed her work and decided to […]