Category: Israel

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel has killed Hamas’ third-in-command in the Gaza Strip, the United States confirmed on Monday. The killing earlier this month of Marwan Issa, alleged to be a mastermind of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, is a significant achievement for Israel in its war on the terror group in Gaza, which is […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The love affair between Jews and baseball stretches back decades. But it hasn’t always extended to the Jewish state. The Israel Baseball League, launched in 2007, folded after only one season. The country’s national team, which often features a large contingent of American Jewish players, has had a mixed record at the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For more than five months, the date of Oct. 7 has instantly evoked images of horror in the minds of Israelis as the bloodiest day in the country’s history and the deadliest for Jews since the Holocaust. But when Israel’s governing coalition convened on Sunday to set an annual memorial day to […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – This week, police in Cambridge, England, announced they were opening an investigation into a protest act focused on a British lord who has been dead for nearly a century. Last week pro-Palestinian protesters at Trinity College — part of the University of Cambridge — sprayed red paint onto a 1914 portrait of […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Hamas has issued a formal counter-proposal in ongoing talks over a temporary ceasefire and hostage deal in its war with Israel, giving hope for the first time in weeks that more Israelis taken hostage on Oct. 7 could be released and that the fighting could pause. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – In a landmark speech, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way,” urged new elections in Israel, called for a two-state solution and said the United States should use its “leverage” to push for its goals in the region if Netanyahu remains in power. “As […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – In a landmark speech, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way,” urged new elections in Israel, called for a two-state solution and said the United States should use its “leverage” to push for its goals in the region if Netanyahu remains in power. “As […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel’s military announced the death of an American-Israeli soldier who had been missing since Oct. 7, ending months of uncertainty during which his parents emerged as two of the most visible advocates for the more than 100 people still being held hostage by Hamas. Itay Chen, 19, from Netanya, was killed and […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — After weeks of uncertainty about its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Israel has released a video for its entry, “Hurricane,” a reworking of an earlier song called “October Rain” that was rejected for being too political.  The European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, reportedly barred “October Rain” because of lyrics referring […]

How do you deal with the trauma of the deadliest day Jews have experienced since the Holocaust? This was the question Israeli trauma experts faced in the wake of Oct. 7, 2023, when over 1,200 Israelis were killed and some 250 taken captive in Hamas’s attack on Israel.  The massive attack by terrorists immediately was […]