((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On Oct. 6, (JEWISH REVIEW) led its morning newsletter with an article that had long been in the works — and that we expected to drive conversation in the days ahead: It was a profile of a Jewish dad in Florida who had pushed to ban hundreds of books — including Anne […]
Continue Reading((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Ordinarily at this time of year, Nabil Totry would be gearing up for one of the biggest productions in Nazareth, Jesus’ childhood home and one of several cities across Israel and the West Bank to go all-out for Christmas. But this year, as the holiday approached, Totry wondered whether his hometown would […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — With the Pan American Maccabi Games set to begin in Argentina next week, an Israeli delegation of more than 200 athletes was planning to join 5,000 Jewish participants from across the world who will compete in 30 sports. But, as with practically every facet of Israeli society, Oct. 7 changed their plans. […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Kalkidan Tegin wanted to get a few things straight in a recent TikTok video. Yes, there are Black people who support Israel, the 20-year-old Ethiopian Israeli says emphatically to the camera. Yes, Black Jews like her exist. No, she’s not a convert or an adoptee. She then responds to critics who claim […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Birthright Israel on Tuesday announced that it would resume its free, 10-day educational trips to Israel in January after suspending them amid the ongoing war with Hamas. Around 350 participants, students and young adults primarily from the United States, are expected to travel to Israel beginning the week of Jan. 5, 2024, […]
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NITZAN B, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Since Oct. 7, Benjamin Netanyahu has largely avoided face-to-face meetings with ordinary Israeli citizens. One exception occurred in mid-November, when the Israeli prime minister met with a group of Israelis evacuated from the Gaza border, including former Gaza Strip settlers who presented him with a request: to return to […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A woman from a secular kibbutz on the Gaza border shouts the Shema as she celebrates the release of Israeli hostages. Hundreds of sets of ritual fringes — hanging off combat-green garments — are distributed to soldiers on the front. The mother of a rescued hostage attributes her return to a challah […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel and Hamas appear set to restart indirect negotiations over releasing Israeli hostages, and a pause in the fighting in Gaza, days after Israeli troops mistakenly killed three hostages who were trying to escape the terror group. Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel with an agenda that includes pressing […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The projectile landed when the kids were playing in the courtyard. Well, most of the kids. The 9-year-old was watching from the porch of the ramshackle Jerusalem home, tentative but curious. Suddenly he saw them stop playing. His older brother fell first. A second later his younger sister dropped. And then his […]
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((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Rabbi Yael Ridberg recently returned from a four-day mission to Israel with the Jewish Federation of San Diego, which has a 25-year sister-city relationship with Sha’ar HaNegev, a municipality near the Gaza border. Their group witnessed firsthand the destruction and devastation left after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel’s south; among […]
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