Category: Israel

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On Oct. 10, three days into the war that began after Hamas militants killed some 1,400 Israelis and took nearly 200 others hostage, the president of Indiana University issued a statement saying “IU is heartbroken over the horrific violence that has occurred over the past few days.” The brief statement by Pamela […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On Oct. 10, three days into the war that began after Hamas militants killed some 1,400 Israelis and took nearly 200 others hostage, the president of Indiana University issued a statement saying “IU is heartbroken over the horrific violence that has occurred over the past few days.” The brief statement by Pamela […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Fred Zeidman is a longtime Republican Jewish Committee leader who has been deeply critical of Joe Biden. He is backing Nikki Haley, the former ambassador to the United Nations, in her bid to unseat him. So it was uncharacteristic when he praised a speech Biden gave before flying to Israel this […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Shortly after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400, wounding thousands and taking 200 captive, Israel declared war and vowed to defeat the terror group. Since then, Israel has conducted punishing airstrikes in Gaza, killing thousands and preparing for a ground invasion as it is still counting bodies and learning of […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel is evacuating Kiryat Shemona, a town of more than 20,000 people near Israel’s border with Lebanon, following repeated exchanges of fire with the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and ahead of a planned ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. The announcement early Friday comes after nearly two weeks of combat with Hamas […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A group of 19 current and former Jewish MLB players and coaches urged fans to stand in support of Israel and combat antisemitism in a video released Thursday by Israel’s baseball team. Almost all of the participants — including retired All-Stars Ian Kinsler and Shawn Green and current player Garrett Stubbs — […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Hadas Calderon flung a printed picture of her mother, Carmela Dan, an American-Israeli who was reported kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, to the floor. “She’s dead. There’s nothing I can do about her anymore. I don’t even have a minute to think about mourning,” Calderon told the Jewish Telegraphic […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Two days after Hamas killed 1,400 of his fellow Israelis, Raz Elispur saw something on social media that broke through the fog of the crisis. It was a first-person account by May Hayat, written in Hebrew, that explained exactly how she had survived the massacre at the Nova dance party. Hayat’s account […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Every day at 4 p.m., Youssef Ziadna receives a phone call from a psychologist. Every evening, he sits on his balcony drinking coffee, smoking, and replaying in his mind the worst things he has ever seen. The daily routine would have been unimaginable for Ziadna, a 47-year-old Bedouin Israeli resident of Rahat, […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For more than a week, Herbert Block’s phone has been buzzing nonstop with messages from people he doesn’t know who want to give him money.  He doesn’t mind the unsolicited callers, all of whom are asking the same thing: How can they donate to Israel right now?  “People from all parts […]