Category: Local

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Fallout from Chuck Schumer’s speech last week pushing for new elections in Israel is continuing, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it “totally inappropriate” and President Joe Biden commending the Jewish Senate majority leader for a “good speech.” The divergent reactions over the weekend to the New York Democrat’s bombshell […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When Sen. Chuck Schumer called for new elections in Israel, all but telling Israelis that it was time to replace Benjamin Netanyahu, it was a rare instance of an American leader weighing in on how (and when) an ally should vote. The call was all the more notable coming from Schumer, the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Biden administration has expanded its list of West Bank settlers who face U.S. sanctions over their alleged violence against Palestinians and Israeli peace activists. The new additions include, for the first time, two settlement outposts in addition to settlers who have been accused of instigating violence and pushing Palestinians out of […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – By now, Israeli charities that need funding for Oct. 7 recovery efforts know very well where to turn. Jews in North America have donated nearly $800 million to local Jewish federations to support those efforts, a fundraising drive on a scale unseen for 50 years. About half the money has been allocated […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Jewish high school students are looking for more than just an active Greek life or Ivy prestige when they put together a short-list of colleges to apply to. As the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Jacob Gurvis reported recently, real and perceived antisemitism on campus is a big factor for many teens deciding where […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – More than 80 bands and several scheduled panelists have pulled out of the ongoing South by Southwest festival, citing Israel defense ties among its organizers. Organizers of the Austin, Texas, event that draws attendees from around the world have threatened legal action against the boycott’s leaders. But they also said on Tuesday […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A public school district in suburban New York is being investigated for discrimination by the U.S. Department of Education, months after basketball players from one of its schools directed antisemitic slurs at their opponents from a Jewish day school. Yonkers Public Schools has already taken several measures to rectify the January incident, […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — One of the most prominent Jewish groups in the country has thrown its support behind a fast-advancing bill that could lead to the massively popular video app TikTok being banned in the United States.  Politicians backing the bill, who include leaders from both parties, have centered their criticism of TikTok on national […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Ron Hassner is sleeping on a mattress on the floor. He’s told his students he will be teaching classes only on Zoom. And people keep dropping by with plates of food. That’s because Hassner, the chair of Israel studies at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced that he will not leave […]

When members of the year-old Reform Communal Chevra Kadisha of New York complete their work preparing a Jewish body for burial, they take a few minutes to stand together around the closed coffin.  Traditionally, this is a moment when the members of a chevra kadisha ask for forgiveness from the person who has died for […]