Category: Local

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Vice President Kamala Harris called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and placed most of the onus on Israel for a shortfall in humanitarian aid entering the enclave.   The call for a cessation of fighting was not actually a change in the U.S. position on the war. In her speech, at a […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The brother of a San Diego-area Jewish dentist killed at his office on Thursday says Benjamin Harouni was “murdered in cold blood” in an act of hate and pledged to set up a nonprofit to combat hatred in his memory. Local police have not declared the incident a hate crime, saying that […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Six U.S. House of Representatives Democrats returned from an Israel trip accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “utter disregard for Palestinian lives” and fearing that he is moving toward Gaza’s “total destruction.” The Democrats — including the most senior Democrat on the House  appropriations committee, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut — made […]

Sylvie Slotkin was already struggling with her mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic when, before her sophomore year of high school, she learned that her mother, Lisa, had breast cancer.  Slotkin, now a freshman at Northwestern University, recalls thinking, “Things really don’t need to be worse right now than they already are — and then […]

LOS ANGELES ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — As a member of the Israeli military who frequently speaks on Israel’s behalf, Ran Bar-Yoshafat is used to being heckled by anti-Israel protesters, especially on college campuses. But he says what happened to him at the University of California, Berkeley this week — where a planned appearance was canceled because […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For months, poll after poll has been clear on one thing: Most Americans don’t like the way Joe Biden is handling the Israel-Hamas war.  In December, a New York Times poll found that 33% of voters approved of his approach to the war, and earlier this month, an AP poll put […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – When a Missouri school district recently received notice that it was the subject of a federal investigation related to antisemitism, its superintendent was as shocked as anyone. “Honestly, it was a surprise to me when I saw that,” Brandon Eggleston said of the moment on Jan. 2 when the U.S. Department of […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the White House laid out its response to reports of spiking antisemitism after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, it focused on one legal provision: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination at federally funded campuses and school districts.  Working with Jewish groups, the Department […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – More than a third of Americans would be reluctant to vote for a pro-Israel politician. One fifth are uncomfortable buying products from Israel. More than 40% at least somewhat agreed that Israel intends to cause as much Palestinian suffering as possible.  But nearly all U.S. adults believe Jews have the right to […]

MIAMI ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — It’s Saturday night on a brisk Miami weekend and Ostrow Brasserie is packed with diners for its post-Shabbat dinner service. Servers clad in crisp white shirts, black ties and suspenders weave through tables of guests that vary from black hat-clad Hasidic Jews to Israelis in sequined jackets to families of sunburned French […]