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She has 6 employees and less than $2 million. The mission: Stop anti-Semitism in New York City.

Ben Sales
Published January 27, 2020

Bus carrying Hasidic boys to weekend retreat in the Catskills flips over, injuring 18

Ben Sales
Published January 24, 2020

Most American adults don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

Ben Sales
Published January 22, 2020

On patrol with a Monsey Hasidic security force

Ben Sales
Published January 21, 2020

Young people are responsible for most of New York City’s anti-Semitic attacks. Will Holocaust education help?

Ben Sales
Published January 15, 2020

Fieldston School fires teacher who posted anti-Zionist tweets

Ben Sales
Published January 9, 2020

NAACP and ADL announce partnership to educate public officials against hate in New Jersey

Ben Sales
Published January 9, 2020

Monsey rabbi who survived stabbing attack gives invocation at New York State of the State address

Ben Sales
Published January 8, 2020

NAACP suspends official who said ‘the Hasidics are generally not too friendly’

Ben Sales
Published January 8, 2020

As anti-Semitism rises, a new NY bail law comes under attack

Ben Sales
Published January 7, 2020

Why the Jersey City official who called local Jews ‘brutes’ has not resigned

Ben Sales
Published January 7, 2020

4 ways New York’s government is trying to fight rising anti-Semitism

Ben Sales
Published January 7, 2020

25,000 march against anti-Semitism in New York City

Ben Sales
Published January 5, 2020

After machete attack, Monsey’s Orthodox Jews are defiant but searching for answers

Ben Sales
Published December 29, 2019

Netanyahu easily wins Likud party primary to remain prime minister candidate

Ben Sales
Published December 26, 2019

2 weeks after deadly shooting, blacks and Jews in Jersey City unite for holiday charity drive

Ben Sales
Published December 24, 2019

Hebrew language classes in public schools are rare — but they’re on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs

Ben Sales
Published December 23, 2019

The rise, fall and rise again of a historically Jewish Chicago neighborhood

Ben Sales
Published December 19, 2019

Inside the biggest American Shabbat service of the year

Ben Sales
Published December 17, 2019

Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African-Americans

Ben Sales
Published December 13, 2019

Joint Distribution Committee chooses new president following first contested election

Ben Sales
Published December 9, 2019

Life was good for the Jews of this New York suburb. Then a schoolteacher was stabbed.

Ben Sales
Published November 21, 2019

Ukraine asked Alexander Vindman to be its defense minister, and other takeaways from his impeachment testimony

Ben Sales
Published November 19, 2019

These Manhattan synagogues want to become condominiums

Ben Sales
Published November 18, 2019

More than one-third of US Christians have heard their clergy speak out about Jews

Ben Sales
Published November 15, 2019

Jews again were the victims of most of the religion-based hate crimes in 2018, FBI says

Ben Sales
Published November 13, 2019

What is causing the spike in anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn?

Ben Sales
Published November 12, 2019

Michael Bloomberg preparing to run for president

Ben Sales
Published November 8, 2019

Meet the rabbi who led Yom Kippur services in Saddam Hussein’s palace

Ben Sales
Published November 7, 2019

A ‘vicious, vile media lynch’: Yair Netanyahu slams the mainstream Israeli press

Ben Sales
Published November 7, 2019

Liberal Jewish groups ask Israeli politicians to oppose West Bank annexation — even if Trump supports it

Ben Sales
Published November 6, 2019

You can buy Marilyn Monroe’s menorah for $150,000

Ben Sales
Published November 1, 2019

Jared Kushner appears to back Israeli unity government

Ben Sales
Published October 30, 2019

All of Israel’s embassies are on strike

Ben Sales
Published October 30, 2019

Robert Evans, storied producer of ‘Godfather’ and ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89

Ben Sales
Published October 30, 2019

What happens to the memorial objects left at the site of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Ben Sales
Published October 24, 2019

Orthodox synagogue association honored 2 Giuliani associates months before they were arrested

Ben Sales
Published October 11, 2019

America’s 7.5 million Jews are older, whiter and more liberal than the country as a whole

Ben Sales
Published October 7, 2019

Anti-Semitic hate crimes in NYC have risen significantly in 2019

Ben Sales
Published October 4, 2019

Here’s what it’s like to grow up as a Jew in Iraq

Ben Sales
Published October 3, 2019

Reliving the massacre every minute: How Pittsburgh survivors are struggling a year later

Ben Sales
Published October 2, 2019

Reliving the massacre every minute: How Pittsburgh survivors are struggling a year later

Ben Sales
Published October 2, 2019

Most Israelis want Orthodox parties out of government, survey says

Ben Sales
Published September 26, 2019

‘We feel like we failed’: How one Jewish school is processing the arrest of a teacher who preyed on children

Ben Sales
Published September 19, 2019

FBI releases new details on Jewish day school administrator charged with child pornography

Ben Sales
Published September 17, 2019

Administrator at NY Jewish day school arrested for ‘production of child pornography’

Ben Sales
Published September 16, 2019

For blacks and Jews, annual Crown Heights festival takes on greater significance following string of attacks

Ben Sales
Published September 16, 2019

A Guatemalan asylum seeker is being sheltered in a Washington state synagogue

Ben Sales
Published September 12, 2019

Facing Jewish protest, ICE detention center where guard drove into protesters reschedules public meeting to shortly before Shabbat

Ben Sales
Published September 11, 2019

Netanyahu’s push to annex the Jordan Valley, explained

Ben Sales
Published September 10, 2019

Here we go again: A beginner’s guide to Israel’s 2nd election in 2019

Ben Sales
Published September 9, 2019

Fire destroys Minnesota synagogue

Ben Sales
Published September 9, 2019

Israel came really close to attacking Iran and 4 other takeaways from The New York Times exposé

Ben Sales
Published September 4, 2019

In Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn, a spate of assaults feels all too familiar

Ben Sales
Published September 3, 2019

At this Florida Jewish day school, half the students aren’t Jewish

Ben Sales
Published August 19, 2019

Here’s what Omar and Tlaib were going to do on trip to Israel, West Bank

Ben Sales
Published August 16, 2019

ICE officer who drove his truck into row of Jewish protesters resigns

Ben Sales
Published August 16, 2019

ICE officer who drove into Jewish demonstrators placed on leave as 5 protesters hospitalized

Ben Sales
Published August 15, 2019

Truck drives into row of Jewish protesters at ICE detention center in Rhode Island

Ben Sales
Published August 14, 2019

40 Jews arrested in New York City protesting Amazon’s ties with ICE

Ben Sales
Published August 12, 2019

Ramah camp denies it removed a counselor because of her views on Israel

Ben Sales
Published August 7, 2019

The El Paso shooting is being investigated as domestic terrorism. Does it matter?

Ben Sales
Published August 5, 2019

Trump condemns bigotry and white supremacy in response to El Paso and Dayton shootings

Ben Sales
Published August 5, 2019

Who is Ady Barkan, the health care activist name-checked by Elizabeth Warren?

Ben Sales
Published July 31, 2019

AOC has a lot to say about Israel, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and Bernie Sanders

Ben Sales
Published July 31, 2019

‘We no longer feel comfortable in our own shul’: Miami Beach’s Jews cope after another synagogue shooting

Ben Sales
Published July 30, 2019

Jews helped inspire America’s refugee program. Stephen Miller might end it.

Ben Sales
Published July 24, 2019

Americans don’t know much about Judaism but love the Jews, survey says

Ben Sales
Published July 23, 2019

Tai chi with tefillin: Inside New York’s quirkiest yeshiva

Ben Sales
Published July 17, 2019

Israeli education minister says calling intermarriage a second Holocaust was ‘not an appropriate term to use’

Ben Sales
Published July 16, 2019

The Jews getting arrested at ICE centers are just getting started

Ben Sales
Published July 12, 2019

Bernie Sanders says being the first Jewish president would be ‘another barrier broken down’

Ben Sales
Published July 12, 2019

Alan Dershowitz helped Jeffrey Epstein secure his controversial plea deal. He has no regrets.

Ben Sales
Published July 11, 2019

The man who lost to Netanyahu in 2015 has a plan to unite the Jewish people

Ben Sales
Published July 9, 2019

Netanyahu says the Palestinians’ connection to the land of Israel is ‘nothing’ compared to that of Jews

Ben Sales
Published July 8, 2019

These Jews called out AOC over her use of ‘concentration camps.’ Here’s what they think about the detention centers.

Ben Sales
Published July 8, 2019

Selma’s only synagogue has 4 members and is fighting for its life

Ben Sales
Published July 5, 2019

Synagogues are now conducting active shooter drills during services

Ben Sales
Published July 1, 2019

36 Jews arrested protesting at ICE detention center

Ben Sales
Published June 30, 2019

A Jewish City Council candidate says he wants to solve Seattle’s homelessness problem. His critics say he’s a fearmonger.

Ben Sales
Published June 24, 2019

45 Jewish scholars sign unprecedented letter supporting Berlin Jewish Museum director who resigned under pressure

Ben Sales
Published June 18, 2019

Eric Fingerhut served in Congress. He says leading Hillel was a harder job.

Ben Sales
Published June 17, 2019

Director of Berlin Jewish Museum resigns over tweet linking pro-BDS story

Ben Sales
Published June 14, 2019

Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta breaks from national Young Israel movement after political spat

Ben Sales
Published June 12, 2019

NYC closes tenth Jewish school for violating vaccine order

Ben Sales
Published June 11, 2019

The controversy over the DC Dyke March, Jewish stars and Israel, explained

Ben Sales
Published June 7, 2019

Here’s what we know about Orthodox vaccination rates

Ben Sales
Published June 7, 2019

An Orthodox rally in Brooklyn sees vaccines as a conspiracy

Ben Sales
Published June 5, 2019

This Chicago synagogue is a home for non-Zionist Jews

Ben Sales
Published June 5, 2019

Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after pro-Israel backlash

Ben Sales
Published May 31, 2019

Why Israel could hold a second national election in 2019

Ben Sales
Published May 29, 2019

Meet the Jewish lawyer representing clients at the country’s strictest immigration court

Ben Sales
Published May 29, 2019

Conservative pro-Israel group defends far-right German party’s poster of Muslim slavers

Ben Sales
Published May 24, 2019

Here’s where every Jewish Congress member stands on impeaching Donald Trump

Ben Sales
Published May 24, 2019

What is anti-Semitism? The question divides a Jewish coalition.

Ben Sales
Published May 23, 2019

Smashed car windows outside a Chicago synagogue were not hate crime, police say

Ben Sales
Published May 22, 2019

Who are the Sacklers, the family at the center of the opioid crisis?

Ben Sales
Published May 22, 2019

Palestinian activists don’t understand why they can’t enter the US

Ben Sales
Published May 15, 2019

12 rabbis meet with New York Times about its anti-Semitic cartoon and Israel coverage

Ben Sales
Published May 8, 2019

Lawsuit claims Dallas JCC ignored sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl

Ben Sales
Published May 7, 2019