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

Ben Sales
Published May 7, 2019

How Venezuela’s remaining Jews are hanging on amid the crisis

Ben Sales
Published May 2, 2019

For some conservatives, the Poway shooting is all about Ilhan Omar

Ben Sales
Published April 30, 2019

Chabad, the movement whose synagogue was targeted in the Poway shooting, explained

Ben Sales
Published April 27, 2019

Prominent Orthodox school will stop accepting religious exemptions from vaccines

Ben Sales
Published April 18, 2019

How hotels hosting thousands of Passover travelers are dealing with the measles outbreak

Ben Sales
Published April 17, 2019

More than a dozen right-wing groups want Trump to recognize an Israeli annexation of the West Bank

Ben Sales
Published April 16, 2019

Pete Buttigieg keeps calling Mike Pence a ‘Pharisee.’ Here’s why that angers Jews.

Ben Sales
Published April 12, 2019

Final Israeli vote tally shows Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked not entering Knesset

Ben Sales
Published April 11, 2019

Netanyahu wins narrow victory in Israel’s election

Ben Sales
Published April 9, 2019

Airbnb will cancel its ban on West Bank settlement listings

Ben Sales
Published April 9, 2019

Netanyahu’s promise to annex the West Bank settlements, explained

Ben Sales
Published April 8, 2019

15 Jewish college students arrested protesting outside Birthright offices

Ben Sales
Published April 5, 2019

El Al flight attendant in hospital after contacting measles on flight to New York

Ben Sales
Published April 4, 2019

An Orthodox organization’s gala dinner is mostly a tribute to Donald Trump

Ben Sales
Published April 2, 2019

Why Orthodox communities are at the center of a measles outbreak

Ben Sales
Published March 29, 2019

Here’s how Panera’s former co-owner defends the bread-sliced bagel

Ben Sales
Published March 29, 2019

Facebook and Instagram will ban white nationalist and white separatist posts

Ben Sales
Published March 28, 2019

Palestinian peace activist barred from entering the United States

Ben Sales
Published March 21, 2019

Netanyahu to meet with Trump two weeks before Israel’s election

Ben Sales
Published March 20, 2019

Meet the Orthodox millennial who convenes Jewish artists, protests Trump and talks with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Ben Sales
Published March 11, 2019

Rep. Ted Deutch gives passionate speech about anti-Semitism on the House floor

Ben Sales
Published March 7, 2019

How partisan politics are dividing an Orthodox synagogue movement

Ben Sales
Published March 5, 2019

22 Young Israel synagogues publicly oppose national organization’s defense of Netanyahu

Ben Sales
Published March 1, 2019

Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption scandals, explained

Ben Sales
Published March 1, 2019

Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt resigns from synagogue due to defense of Israeli extremist right

Ben Sales
Published February 26, 2019

US Orthodox group defends Netanyahu’s deal with far-right political party

Ben Sales
Published February 25, 2019

An extremist rabbi’s legacy is again haunting Israeli politics

Ben Sales
Published February 22, 2019

Will Israel be the fourth country to land on the moon?

Ben Sales
Published February 21, 2019

Meet the Jewish undocumented immigrant who’s the student president of the biggest college in the country

Ben Sales
Published February 19, 2019

Students at Oxford call for provision that would prohibit kosher meat

Ben Sales
Published February 17, 2019

Benjamin Netanyahu and Mike Pence visit Warsaw Ghetto revolt memorial

Ben Sales
Published February 14, 2019

Ilhan Omar’s tweets alienated her district’s Jews. Can they still work with her?

Ben Sales
Published February 13, 2019

Union files federal labor complaint against New York Jewish federation alleging bad faith negotiations

Ben Sales
Published February 12, 2019

Parkland survivors have spent the year advocating change. They’re also coping with trauma.

Ben Sales
Published February 11, 2019

He called her anti-Semitic, she called him Islamophobic. Can these House Reps sort it out over tea?

Ben Sales
Published February 1, 2019

Orthodox rabbis compare abortion to murder — and Orthodox women are angry about it

Ben Sales
Published January 31, 2019

Anti-Israel protest again sparks controversy at LGBTQ conference

Ben Sales
Published January 28, 2019

Makers of Sara Lee and Arnold say their breads will remain certified kosher

Ben Sales
Published January 25, 2019

The Forward ends print edition, lays off top editors

Ben Sales
Published January 18, 2019

The Forward is ending its print edition

Ben Sales
Published January 16, 2019

Inside Kirsten Gillibrand’s Saturday meeting with Jewish feminists

Ben Sales
Published January 16, 2019

ArtScroll prayer books have dominated in Orthodox synagogues for decades. Is that ending?

Ben Sales
Published January 15, 2019

Birmingham mayor partially retracts statement blaming Jews for Angela Davis controversy

Ben Sales
Published January 11, 2019

3 board members resign from group that rescinded honor for Angela Davis

Ben Sales
Published January 10, 2019

J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’ incoming Jewish governor, opens up about his family’s immigrant past

Ben Sales
Published January 9, 2019

After Pittsburgh, some synagogues are more comfortable with guns in the pews

Ben Sales
Published January 8, 2019

Jews of Dothan, Alabama, say their neighbors are not anti-Semites

Ben Sales
Published December 31, 2018

10 years ago, the Bernie Madoff scandal rocked the American Jewish world. Here’s how those victims have fared.

Ben Sales
Published December 20, 2018

Trump is looking at Jared Kushner as chief of staff, report says

Ben Sales
Published December 14, 2018

A lot of the bread in the US will no longer be kosher

Ben Sales
Published December 11, 2018

This Santa Claus is an Orthodox Jew

Ben Sales
Published December 10, 2018

At a new yeshiva, students will pray, study Jewish text — and practice yoga

Ben Sales
Published December 7, 2018

The heroes of the Hanukkah story have been called religious zealots. Should American Jews care?

Ben Sales
Published December 5, 2018

A celebrity wedding in Israel sheds light on how difficult life can be for Arab-Jewish couples

Ben Sales
Published November 29, 2018

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert talk about their favorite Bible characters

Ben Sales
Published November 29, 2018

A married lesbian Palestinian-Jewish couple aims to break stereotypes — and make it big in comedy

Ben Sales
Published November 27, 2018

California college’s faculty suspends study abroad in Israel

Ben Sales
Published November 27, 2018

Here are the Orthodox rabbis Israel trusts to perform conversions

Ben Sales
Published November 26, 2018

Why the co-founder of the Women’s March wants Linda Sarsour to step down

Ben Sales
Published November 22, 2018

What Airbnb’s decision to delete West Bank listings will mean for Israel’s settlements

Ben Sales
Published November 21, 2018

Linda Sarsour apologizes to Jewish members of the Women’s March

Ben Sales
Published November 20, 2018

This college student created a way for nonbinary people to speak Hebrew

Ben Sales
Published November 19, 2018

Deborah Lipstadt wrote a new book on anti-Semitism. Then Pittsburgh happened.

Ben Sales
Published November 13, 2018

Here’s what it costs to put your synagogue under armed guard

Ben Sales
Published November 13, 2018

More than 75 percent of Jews voted for Democrats in the midterms

Ben Sales
Published November 7, 2018

6 Democratic candidates faced alleged anti-Semitic attacks. Here’s how they fared.

Ben Sales
Published November 7, 2018

Here are the results in Tuesday’s races that matter to Jews

Ben Sales
Published November 6, 2018

12 Jewish (or Jewish-adjacent) races to watch

Ben Sales
Published November 6, 2018

This Pittsburgh rabbi lost 3 congregants in the shooting. Here’s how he is observing Shabbat.

Ben Sales
Published November 2, 2018

Why pro-Israel Twitter is mad at Ben & Jerry’s

Ben Sales
Published November 2, 2018

Pittsburgh federation raises $500,000 in wake of shooting

Ben Sales
Published November 1, 2018

Naftali Bennett: Blaming Trump for Pittsburgh shooting is ‘unfair’

Ben Sales
Published October 30, 2018

How the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting unfolded

Ben Sales
Published October 29, 2018

HIAS, immigrant aid group vilified by Pittsburgh gunman, vows to not back down

Ben Sales
Published October 27, 2018

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting breaks the heart of the city’s iconic Jewish neighborhood

Ben Sales
Published October 27, 2018

The fast train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv isn’t fast and doesn’t go to Tel Aviv. I took it so you don’t have to.

Ben Sales
Published October 25, 2018

Netanyahu suggests support for ‘state-minus’ for Palestinians

Ben Sales
Published October 24, 2018

A conference of American Jews seeks dialogue with Israelis. But which Israelis, and to what end?

Ben Sales
Published October 23, 2018

Non-Orthodox leaders downplay ‘back channel’ delegation of rabbis that met with Netanyahu

Ben Sales
Published October 23, 2018

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin calls for ‘reverse Birthright’ at opening of Jewish federations’ conference

Ben Sales
Published October 22, 2018

Conservative rabbis can now attend intermarriages

Ben Sales
Published October 22, 2018

Lara Alqasem, US student detained in Israeli airport, can stay in country, Supreme Court rules

Ben Sales
Published October 18, 2018

Harvard once capped the number of Jews. Is it doing the same thing to Asians now?

Ben Sales
Published October 17, 2018

American Jewish groups back detained US student as Israeli court rejects her appeal

Ben Sales
Published October 12, 2018

Leonard Cohen takes down Kanye West and Jay-Z in posthumously published poem

Ben Sales
Published October 11, 2018

On Sunday, the rabbi moved to Florida’s Panhandle. On Wednesday, Hurricane Michael hit.

Ben Sales
Published October 10, 2018

How a school for kids with learning disabilities prepared its students for mainstream Jewish high school

Ben Sales
Published October 9, 2018

A protest to support pro-Israel students at Columbia University didn’t involve many students

Ben Sales
Published October 8, 2018

NY Jewish school officials knew of abuse by administrator who molested 12 students

Ben Sales
Published October 5, 2018

A Muslim country, Catholic country and Jewish country celebrate the Talmud together. No joke.

Ben Sales
Published September 29, 2018

Dianne Feinstein was elected in the wake of one Supreme Court controversy. Now she’s front and center in the Kavanaugh turmoil.

Ben Sales
Published September 28, 2018

Professor refuses to recommend student for study in Israel because of BDS

Ben Sales
Published September 18, 2018

American expat slain in West Bank, remembered as activist, caring friend

Ben Sales
Published September 17, 2018

‘Who by water’: For Carolina Jews coping with Hurricane Florence, High Holiday themes resonate

Ben Sales
Published September 13, 2018

Jewish-American left-winger heading to Jerusalem yeshiva detained at Israeli border

Ben Sales
Published September 12, 2018

Education Department reopens probe of anti-Semitism allegations at Rutgers

Ben Sales
Published September 7, 2018

Rahm Emanuel will leave a city — and Jewish community — divided about his legacy as mayor

Ben Sales
Published September 6, 2018

Israelis want American Jewish help in promoting religious pluralism, study finds

Ben Sales
Published September 5, 2018

Ramaz alumni and administrators react to report of sexual abuse at elite Jewish school

Ben Sales
Published September 4, 2018