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3 board members resign from group that rescinded honor for Angela Davis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 27, 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

Man arrested for committing sexual assault at Brooklyn Reform synagogue

Ben Sales
Published August 30, 2018

Josh Shapiro, the ‘bar mitzvah boy’ leading the charge against Catholic clergy abuse in Pennsylvania

Ben Sales
Published August 29, 2018

Victims of mikvah-peeping rabbi reach $14.25 million settlement with his synagogue

Ben Sales
Published August 28, 2018

In West Bank settlements, the housing market is booming

Ben Sales
Published August 23, 2018

Here’s how JTA covered the real-life story of ‘Operation Finale’ and Eichmann’s capture

Ben Sales
Published August 20, 2018

Amy Siskind has been called a face of the anti-Trump resistance. Liberal critics claim she is an impostor.

Ben Sales
Published August 16, 2018

Ronald Lauder helped make Benjamin Netanyahu prime minister. Now he’s publicly opposing him.

Ben Sales
Published August 14, 2018

Hydrox, the original kosher sandwich cookie, is accusing Oreo of sabotage

Ben Sales
Published August 10, 2018

Left-wing activists claim that Israel is trying to intimidate them at the country’s border

Ben Sales
Published August 10, 2018

The latest clashes between Israel and Hamas may have started because of a mistake

Ben Sales
Published August 9, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cheered at arts conference hosted by Jewish museum

Ben Sales
Published August 7, 2018

Randi Weingarten wants the teachers’ union to love Israel. That’s why she is criticizing it publicly.

Ben Sales
Published August 6, 2018

At 20, Jacob Wohl wants to be the face and voice of young Jewish Trump supporters

Ben Sales
Published August 6, 2018

The fall of a top sociologist could change the field of counting Jews

Ben Sales
Published August 3, 2018

Here’s how Birthright guides talk about the Palestinians

Ben Sales
Published July 27, 2018

A political cartoon costs an Israeli artist his job

Ben Sales
Published July 25, 2018

These Jews are running summer camps for refugee children

Ben Sales
Published July 24, 2018

Why Israel detained a rabbi for performing a wedding — and why people are angry about it

Ben Sales
Published July 20, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won’t delete Holocaust denial posts

Ben Sales
Published July 18, 2018

Prominent Jewish philanthropist questioned by Israeli airport security after visiting Palestinian areas

Ben Sales
Published July 18, 2018

This Jewish professor beaten by police says he’ll keep coming back to Germany

Ben Sales
Published July 17, 2018

Filipino guest workers come to Israel — and decide to embrace Judaism

Ben Sales
Published July 6, 2018

This Jewish man survived World War II — in Axis-era Japan

Ben Sales
Published June 29, 2018

They tried to take Judaism out of synagogue spaces. Now they’re coming back to them.

Ben Sales
Published June 28, 2018

This National Review columnist is defending the Spanish Inquisition. Seriously.

Ben Sales
Published June 27, 2018

This Orthodox rabbi just took a job at an LGBT synagogue

Ben Sales
Published June 25, 2018

Paul Krugman says Trump’s immigration rhetoric is a blood libel

Ben Sales
Published June 23, 2018

Meet the millennial Mexican-American Jewish woman running for office on the southern border

Ben Sales
Published June 22, 2018

Hundreds of Jews protest at ICE headquarters in New York City

Ben Sales
Published June 21, 2018

10 rabbis are visiting separated families on the border

Ben Sales
Published June 21, 2018

Stephen Miller isn’t apologizing for families being separated at the border

Ben Sales
Published June 20, 2018

In Tel Aviv’s African neighborhood, asylum seekers strive for normal life

Ben Sales
Published June 18, 2018

Orthodox Union expresses concern over family separation at the border

Ben Sales
Published June 14, 2018

The man who’s run Chicago’s Jewish community for almost 40 years is stepping down

Ben Sales
Published June 11, 2018

Conservative camps respond after some counselors take left-wing course on Israel

Ben Sales
Published June 8, 2018

Why an Orthodox group says the Supreme Court’s cake shop ruling is good for the Jews

Ben Sales
Published June 5, 2018

Alex Jones failed at ambushing Bernie Sanders at an airport

Ben Sales
Published June 5, 2018

Why New Jersey’s Orthodox want to change a bill banning child marriages

Ben Sales
Published June 4, 2018

These Jewish camp counselors want to teach their kids about the occupation

Ben Sales
Published May 31, 2018

Israel’s conversion laws are about to get stricter

Ben Sales
Published May 31, 2018

Michael Chabon attacks Jewish inmarriage and Israel’s occupation in speech to new rabbis

Ben Sales
Published May 25, 2018

Philip Roth showed me how to be an American Jew

Ben Sales
Published May 23, 2018

As night falls, Jerusalem’s old-school Jewish market transforms into a hipster hangout

Ben Sales
Published May 22, 2018

Could Israel’s army have acted differently on the Gaza border? Experts disagree.

Ben Sales
Published May 18, 2018