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American Jewish Historical Society cancels events linked to BDS group following pressure

Ben Sales
Published October 11, 2017

Why it’s easier to ordain Orthodox women in Israel than the US

Ben Sales
Published October 10, 2017

Wiesenthal Center isn’t withdrawing prize given to Harvey Weinstein

Ben Sales
Published October 9, 2017

Meet the Orthodox firearms instructor who wants Jews to own guns

Ben Sales
Published October 9, 2017

Scouting Israeli-style comes to America — in English

Ben Sales
Published October 4, 2017

How Mark Zuckerberg embraced his Judaism

Ben Sales
Published October 2, 2017

An Israeli trauma expert predicted a Las Vegas attack three years ago

Ben Sales
Published October 2, 2017

Five key takeaways from a new survey about Modern Orthodox Jews

Ben Sales
Published September 29, 2017

Puerto Rico’s Jews brave devastation of Hurricane Maria

Ben Sales
Published September 28, 2017

Why some rabbis used their High Holiday sermons to bash Trump – and others demurred

Ben Sales
Published September 26, 2017

University of Maryland professor says she was fired for being pro-Israel

Ben Sales
Published September 20, 2017

This US preschool is so Israeli it may as well be Tel Aviv

Ben Sales
Published September 20, 2017

Broad range of Jewish leaders calls for religious freedom in Israel

Ben Sales
Published September 15, 2017

There are now Christian mezuzahs

Ben Sales
Published September 14, 2017

This isn’t just a retirement home — it’s a place for St. Louis Jewish seniors to gather

Ben Sales
Published September 13, 2017

Hug a chicken and 4 other twists on traditional High Holidays rituals

Ben Sales
Published September 8, 2017

Bubbe lives in the path of Hurricane Irma. Now what?

Ben Sales
Published September 5, 2017

Jewish summer camps are reopening to host Houston victims

Ben Sales
Published August 29, 2017

Jewish day schools increase security with Charlottesville and bomb threats in mind

Ben Sales
Published August 29, 2017

American Muslims want to increase mosque security. They’re turning to Jews for help.

Ben Sales
Published August 25, 2017

These Christians celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Ben Sales
Published August 24, 2017

Should New York City remove statues of its anti-Semitic Dutch governor?

Ben Sales
Published August 22, 2017

How Rabbi Shai Held is shaping the conversation around love and politics

Ben Sales
Published August 22, 2017

American mayors’ group, ADL announce agreement to combat hate

Ben Sales
Published August 18, 2017

New York’s Orthodox Jews are expanding into these towns, and some residents aren’t happy

Ben Sales
Published August 18, 2017

What you need to know about antifa, the group that fought white supremacists in Charlottesville

Ben Sales
Published August 16, 2017

Welcoming refugees to America by teaching them to make avocado toast

Ben Sales
Published August 15, 2017

A guide to the far-right groups that protested in Charlottesville

Ben Sales
Published August 14, 2017

The corruption scandals plaguing Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, explained

Ben Sales
Published August 8, 2017

Who owns America’s oldest synagogue? It’s a 350-year-old argument.

Ben Sales
Published August 4, 2017

Jared Kushner on Israeli-Palestinian peace: ‘There may be no solution’

Ben Sales
Published August 1, 2017

Why more Israelis are moving to the US

Ben Sales
Published July 31, 2017

Larry David and Bernie Sanders are cousins, naturally

Ben Sales
Published July 27, 2017

Soon there will only be one Judaica store left in Manhattan

Ben Sales
Published July 26, 2017

American Muslims intermarry way less and are far more religious than American Jews

Ben Sales
Published July 25, 2017

City Council candidate ‘cares about’ Jews, compares them to Germans who enabled the Nazis

Ben Sales
Published July 20, 2017

Uganda’s Jews are down to one meal a day because of East Africa’s famine

Ben Sales
Published July 20, 2017

Chicago Dyke March article cost me my job, reporter tweets

Ben Sales
Published July 17, 2017

Why there are no women on the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’

Ben Sales
Published July 14, 2017

These rabbis have no idea why they’re on the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’

Ben Sales
Published July 13, 2017

American Orthodox rabbis are ambivalent about Western Wall controversy

Ben Sales
Published July 11, 2017

Chief Rabbinate says list of rabbis is not a blacklist

Ben Sales
Published July 11, 2017

Reporter who broke Chicago Dyke March story removed from reporting duties

Ben Sales
Published July 10, 2017

Here is the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’ of American rabbis

Ben Sales
Published July 9, 2017

Israeli rabbinate ‘blacklisting’ American rabbis

Ben Sales
Published July 8, 2017

The billionaire who founded Birthright has a private zoo

Ben Sales
Published July 6, 2017

Fed-up Reform leaders are thinking twice about their donations to Israel

Ben Sales
Published July 5, 2017

Israel is losing support among Democrats, minorities and millennials, study finds

Ben Sales
Published June 30, 2017

How these teachers learned to teach the Holocaust

Ben Sales
Published June 30, 2017

Netanyahu’s office: We did not seek to blame liberal Jews for Western Wall crisis

Ben Sales
Published June 30, 2017

Israel’s controversial conversion bill, explained

Ben Sales
Published June 28, 2017

Netanyahu defends suspending the Western Wall agreement. Here’s how.

Ben Sales
Published June 27, 2017

LGBT Jews say it’s increasingly difficult to be pro-Israel and queer

Ben Sales
Published June 27, 2017

Most rabbinical schools lack parental leave policies — and students are not happy about it

Ben Sales
Published June 23, 2017

Jared Kushner speaks — and the internet is obsessed

Ben Sales
Published June 20, 2017

This 136-year-old Jewish agency for refugees has a new mission in the Trump era: Fighting back

Ben Sales
Published June 16, 2017

Jared and Ivanka do their own thing as observant Jews. And that’s normal.

Ben Sales
Published June 15, 2017

Inside the $125 million Jewish international aid industry

Ben Sales
Published June 12, 2017

Alan Dershowitz explains why he is assisting a group accused of promoting female genital mutilation

Ben Sales
Published June 12, 2017

Michael Steinhardt thinks American Jews need to stop focusing on religion

Ben Sales
Published June 9, 2017

Jewish leaders deny pro-Israel pressure led California university to cancel faculty hire

Ben Sales
Published June 7, 2017

Six must-read articles about the Six-Day War

Ben Sales
Published June 6, 2017

Aly Raisman only Jewish athlete in ESPN’s list of 100 most famous sports stars

Ben Sales
Published June 5, 2017

Israel’s government is right-wing. But it’s taking climate change seriously.

Ben Sales
Published June 2, 2017

Jared Kushner: What you need to know about the scandal engulfing Donald Trump’s son-in-law

Ben Sales
Published May 30, 2017

More synagogues are getting rid of their mandatory dues

Ben Sales
Published May 30, 2017

There’s an Orthodox version of ‘Shark Tank’

Ben Sales
Published May 25, 2017

More on Jared, Ivanka and that Friday night flight

Ben Sales
Published May 25, 2017

Jared and Ivanka’s rabbis don’t know who gave them permission to fly on Shabbat

Ben Sales
Published May 24, 2017

Orthodox Union asks women clergy to change their titles

Ben Sales
Published May 19, 2017

5 ways to celebrate Shavuot — without (necessarily) studying Torah

Ben Sales
Published May 19, 2017

A Jewish hipster haven in the heart of Chabad’s Brooklyn territory

Ben Sales
Published May 17, 2017

Rod Rosenstein played outfield in the JCC softball league — and other fun facts about the man who got Comey fired

Ben Sales
Published May 15, 2017

Anthony Weiner’s sext partner warned him about scandal to come

Ben Sales
Published May 12, 2017

Mass shooting victim, in last public words, urged compassion for her attackers

Ben Sales
Published May 11, 2017

Rod Rosenstein: 5 things to know about the man who helped get Comey fired

Ben Sales
Published May 10, 2017

Israel’s justice minister says Trump peace plan won’t go anywhere — and she’s happy about it

Ben Sales
Published May 8, 2017

Israeli ministers praise Trump, bash PA at Jerusalem Post Conference

Ben Sales
Published May 7, 2017

Sebastian Gorka tells Jewish audience he is not anti-Semitic, calls Israel ‘closest’ ally of US

Ben Sales
Published May 7, 2017

When Donald Trump wanted to hold the Miss Universe Pageant at Masada

Ben Sales
Published May 5, 2017

Trump executive order allows campaigning from the pulpit

Ben Sales
Published May 4, 2017

Rabbi criticizes Conservative seminary for not hiring union on construction project

Ben Sales
Published May 4, 2017

Shmuley Boteach reveals Stephen Bannon’s wall of promises

Ben Sales
Published May 3, 2017

Why it’s a big deal that a secular student won Israel’s Bible contest

Ben Sales
Published May 2, 2017

Linda Sarsour: Why the Palestinian-American activist is controversial

Ben Sales
Published May 2, 2017

Labor protest says Conservative seminary violating its own ethical standards with building project

Ben Sales
Published May 1, 2017

Anti-Semitic city council candidate says more anti-Semitic things

Ben Sales
Published April 28, 2017

This Sunday school teaches Jewish kids Yiddish — and socialism

Ben Sales
Published April 27, 2017

UN Secretary General: Denial of Israel’s right to exist is ‘modern form of anti-Semitism’

Ben Sales
Published April 23, 2017

This young chef is trying to make Ashkenazi food cool

Ben Sales
Published April 21, 2017

4 things to know about Bret Stephens, the latest Jewish New York Times columnist

Ben Sales
Published April 19, 2017

Anti-Semitism envoy post to be filled, State Dept. says

Ben Sales
Published April 14, 2017

US anti-Semitism envoy’s office to remain empty, says former State Dept. official

Ben Sales
Published April 13, 2017

Politico says Chabad is Trump’s partner in — something. Not so fast.

Ben Sales
Published April 10, 2017

Stephen Bannon called Jared Kushner a ‘globalist.’ Here’s why the term makes some Jews uneasy.

Ben Sales
Published April 6, 2017

A state legislator called J Street anti-Semitic. Right to left, Jewish groups disagree.

Ben Sales
Published April 5, 2017

White supremacists don’t know what to make of Jared Kushner

Ben Sales
Published April 4, 2017

Worried about Trump talk ruining your seder? Here’s how to get through it.

Ben Sales
Published April 4, 2017

Thousands gather at United Nations to oppose BDS

Ben Sales
Published March 29, 2017

When politics gets in the way of Jewish giving

Ben Sales
Published March 28, 2017