Meet the 97-year-old British-Israeli man who holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest journalist Sam Sokol Published April 28, 2021
In Israel, haredi Orthodox Jews wield enormous political power. Could that change because of COVID? Sam Sokol Published February 3, 2021
7 Israeli police officers injured in clashes with Orthodox protesters over COVID-19 restrictions Sam Sokol Published January 22, 2021
Israelis are bending the rules to get COVID-19 vaccines — and nurses are helping them do it Sam Sokol Published January 21, 2021
Despite the Capitol violence, this Israeli town is still named after Donald Trump Sam Sokol Published January 12, 2021
As Israel prepares vaccine rollout, only 40% say they will take part in first round Sam Sokol Published December 16, 2020
Kosher hotels and authoritarianism: Israelis see attraction in easy UAE travel, but some have concerns Sam Sokol Published November 23, 2020
In Israel, some journalists are being attacked while covering haredi Orthodox communities during COVID-19 Sam Sokol Published October 22, 2020
Can Diaspora Jews visit Israel during the COVID-19 crisis? The rules keep changing. Sam Sokol Published August 20, 2020
A bipartisan protest movement is rocking Israel and growing by the week. Here’s why. Sam Sokol Published July 30, 2020
Israel thought it had crushed COVID-19. Then cases surged—and restrictions were reinstated. Sam Sokol Published July 6, 2020
Lenora Garfinkel, 89, noted Orthodox architect who lost a son and grandson to COVID-19 Sam Sokol Published June 24, 2020
Avraham ‘Bobby’ Katz, 73, helped establish Hasidic community in New Jersey Sam Sokol Published June 22, 2020
Alan Hurwitz, 79, progressive educator, anti-racism advocate, bank robber Sam Sokol Published June 18, 2020
Felicia Friedman, 94, Holocaust survivor who refused to relinquish her faith Sam Sokol Published June 4, 2020
Hundreds of Israelis, angry with police violence at home, protest the George Floyd killing in Tel Aviv Sam Sokol Published June 2, 2020
Saadya Ehrenpreis, 35, defied expectations with determination and joy Sam Sokol Published May 7, 2020
Sidney Fleischer, 102, decorated war veteran who fought in eight battles Sam Sokol Published April 28, 2020
Benjamin Levin, 93, last surviving member of the legendary Avengers partisan group Sam Sokol Published April 22, 2020
Michael Sorkin, 71, urban planner who proposed design for a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem Sam Sokol Published April 22, 2020
Evelyne Cohen, 93, fled Tunisia to become matriarch of a large family Sam Sokol Published April 20, 2020
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, former chief rabbi of Israel, dies of COVID-19 at 79 Sam Sokol Published April 13, 2020
Martin Fox, 95, past president of JTA and Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ Sam Sokol Published April 13, 2020
Israel’s health minister has the coronavirus. He’s also under fire for allegedly defying his own department’s orders. Sam Sokol Published April 7, 2020
Bentzion Coopertstock, 63, fed hungry pilgrims at Meron celebrations Sam Sokol Published April 6, 2020
Yerachmiel Beilis, 52: ‘Everything he did was for the sake of heaven’ Sam Sokol Published April 6, 2020
‘We’re not scared’: Some haredi Orthodox Jews in Israel are ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules Sam Sokol Published March 18, 2020
On the streets of Ramallah, Palestinians shrug at Trump’s peace plan Sam Sokol Published January 30, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin takes a lead role in pushing back against Europe’s Holocaust revisionism Sam Sokol Published January 28, 2020
Putin skews Holocaust history at global Auschwitz commemoration event in Jerusalem Sam Sokol Published January 23, 2020
With Holocaust summit in Jerusalem, Israel gets dragged into Europe’s memory wars Sam Sokol Published January 22, 2020
Israel is experiencing a butter shortage that won’t end anytime soon Sam Sokol Published January 8, 2020
Launch of Amazon’s Hebrew storefront offers American expats a taste of home Sam Sokol Published December 27, 2019
US court sentences Israeli in $140 million scam to 22 years in prison Sam Sokol Published December 19, 2019
New York state providing $10 million to protect religious institutions Sam Sokol Published December 19, 2019
Prince Charles to visit Israel and West Bank in official capacity Sam Sokol Published December 18, 2019
Boris Johnson to push anti-BDS agenda as British prime minister Sam Sokol Published December 16, 2019
Jewish students assaulted trying to enter Indiana University fraternity party Sam Sokol Published December 16, 2019
Squeezed for burial space, Jerusalem prepares to open an underground city of the dead Sam Sokol Published October 24, 2019
Israel’s crackdown on foreign workers is driving some families into hiding Sam Sokol Published September 17, 2019
Burning Man festival features Holocaust camp-themed Barbie exhibit Sam Sokol Published September 5, 2019
Reform leader Gilad Kariv wants to be the first non-Orthodox rabbi in Israel’s parliament Sam Sokol Published August 22, 2019
The grandson of Ukrainian strongman Stepan Bandera reckons with his family legacy of Nazi collaboration Sam Sokol Published August 21, 2019
Former Jerusalem mayor says he is open to meeting Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Sam Sokol Published August 14, 2019
Pittsburgh rabbi calls on US attorney general to forgo death penalty for synagogue gunman Sam Sokol Published August 14, 2019
California Board of Education rejects proposed ethnic studies curriculum that angered Jews Sam Sokol Published August 14, 2019
California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on office doors in symbolic move Sam Sokol Published August 14, 2019
Israeli flight attendant dies several months after catching measles on New York flight Sam Sokol Published August 13, 2019
Omri Casspi, first Israeli in the NBA, returns home to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv Sam Sokol Published August 13, 2019
Most right-wing Israeli voters want Netanyahu to remain prime minister even if he’s indicted Sam Sokol Published August 12, 2019
Rabbi Reuven Hammer, a pioneer of Conservative Judaism in Israel, dies at 86 Sam Sokol Published August 12, 2019
21 Israeli lawmakers rebuff American anti-boycott resolution for endorsing two-state solution Sam Sokol Published August 12, 2019
Backlash prompts mental health group to rethink canceling Israel confab Sam Sokol Published August 7, 2019
How Ayelet Shaked, a secular woman, come to dominate the right-wing religious camp in Israel Sam Sokol Published August 6, 2019
As Moscow cracks down on protesters, Likud launches election ad campaign featuring Putin Sam Sokol Published July 28, 2019
Child advocates blast systemic failures in Israel’s handling of sex abuse cases Sam Sokol Published July 1, 2019
Jerusalem rabbi to ordain gay rabbinical student denied by US seminary Sam Sokol Published May 24, 2019
Israeli lone soldier suicides launched talk of a ‘worrying trend.’ The army says that isn’t accurate. Sam Sokol Published May 3, 2019
Holocaust scholars worry that memory is a victim of Israel’s warming ties with Eastern Europe Sam Sokol Published January 29, 2019
UMass student asked to remove ‘F*** Nazis’ sign because it’s not inclusionary Sam Sokol Published December 24, 2018
Pace of haredi Orthodox integration into Israeli life slowing down Sam Sokol Published December 19, 2018
Announcing new tunnel, Netanyahu says Lebanon responsible for Hezbollah’s actions Sam Sokol Published December 19, 2018
Alice Walker endorses anti-Semitic tract in a New York Times feature Sam Sokol Published December 18, 2018
In wake of attacks, settlers ratchet up pressure on Netanyahu government Sam Sokol Published December 17, 2018
A soldier’s death brings grief to Israeli army’s fervently religious battalion Sam Sokol Published December 14, 2018
Baby born prematurely to mother shot in West Bank attack dies in hospital Sam Sokol Published December 12, 2018
Netanyahu is mired in multiple scandals. So why is he so popular? Sam Sokol Published December 5, 2018
I’m a reporter. I left my synagogue because of attacks on the media. Sam Sokol Published November 26, 2018
Israeli city’s first woman mayor is a reluctant icon for Orthodox feminism Sam Sokol Published November 9, 2018
Israeli lawmakers debate American anti-Semitism without American Jewish input Sam Sokol Published November 6, 2018
Genesis Prize funds groups looking to close Israel’s stubborn gender gap Sam Sokol Published September 4, 2018
Sarah Tuttle-Singer pulls in readers — and trolls — with her warts-and-all portrayal of Israel Sam Sokol Published August 31, 2018
Carl Reiner, 96, ‘impressed’ with himself for being oldest-ever Emmy nominee Sam Sokol Published August 23, 2018
