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Ami Eden

Ami Eden is the CEO and executive editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s parent company, 70 Faces Media. He served previously as JTA’s CEO and editor-in-chief. Before joining JTA in the summer of 2007, he served as executive editor of the Forward and founding editor of the Forward’s website. He also worked as an editor of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia.

Josh Shapiro and Stephen Colbert
Posted inTV

Stephen Colbert asked Josh Shapiro about his only campaign defeat. The winner has some thoughts.

by Ami Eden July 31, 2025August 2, 2025

(JTA) — When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro showed up on “The Late Show” last week, Stephen Colbert asked him a very important question: “Have you ever lost an election?” Shapiro […]

Billboard with Trump's face
Posted inAnalysis

What comes next? In Israel, past success is no guarantee of future results

by Ami Eden June 24, 2025June 24, 2025
President Donald Trump is accompanied by newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner (right) and other guests as they head for a flag-raising ceremony for a newly installed flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House on June 18. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Trump keeps the world guessing about his Iran intentions. Could his first term offer clues?

by Ami Eden June 18, 2025June 18, 2025
A view of a giant hole as Israeli forces arrive in the area and investigate debris of missiles fired from Iran towards Israel, after they fall in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 1, 2024. (Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

45 years ago, Iran staged its own preemptive strike on nuclear facilities

by Ami Eden June 13, 2025June 13, 2025
(From left) Mike, Kerry, Fritz and Kevin Von Erich. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons and Getty Images; Design by Grace Yagel)
Posted inFilm

The Von Erich wrestling brothers, subjects of upcoming film ‘The Iron Claw,’ were huge in Israel

by Ami Eden December 15, 2023

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