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Andrew Lapin

Andrew Lapin is the Managing Editor for Local News at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

White man standing next to Israeli flag
Posted inNews

Israeli PM Bennett won’t run in fall elections

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 29, 2022
Documents on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII are seen at the Vatican Secret Archives in Vatican City, Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Franco Origlia-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

The Vatican will release WWII-era ‘Jewish files’ online, including unanswered pleas to the pope

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 27, 2022June 28, 2022
People protesting anti-BDS laws in New York, June 9, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Appeals court upholds Arkansas law that restricts Israel boycotts, ruling it does not violate First Amendment

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 22, 2022June 23, 2022
A Ben & Jerry's truck parked in Jerusalem. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons)
Posted inU.S.

Michigan pension fund sues Ben & Jerry’s owner over ice cream maker’s Israel policy

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 20, 2022
Cooper Raiff as a bar/bat mitzvah "motivational dancer" in “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Apple)
Posted inCulture

Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Billy Crystal performing a "Yiddish scat" routine during the 75th annual Tony Awards, June 12, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inTheater

Billy Crystal’s ‘Yiddish scat’ and other Jewish moments at the Tonys

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 13, 2022
Posted inNews

Boycott advocates claim victory as General Mills divests its Israeli dough operation

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 2, 2022
Members of Palestinian Masafer Yatta communities in the West Bank regard the remains of their West Bank homes, May 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mamoun Wazwaz-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Masafer Yatta: The 22-year legal battle over West Bank village evictions, explained

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 31, 2022
Palestinians carry the flag-draped body of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as it is carried toward the offices of the news channel in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 11, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronaldo Schemidt-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Palestinian Authority says IDF intentionally killed journalist; Gantz calls conclusion ‘blatant lie’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
A woman stands in front of a mural, part of an art exhibit honoring slain Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at the spot where she was killed in Jenin in the West Bank, May 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronaldo Schemidt-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Israeli military likely killed Palestinian American journalist, AP and CNN conclude

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 25, 2022

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