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Asaf Elia-Shalev

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Asaf Elia-Shalev is J.'s editor in chief. He previously worked as an investigative reporter for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Protesters demonstrating against the Kohelet Policy Forum carry placards criticizing Arthur Dantchik near his home in suburban Philadelphia, March 26, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Roy Boshi)
Posted inTech

TikTok’s pro-Israel investors face conundrum as platform is blamed for fueling antisemitism

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev February 1, 2024February 1, 2024
The iconic entrance gate of the Auschwitz concentration camp that reads "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) seen on the 83rd anniversary of the first transport of Poles to the Auschwitz camp at Oswiecim, Poland on June 14, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Omar Marques-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inTech

Meta is failing to catch memes and innuendo promoting Holocaust denial, oversight panel concludes

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 23, 2024
Richard Cortes, formerly a Messianic pastor, cheers after his conversion mikveh at Congregation Beth Israel in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Aug. 17, 2023. (Caitlin O’Hara)
Posted inU.S.

Meet the new Jews of Show Low, Arizona: How a pastor parted with Jesus and led his congregation to Judaism

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Posted inEducation

Lawsuit: Orange County school district illegally approved ‘antisemitic’ ethnic studies curriculum

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Miriam Adelson poses with her husband Sheldon Adleson and Donald Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019 in Hollywood, Florida, Dec. 7, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mandel Ngan-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Miriam Adelson slashed her philanthropy as casinos closed due to Covid. Now, her business empire is recuperating.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
​​The Claims Conference delegation for negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors meets in Berlin, May 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Claims Conference)
Posted inWorld

Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev June 15, 2023
An aerial view of American Jewish University's former campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy AJU)
Posted inCalifornia

$65M deal to sell American Jewish University’s LA campus collapses, throwing school’s finances into question

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
a graphic of the Wikipedia article "The Holocaust in Poland" with a magnifying glass superimposed on it
Posted inTech

Wikipedia disciplines editors in Holocaust distortion dispute but sidesteps debate over Polish complicity

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev May 23, 2023
The new location of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies is a few blocks away from the kosher establishments and synagogues of Los Angeles’ Pico-Robertston neighborhood. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News-SCNG)
Posted inEducation

Conservative Ziegler rabbinical school to relocate to ‘heart of Jewish life’ in Los Angeles

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev May 15, 2023May 16, 2023
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inNews

Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 4, 2023

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