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Asaf Elia-Shalev

Asaf Elia-Shalev

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

Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk speaking at Temple Sinai in Denver, Colorado in 1968, three years before he became the president of the Reform movement's rabbinical school. (Photo/JTA-Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

6 men and a ‘good old boys’ culture harmed students at Reform movement’s rabbinical school, report concludes

Philissa CramerAsaf Elia-Shalev by Philissa Cramer, Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA November 9, 2021November 10, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks about the new budget during a session of the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 3, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ahmad Gharabli-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel approves national budget, averting new government’s collapse and repeat election

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA November 5, 2021
A rooftop view to the Jewish Theological Seminary and nearby buildings. (Photo/JTA-Education Images-Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Conservative movement publicly lists the rabbis it has expelled and suspended

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California on Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Ian Tuttle-Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan give $1.3 million to Jewish causes, mostly in Bay Area

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA September 20, 2021September 22, 2021
A view of the destroyed Karnofsky family building where Louis Armstrong was a regular guest in New Orleans, Louisiana on Aug. 31, 2021. (Photo/Crescent City Jewish News-Alan Smason)
Posted inU.S.

Scattered by Hurricane Ida, the Jews of New Orleans prepare for High Holidays

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA September 1, 2021
USY members celebrate at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's 2015 convention. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Langdal)
Posted inU.S.

Conservative movement to launch investigation of sexual abuse allegations at youth program

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
Rabbi Mary Zamore, the executive director of the Women's Rabbinic Network (Photo/JTA-Steve Shawl)
Posted inU.S.

The Reform movement is investigating itself over history of rabbinic sexual misconduct

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 13, 2021August 13, 2021
Three teens stand together — one Latina, one Asian, one black — the Asian one is wearing a t-shirt that reads "This is what Jewish looks like."
Posted inU.S.

80% of Jews of color have faced discrimination in Jewish settings, according to massive new survey

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, photographed on Oct. 17, 1934, is superimposed with an image of a page from a manuscript of a Tiberias rabbi who traveled to Europe on a fundraising mission in 1807. (Photo/JTA-MCNY-Gottscho-Schleisner-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

A Jewish library’s treasure surfaced at auction. How did it get there?

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA July 28, 2021
A selection of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel. (Photo/JTA-Linda Gradstein)
Posted inNews

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream announces boycott of West Bank settlements

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA July 19, 2021July 21, 2021

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