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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.

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Judge in Trump-Harvard case questions tie between antisemitism allegations and federal funding cuts

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 21, 2025July 21, 2025
Demonstrators from Jewish Voice for Peace
Posted inU.S.

Its protests yielding limited results, Jewish Voice for Peace retools to focus on swaying elections

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and Andrew Lapin July 18, 2025July 18, 2025
Donald Trump and Yehuda Kaploun light a candle
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Antisemitism envoy post remains unfilled six months into Trump’s term

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 16, 2025July 16, 2025
Yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY
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Jewish schools — and their families — poised for windfall under new federal tax-credit program

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 10, 2025July 10, 2025
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Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse, toxic culture

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 8, 2025July 8, 2025
Groom crushes glass in Jewish wedding ceremony.
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In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
A yeshiva school bus drives through Brooklyn on Sept. 12, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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School vouchers would expand nationwide under proposal cheered by Orthodox groups

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
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Likely voter fraud sparks call for consequences in World Zionist Congress election

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 9, 2025April 13, 2025
Holocaust survivor Rudi Jocobsen, left, takes a bag of food from Uriel Rauff, who works for Jewish Family Service Colorado as a driver for the kosher Meals on Wheels Program in Denver, Colorado, on December 19, 2017. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

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