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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.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Joel Kaplan, named in January 2025 as Meta's president of global affairs, descend a staircase after leaving a meeting with a Republican senator in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
Saar wears a suit as he speaks into a microphone flanked by two Israeli flags
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Israel has spent millions trying win hearts and minds abroad. It’s about to spend 20 times more.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered to protest the Israeli offensives in Gaza outside the Federal Building in San Francisco, May 31, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

2 Bay Area House reps face class-action suit for supporting Israel aid

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 23, 2024December 23, 2024
Rachel Laser, the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, speaks at an event the organization held at St John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles on Nov. 21, 2024. (Courtesy of Evan Clark, Atheists United)
Posted inU.S.

Meet the Jewish leader taking on Christian nationalism

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 17, 2024December 17, 2024
a limestone building with an israeli flag hanging from the front
Posted inIsrael

Allegations of Christian influence surface as World Zionist Congress election heats up

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 6, 2024December 6, 2024
Israeli soldiers stand outside a house hit by rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona on Nov. 26, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel’s military acknowledges soldiers’ helmets, body armor may be unsafe

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 5, 2024December 5, 2024
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Posted inPhilanthropy

Schusterman foundation, whose fortune comes from oil, makes first donation to climate group

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev November 27, 2024November 27, 2024
an Israeli flag is draped above a sign that says "Welcome to Israel" in Hebrew and English
Posted inIsrael

Israel’s proposed wartime budget would slash benefits for new immigrants

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev November 14, 2024November 14, 2024
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Posted inCalifornia

Adam Schiff wins race for U.S. Senate seat previously held by Dianne Feinstein

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev November 5, 2024November 5, 2024
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Posted inPolitics

What Christian nationalism has in store for Jews and other religious minorities

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev November 5, 2024November 5, 2024

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