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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.

A grey haired man in a suit stands in a Home Depot store
Posted inObituaries

Bernie Marcus, Home Depot founder who gave to Trump campaigns and Israel, dies at 95

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev November 5, 2024November 5, 2024
The front door of an ornate court building
Posted inCalifornia

California law against special education funding for religious schools violates constitution, court rules

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
Trump stands at a lectern that says "Trump Vance on it"
Posted inPolitics

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman slams group for muted response to Trump’s MSG rally

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and Ron Kampeas October 30, 2024October 30, 2024
Pro-Palestinian students at UCLA campus set up encampment in support of Gaza and protest the Israeli attacks in Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2024. (Grace Yoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

UCLA allowed antisemitism to fester, campus task force says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
Images released by the U.S. Department of Justice from a 16th-century book belonging to the Budapest University of Jewish Studies, which disappeared for 80 years following the Nazi invasion of Hungary.
Posted inBooks

Judaica seller signs deal with feds to return Nazi-looted 16th-century Bible to Budapest seminary

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev October 10, 2024October 10, 2024
Shayna Dollinger, photographed on the campus of American Jewish University and its Ziegler rabbinical school before transferring away to a different rabbinical school. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

Investigation clears Ziegler rabbinical school deans of ethics code allegations

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Named the Afghan Liturgical Quire, some believe it is the oldest Jewish book in existence. (Museum of the Bible)
Posted inHistory

Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Israeli forces at the site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit houses and cars in Kiryat Bialik in northern Israel on Sept. 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Civilian effort ratchets up to equip Israeli soldiers for war with Hezbollah

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 22, 2024September 22, 2024
"From the river to the sea" is written in chalk at the UC Berkeley encampment. The phrase has become common at protests and online. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inU.S.

Meta says ‘from the river to the sea’ is not inherently antisemitic

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 4, 2024September 4, 2024
Hamad Melhem al Hudarat reacts as he watches other Palestinian families pack up their belongings and dismantle their homes after a decision was made as a community to leave due to repeated reports of Israeli settler violence and harassment, in the village of Khirbet Zanuta, in the West Bank, Oct. 30, 2023. (Marcus Yam/ Los Angeles Times)
Posted inIsrael

U.S. sanctions Israeli nonprofit that supports West Bank settlers in latest round of penalties

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

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