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Ben Sales

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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Max Lewis (left) and Ilan Naibryf both served as leaders in the University of Chicago Jewish community. Lewis died after being hit by a stray bullet and Naibryf is missing in the building collapse in Surfside, Florida.
Posted inU.S.

University of Chicago’s Jewish community reels with 1 student missing in Surfside and another killed by a stray bullet

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 7, 2021
Employees work in a Facebook unit focused on the fight against misinformation and manipulation in Menlo Park in 2018. (Photo/JTA-Noah Berger-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTech

Social media companies say they ban Holocaust denial. Are they also blocking education?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 30, 2021
This aerial view shows search and rescue personnel working after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty)
Posted inU.S.

The deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, struck a growing Jewish community

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 25, 2021June 28, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, pictured here in 2014 giving a speech, holds his kippah to his head. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

How Naftali Bennett’s kippah stays on his bald head and why it matters

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 17, 2021
Graffiti on the wall of Manny’s café in San Francisco's Mission District, June 6, 2021. (Photo/Steven Buss)
Posted inU.S.

Three-quarters of American Jews say they’re more concerned about antisemitism following the Israel-Gaza conflict

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 14, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

It’s official: After 12 years, Netanyahu is out as prime minister

Ben SalesShira Hanau by Ben Sales, Shira Hanau and JTA June 14, 2021
A cohort of young Jews is trying to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism on social media. Clockwise from top left: Julia Jassey, Blake Flayton, Isaac de Castro, Eve Barlow and Ben Freeman. (Photo illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
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Young Zionists are fighting antisemitism on social media. What are they accomplishing?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 10, 2021
Naftali Bennett (left) and Tamar Zandberg in the Israeli parliament, June 2, 2021. Both have been targeted by death threats due to their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is trying to remain in power. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Is Israel heading for its own Jan. 6? In Jerusalem, officials fear political violence during the transition.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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Netanyahu condemns incitement from ‘every side’ but also decries ‘election fraud’ as Israeli officials fear violence

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 7, 2021
Naftali Bennett (left) will be Israel's next prime minister, to be succeeded by Yair Lapid (right). (Photos/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-AFP via Getty Images and JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Everything you need to know about the Israeli government that will replace Benjamin Netanyahu

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 2, 2021

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