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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis will be the spiritual leader of Shirat Hatamar, an Orthodox synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Efrat. (Screenshot/JTA)
Posted inNews

For the first time, a woman will lead an Israeli Orthodox synagogue

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 29, 2021
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, who introduced the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, speaks in Washington, D.C. on April 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kent Nishimura-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Senate passes legislation to improve hate crime reporting

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 26, 2021
Thousands of New Yorkers of all backgrounds convened at the "No Hate, No Fear" march against antisemitism in January 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Survey: Conservatives more likely than liberals to hold antisemitic views

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
a thumb taps a phone screen with a clubhouse logo on it
Posted inTech

Clubhouse app says it ‘shut down a number of rooms’ after antisemitism complaints

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 19, 2021
A dozen people stand holding up a blue banner that reads "Refugees Welcome" in large white letters.
Posted inU.S.

‘Relieved but disappointed’: America’s Jewish refugee agency in the Biden era

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
An Israeli woman has her temperature taken before entering the Mahane Yehuda market in Israel, June 16, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Starting Sunday, Israelis won’t be required to wear masks outdoors

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 16, 2021
The El Al departure counter at Ben Gurion International Airport, Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty)
Posted inNews

Israel to allow vaccinated tour groups starting in May

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 14, 2021
Bernie Madoff, pictured in 2009 ahead of his entering a guilty plea. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Chernin-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated Jewish world, dies

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 14, 2021
A view of the University of Iowa campus (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inU.S.

How students quietly quelled a debate over Judaism and Zionism at University of Iowa

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 8, 2021April 8, 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

Netanyahu again tapped to form Israeli government without clear path to majority

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

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