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Ben Sales

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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Nylssa Portillo Moreno, a Jewish immigrant detained by ICE, was released following an activist campaign that included national Jewish organizations. (Photo illustration/JTA)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish woman released from ICE custody following national advocacy campaign

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 5, 2020
Israelis protest being separated from their significant others outside the residence of the foreign minister by having solo romantic picnics on the eve of Tu B'Av, the Jewish day celebrating love. The signs read, "We also want to embrace our loved ones. Open the skies for them. Families want to be together." (Photo/ Courtesy Plia Kettner)
Posted inTu B'Av

‘Does he remember me?’ For some Israelis, Covid-19 has meant separation from their families

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 5, 2020August 5, 2020
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum at a press conference in Honolulu, March 15, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Kent Nishimura-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S., News

Oregon’s Jewish attorney general says she won’t stand for authoritarianism in Portland

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 31, 2020
People mill around in a brightly lit sanctuary
Posted inReligion

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 31, 2020
The "Child at Gunpoint IN COLOR" face mask for sale at HolocaustFaceMasks.com.
Posted inNews

Who would sell Holocaust-themed face masks? This guy.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, center, is seen during a congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 21, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Southern Poverty Law Center identifies Stephen Miller as an extremist

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 17, 2020
five children in matching blue t-shirts sit smiling outside
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish day camp in Texas closes following Covid-19 outbreak

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
closeup of a middle age white man with short hair
Posted inNews

Peter Beinart was an influential advocate of the two-state solution. Now he’s abandoning it.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
a middle aged white man in a suit speaks on a stage
Posted inU.S.

1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
zuckerberg sits at a table in front of a microphone with a large audience seated behind him
Posted inTech

How the ADL went from working with Facebook to leading a boycott against it

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 1, 2020

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