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Ben Sales

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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

"Eliana Light... And Friends!" is a Jewish children's show that streams weekly through jewishLIVE. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

From prayers to puppets: A one-stop shop for Jewish livestreams aims to outlast the pandemic

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 24, 2020
A TV screen broadcasts the exit poll results of the Israeli election in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2020. After more than a year of political deadlock, Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz agreed Monday to form a government together. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

5 important points about the Gantz-Netanyahu deal and Israel’s new emergency government

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Barry Finestone, president and CEO of the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation, one of the Jewish philanthropies leading a massive nationwide coronavirus emergency fund. (Photo/File)
Posted inPhilanthropy

As Jewish nonprofits struggle, coalition of foundations announces $80 million fund

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 20, 2020April 20, 2020
Networking in the hallway at the Jewish Federations of North America's annual General Assembly in Los Angeles, Nov. 2017 (Photo/Courtesy JFNA)
Posted inU.S.

8 major national Jewish groups team up for pandemic response

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 26, 2020
The main entrance of the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver, July 27, 2018. At the time, the center had staved off financial worries thanks to a newly formed nonprofit that bought its property and infused it with cash to wipe out $14.3 million in debt. (JTA/HYOUNG CHANG/THE DENVER POST via GETTY)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Painful and deep’: Jewish nonprofits face dire economic prospects during and after coronavirus

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 23, 2020
A Passover seder in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Creative Touch Imagine Ltd/Nurphoto)
Posted inReligion

Passover in a pandemic: Families on Zoom, solo seders and broken traditions

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 17, 2020
Camp cabins
Posted inPhilanthropy

How Jewish summer camps are preparing for the coronavirus

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 12, 2020March 12, 2020
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inReligion

Purim is a holiday for partying. This year, the coronavirus makes things different.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 9, 2020
Lior Schleien, shown here in a 2018 segment, is the host of the Israeli satirical show "Gav HaUma." (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inComedy

Meet Lior Schleien, Israel’s Jon Stewart

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 21, 2020
These fliers were found at UC Berkeley and UC Davis as well as at Vassar College in New York. (Photo/StandWithUs)
Posted inU.S.

White supremacists distributed more propaganda in 2019 but held fewer events, ADL says

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 12, 2020

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