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Ben Sales

Ben Sales

Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrive for a news conference in New York on President Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, Feb. 11, 2020. (JTA/Bryan R. Smith/Getty Images)
Posted inNews

An unpopular Palestinian president and a disgraced former Israeli prime minister make the case for peace

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 11, 2020February 11, 2020
Supporters of Donald Trump hold signs in Hebrew and English as the president speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (JTA/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘I think it’s Israel’: How Orthodox Jews became Republicans

Laura E. AdkinsBen Sales by Laura E. Adkins, Ben Sales and JTA February 3, 2020
Deborah Lauter, the new director of the New York City Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, attends a news conference in Brooklyn to denounce the deadly hate crime shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Lichtenstein-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Ex-Bay Area activist leads NYC’s anti-hate crimes office

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA January 29, 2020February 4, 2020
Participants in the “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march in lower Manhattan, Jan. 5, 2020. (JTA/Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Anti-Semitic violence is on the rise in America — but anti-Semitic attitudes are not, ADL poll says

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA January 29, 2020
Participants in the “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march in lower Manhattan, Jan. 5, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

25,000 people march against anti-Semitism in New York City

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA January 6, 2020January 7, 2020
Joseph Gluck speaks to reporters the day after witnessing the attack in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019. (Photo/Ben Sales)
Posted inNews

Monsey’s Jews search for answers after machete attack

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 30, 2019December 30, 2019
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a rally in his support in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2019. (JTA/Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Netanyahu easily wins Likud party primary

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 27, 2019
Friday night prayers at the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial featured a 78-person choir and screens projecting the words of the service, Dec. 13, 2019. (Rob Dicker/Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inReligion

Inside the biggest American Shabbat service of the year

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019. (Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African Americans

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
Anti-Semitic incidents in New York City have increased significantly this year. (JTA/Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

What is causing the spike in anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA November 12, 2019

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