• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
Ben Sales

Ben Sales

Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Israeli soldiers standing watch on the fields of Nahal Oz on the Israeli Gaza border, near the Gaza neighborhood of Shajaiya, May 15, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Lior Mizrahi-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Could Israel’s army have acted differently on the Gaza border? Experts disagree.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 18, 2018May 18, 2018
A man seen at the entrance to a bomb shelter that was open in the Golan Heights, in northern Israel, May 8, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Basel Awidat-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Amid renewed talk of war, Israelis keep calm and carry on

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 9, 2018
Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, at a Capitol Hill hearing on moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

ADL and others accuse ZOA of defamation. The Zionist group is fighting back.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 30, 2018
The 1960 film “Exodus,” starring Paul Newman (center) as Ari Ben Canaan, conveyed American Jews’ pride in the Jewish state.
Posted inIsrael at 70

From distancing to embracing: How 1948 changed U.S. Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 11, 2018
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant at a press conference with Israeli officials at the Homeland Defense and Security Summit in Biloxi, Mississippi, March 13, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inNews

Israel takes center stage at homeland security conference in Mississippi

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 15, 2018March 19, 2018
Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike in “7 Days in Entebbe” (Photo/Liam Daniel-Focus Features)
Posted inCulture

German actor Daniel Bruhl on ‘Entebbe’ movie and always playing the bad guy

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 14, 2018March 23, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy AIPAC)
Posted inNews

In Israel, Netanyahu is embattled. At AIPAC, he was in his happy place.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 7, 2018March 19, 2018
Jaime Guttenberg (Facebook)
Posted inNews

Florida school shooting’s Jewish victims remembered for their kindness

Ben SalesJosefin Dolsten by Ben Sales and Josefin Dolsten February 15, 2018March 19, 2018
A Virgin Airways plane at Heathrow Airport in London, Oct. 11, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Jack Taylor-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Virgin Atlantic called couscous Palestinian, and people got very upset

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 15, 2018February 14, 2018
The Orthodox Union is allowing Maharat Ruth Friedman, left, shown at her graduation from Yeshivat Maharat in 2013, and three other Orthodox women clergy, to remain in their positions without their synagogues facing a penalty. (Photo/JTA-Joe Winkler)
Posted inNews

Orthodox Union will not penalize synagogues that already have women clergy

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 31, 2018March 19, 2018

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 34 35 36 37 38 … 59 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor
AIPAC didn't fund Connie Chan. Here's what actually happened.
Jewish activists research and rate hundreds of candidates on antisemitism ahead of primary
Stuart Kelman, founding rabbi of Berkeley’s Netivot Shalom, dies at 84
Candidates for CA governor vow to keep Jews safe and Israel ties strong
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack