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Ben Sales

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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Eli Rowe’s team of 12 delivered supplies to the San Juan Chabad, as well as to vulnerable areas throughout Puerto Rico’s capital, Sept. 25, 2017. (Photo/Courtesy Eli Rowe)
Posted inNews

Puerto Rico’s Jews brave devastation of Hurricane Maria

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 28, 2017March 19, 2018
Piles of ruined books from United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston. The congregation lost many of its prayer books and replenished them through donations. (Photo/Courtesy United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston)
Posted inNews

How Harvey-devastated Houston synagogues are handling High Holy Days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 20, 2017March 19, 2018
Sarah Chandler leads a twist on the kapparot ritual in which participants hug chickens rather than swinging them over their heads. (Photo/Courtesy Sarah Chandler)
Posted inJewish Life

Hugging a chicken, yizkor for gun victims and other twists on High Holy Days rituals

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 18, 2017
Volunteers in Atlanta’s Orthodox Jewish community coordinate homes for evacuees from Hurricane Irma, which is set to hit Florida this weekend. (Photo/Courtesy of Adam Starr)
Posted inNews

Jews fleeing Irma are taking refuge in Atlanta synagogues

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 8, 2017March 19, 2018
Beth Chaim Congregation (Independent) in Danville switched to voluntary dues in 2013.
Posted inNews

Number of synagogues with voluntary dues doubles in two years

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 31, 2017March 19, 2018
Michael Duke, associate editor of the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice, lost his SUV in the flooding but still managed to write his articles. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Duke)
Posted inNews

Even Harvey couldn’t stop this family from publishing Houston’s Jewish paper

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 30, 2017March 19, 2018
Rescue workers and volunteers helping residents make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain following Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Aug. 29, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Scott Olson-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Texas Jewish summer camps open to flood victims

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 29, 2017March 19, 2018
White supremacists at the "Unite the Right" rally attempt to guard the entrance to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 12, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

A guide to the far-right hate groups that protested in Charlottesville

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 14, 2017March 19, 2018
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in DC, June 19, 2017 (Photo/ JTA-Getty Images-Chip Somodevilla)
Posted inNews

Jared Kushner: ‘There may be no solution’ to Mideast conflict

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 1, 2017March 19, 2018
A view of the Western Wall during Sukkot 2015 (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-AFP-Gil Cohen)
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Reform leaders rethinking donations to Israel, says Palo Alto-based URJ chair

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 6, 2017March 19, 2018

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