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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Police block the entrance to the main synagogue at Chabad headquarters due to safety concerns, Jan. 9, 2024. (Luke Tress)
Posted inU.S.

6 Chabad tunnel defendants plead guilty

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
Hamas hands over Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, Gaza, on November 27, 2023. (Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

A hostage deal appears to be on the table again

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
a very large crowd marches together holding many Israeli flags
Posted inIsrael

Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Lead candidate of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, Herbert Kickl, celebrates with supporters at the FPO's election party following Austria's parliamentary elections in Vienna, Sept. 29, 2024. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Far-right party founded by former Nazis is tapped to lead Austria’s government

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Adrien Brody poses with the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama award for "The Brutalist" at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 5 2025. (Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Adrien Brody wins Golden Globe for portraying Holocaust survivor and architect in ‘The Brutalist’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 6, 2025January 6, 2025
Pope Francis smiles as he holds a keffiyeh and talks with three men in suits who are seen from behind
Posted inReligion

As improved relations quaver, a new guide aims to educate Catholics about antisemitism

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Netanyahu stands in a court room as two robed judges pass him
Posted inNews

Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stand in his corruption trial

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 10, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and other Israeli officials at the Syrian border on Dec. 8, 2024. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office)
Posted inNews

What the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria means for Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 8, 2024December 8, 2024
Man and woman hold poster of son
Posted inIsrael

Omer Neutra, an American Israeli hostage, was killed on Oct. 7, IDF confirms

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 2, 2024December 3, 2024
Stefanik speaks into a microphone with an American flag behind her
Posted inPolitics

Trump to nominate Elise Stefanik, who grilled university presidents on antisemitism, as U.N. ambassador

Ben Sales by Ben Sales November 12, 2024November 12, 2024

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