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Sam Sokol

Sam Sokol is a Jerusalem-based journalist who covers Israel for JTA.

Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jews attend a funeral procession in Jerusalem for Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, the head of the Brisk Yeshiva, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

In Israel, haredi Orthodox Jews wield enormous political power. Could that change because of Covid?

by Sam Sokol and JTA February 3, 2021

Violence against police officers. The torching of a public bus. Legions of men, many of them maskless, crowding the streets of Jerusalem for a funeral. Schools and community centers that […]

The sign at a planned Israeli town named for Donald Trump has had some ups and downs, including a recent loss of the T in Trump. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inNews

Despite his US scandals, construction continues on Israeli town named after Donald Trump

by Sam Sokol and JTA January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
A Pfizer Covid vaccine syringe seen in Jerusalem, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

As Israel prepares vaccine rollout, only 40% say they will take part in first round

by Sam Sokol and JTA December 16, 2020
Rudy Giuliani conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, Nov. 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Giuliani doubles down on Soros comments in series of WhatsApp messages to JTA

by Sam Sokol and JTA December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
An El Al plane flying the flags of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, and bearing the word "peace" in Arabic, English and Hebrew, arrives at the Abu Dhabi airport from Tel Aviv, Aug. 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Karim Sahib-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Kosher hotels and authoritarianism: Israelis see attraction in easy UAE travel, but some have concerns

by Sam Sokol and JTA November 24, 2020November 24, 2020
Reporter Ittai Shickman films himself chased by a mob of haredi Orthodox Jews while standing outside the home of a prominent rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inNews

In Israel, journalists are being attacked while covering the pandemic in haredi Orthodox communities

by Sam Sokol and JTA October 23, 2020
two men sit on an airplane wearing face masks
Posted inTravel

Can Diaspora Jews visit Israel during the Covid-19 crisis? The rules keep changing.

by Sam Sokol and JTA August 21, 2020
a crowd of protesters behind a barricade holding up an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in handcuffs
Posted inNews

A bipartisan protest movement is rocking Israel and growing by the week. Here’s why.

by Sam Sokol and JTA July 30, 2020
A laptop with Zoom open on it next to a lit yahrzeit candle
Posted inOpinion

The agony of the Covid-19 obituarist

by Sam Sokol July 13, 2020July 13, 2020
three people in head-to-toe protective equipment work in a medical lab
Posted inNews

Israel thought it had crushed Covid-19. Then cases surged — and restrictions were reinstated.

by Sam Sokol and JTA July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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