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Sam Sokol

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

Rabbi Capers Funnye, left, and Martha Leah Williams at the Jewish Africa Conference in New York, Jan. 29, 2019. (JTA/Josefin Dolsten)
Posted inU.S.

Black Hebrew Israelite leader condemns Jersey City shooting

by Sam Sokol and JTA December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
graphic depicts key players in election
Posted inNews

Israel’s election campaign has been a religious war of words

Ben Sales by Sam Sokol, Ben Sales and JTA September 16, 2019
Rabbi Gilad Kariv seen at the courtroom of the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem before the start of a court hearing about public transportation on Shabat, Sept. 11, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Gilad Kariv wants to be the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s parliament

by Sam Sokol and JTA August 22, 2019
State Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inCalifornia

California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on their offices to celebrate ‘mezuzah bill’

by JTA and Sam Sokol August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speak to the media, Jan. 10, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Hadas Parush-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Netanyahu says no to unity government

by Sam Sokol and JTA August 7, 2019
Workers build the stage for Eurovision Song Contest at Expo Tel Aviv, April 15, 2019. (Photo-JTA-Jack Guez-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Israel’s Eurovision planners say rockets won’t stop the music

by JTA and Sam Sokol May 7, 2019

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