Jewish pilgrimage dead after killings in Djerba
Ben Sales, JTAMay 18, 2023
When a security official opened fire outside a Tunisian synagogue during a pilgrimage on May 9, killing two Jewish pilgrims and two security guards, he shattered what...
Right-wing protesters support judicial reform
Ben Sales, JTAMay 04, 2023
A right-wing protest brought some 200,000 people to Jerusalem’s streets on April 27 to demonstrate in favor of the government’s judicial reform.
‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi’
Ben Sales, JTADec 16, 2021
Boxer Yuri Foreman uses his expertise to provide kosher certification to eateries — on a no-charge basis. Unlike most rabbis, however, he’s only going to certify...
Bahrain meets American Jews
Ben Sales, JTAOct 07, 2021
Sitting in front of a group of rabbis in New York City, the undersecretary for political affairs at the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry explained that he first...
Anti-vaxxer will stop wearing yellow star
Ben Sales, JTASep 10, 2021
MONTREAL — Last month, Francois Amalega Bitondo was standing on a Montreal street, megaphone and cellphone in hand, protesting against COVID-19 vaccines. A bright...
Twenty years since Sbarro bombing
Ben Sales, JTAAug 12, 2021
JERUSALEM — Twenty years ago this week, a deadly suicide bombing in Jerusalem plunged Israel into grief and, for its citizens, crystallized a feeling articulated by...
Barkat wants the top spot
Ben Sales, JTAAug 05, 2021
Nir Barkat was supposed to be in a different place now. When the two-term mayor of Jerusalem entered national politics and ran for the Knesset in 2019 with Benjamin...
Israelis arrested in Nigeria
Ben Sales, JTAJul 22, 2021
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Three Jewish filmmakers working on a documentary about far-flung Jewish communities in Africa have been detained for days by Nigerian authorities and...
Young Zionists try to stand up
Ben Sales, JTAJun 17, 2021
NEW YORK — Two weeks after the recent flareup of violence in Israel and Gaza, as fights over Israel and Palestine raged on social media, Julia Jassey wondered aloud...
In Israel, acid government shift
Ben Sales, JTAJun 10, 2021
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned violent rhetoric on “every side” of the political spectrum June 6. Netanyahu’s speech came as the...
