How 1948 changed American Jewry
Ben Sales, JTAMay 10, 2018
JERUSALEM — One year after Israel’s establishment, in the dead of night, three students ascended a tower at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and raised...
Reckoning with the legacy of slavery
Ben Sales, JTAMay 03, 2018
MONTGOMERY — When Bryan Stevenson set out to build a memorial to the thousands of black people lynched in the US, he thought about Germany and Poland. Those countries,...
ADL: How it’s become a villain to the far left
Ben Sales, JTAApr 26, 2018
NEW YORK — When Starbucks announced that it would close its US stores for one day to conduct anti-bias training for employees, seeking the expertise of the...
Moot Beit Din explores Jewish view on torture
Ben Sales, JTAApr 19, 2018
PRINCETON, NJ — Does Jewish law allow — or even require — torture? That’s the question six teams of college students from across the country set out to answer at...
Beginning of the end of the Bibi era?
Ben Sales, JTAMar 01, 2018
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu is in trouble. Maybe. The Israeli prime minister is engulfed simultaneously in four separate scandals, and each day seems to bring him...
Jewish sheriff reacts to shooting in his county
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 22, 2018
As he leads the police response to the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is the county’s first Jewish sheriff. A 2016 campaign...
At 99, ex-congressman Lester Wolff holds forth
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 15, 2018
MUTTONTOWN, NY — Lester Wolff served eight terms in the House of Representatives, which is slightly above average for lawmakers. But he has a distinction few of his...
Israel, Iran, Syria trade blows
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 15, 2018
JERUSALEM — Israel and Iran have been clashing for years. But on Feb. 10, their war of words briefly became an actual fight. In short succession, Iran sent a drone...
Whither Carlebach’s music?
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 08, 2018
NEW YORK — When Rabbi Angela Buchdahl announced how her synagogue would respond to the #MeToo moment, she singled out a man. But he wasn’t one of her congregants,...
Dems’ support for Israel sliding?
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 01, 2018
NEW YORK — The share of Democrats who sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians is falling fast, while Republican sympathy for Israel over the Palestinians is...
