Sam Sokol, JTA

Features

Post-pandemic, reinventing Judaism

July 15, 2021

NEW YORK — Judaism has always been a social faith, centered on communal activity. However, the demands of social distancing and repeated lockdowns prompted...

Culture

Israeli Foreign Ministry embraces Singles Day

November 19, 2020

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Foreign Ministry took on the role of the shadchan, or traditional Jewish matchmaker, on Nov. 11, offering to help set up...

Israel

Israel thought it had crushed COVID-19; now, lockdowns reimposed

July 9, 2020

JERUSALEM — It was just two months ago that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory over the new coronavirus. Ten weeks after recording its...

Israel

George Floyd protests in Tel Aviv

June 4, 2020

TEL AVIV — As Kielahtiel Barton stood across from the former American embassy here, on a sidewalk next to a downtown beach, a large...

Israel

Israel health minister both bitterly criticized and highly praised

April 17, 2020

BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — Just hours after Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tested positive earlier this month for the novel coronavirus, technicians arrived at...