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President Trump announcing the Israel-UAE agreement with, from left to right: Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Aug. 13, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
August 14, 2020, 12:22 pm
5 winners and 4 losers from the historic treaty between Israel and the UAE
Chalk up wins for Netanyahu, Trump and the long view of Israeli history. Losses go to the Israeli opposition and the Palestinians.
By Ben Sales/JTA
The Apotheosis of St. Louis, which stands in front of the St. Louis Art Museum in the city's largest park, memorializes the city's namesake, who persecuted Jews. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 28, 2020, 11:15 am
Should St. Louis remove the statue of anti-Semitic namesake? Activists say yes.
As statues of Confederate leaders and other figures condemned for racism are coming down across the country, a St. Louis coalition wants the statue of the French King removed.
By Ben Sales/JTA
Marchers at the front of an interfaith demonstration in Chicago remembering George Floyd and protesting systemic racism, June 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)
June 10, 2020, 3:19 pm
800 rabbis and cantors sign statement supporting peaceful protest against racism
In memory of George Floyd
By Ben Sales/JTA
Right-wing conspiracy theorists allege that George Soros, seen in June 2019, is backing Antifa, which President Trump has blamed for rioting . (Georg Hochmuth/AFP/Getty Images)
June 3, 2020, 11:33 am
There are now 500,000 daily negative tweets about George Soros
Many claim he’s funding George Floyd protests
By Ben Sales/JTA
One challenge in Expedition Nai, a global virtual color war for Jewish young adults, was to take a piece of old clothing and turn it into something cool. (Screenshot from YouTube)
May 22, 2020, 10:47 am
A virtual color war for millennials could be a model for camp during pandemic
From pet makeovers to making face masks from underwear, the challenges are creative and goofy – in a good way.
By Ben Sales/JTA
Joseph Gluck, who witnessed the attack on Dec. 28, 2019, speaks to reporters the day after. Photo by Ben Sales via JTA.org
December 31, 2019, 1:05 pm
Monsey’s Orthodox Jews are defiant but searching for answers
After a machete stabbing on Chanukah
By Ben Sales/JTA
July 24, 2019, 10:38 am
Senator’s speech on ‘cosmopolitan elites’
Anti-Semitic dog whistle or poli-sci speak?
By Ben Sales/JTA
Rabbi Shuki Reich, left, seminary head of the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership, and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone, present Rabbanit Shira Zimmerman with her certification as a spiritual leader and arbiter of Jewish law at a ceremony in Jerusalem. Photo courtesy of Ohr Torah Stone
October 26, 2017, 3:58 pm
Why it’s easier to ordain Orthodox women in Israel than the U.S.
By Ben Sales/JTA
Equestrian show jumper and Olympic hopeful Danielle Goldstein practices her routine in central Israel.
May 21, 2014, 7:21 pm
An Israeli Olympic equestrian? Danielle Goldstein aims for Rio Games
By Ben Sales/JTA
Israeli startup SpaceIL has its sights set on a moon landing and the $20 million Google Lunar XPrize.
May 14, 2014, 8:05 pm
With dishwasher-sized craft, Israeli Lunar XPrize team shoots for the moon
By Ben Sales/JTA
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