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is JTA's news editor. In his seven years with JTA, he has reported from more than 15 countries. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, New York magazine, among other publications.

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  • David Brooks on Y.U.

    December 10, 2013 10:59am

    New York Times columnist David Brooks returned the love reflected in Yeshiva University’s decision to bestow an honorary degree at its annual convocation this week.

  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MTV-style

    December 9, 2013 1:59pm

    MTV’s “Rebel Music” series covers Israeli and Palestinian musicians trying to cross a cultural divide through music.

  • Jon Stewart gets the Iran treatment

    December 5, 2013 2:46pm

    Iranian state television accuses the “Daily Show” host of being an instrument of the Zionist lobby.

  • Meet Nissim, (another) black Orthodox rapper (UPDATE)

    November 6, 2013 3:03pm

    It’s surely a sign of the times that when I saw the email today about Seattle-based Orthodox African-American rapper Nissim, my first response was — again?

  • A Reform leader at a Chabad conference

    November 5, 2013 11:22am

    Reform leader Rick Jacobs is likely the first leader of his movement to attend the annual conference of Chabad emissaries.

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    The Rebbe’s army musters

    November 4, 2013 11:27am

    Thousands of Chabad emissaries gathered Sunday evening for the capstone of their annual conference, or kinus.

  • Jonathan Sacks, he’s coming to America

    October 31, 2013 2:36pm

    The recently retired British chief rabbi is hoping to bring his public spirited Jewish discourse to the United States.

  • Michael Moore is coming to the JCC

    October 31, 2013 2:27pm

    The Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore is lending his celebrity to the Other Israel Film Festival.

  • VIDEO: Adelson wants nuke threat against Iran

    October 25, 2013 11:25am

    Blogger Philip Weiss captured video of Sheldon Adelson’s call this week for the United States to detonate a nuclear bomb as a warning to Iran.

  • North Korea to Bibi: Israel’s ‘a cancer’

    October 1, 2013 3:14pm

    Welcome to the U.N., where Libya bickers with Bolivia, Azerbaijan and Armenia feud, and North Korea responds to Israel’s prime minister with name-calling.