Asaf Elia-Shalev

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Asaf Elia-Shalev is a senior reporter with JTA and is based in Los Angeles. He is also the author of "Israel's Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation's Founding Myth," which was published by UC Press in 2024.

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This organization was supposed to unite Jews. A debate over Black Lives Matter may fuel its demise.

After being arrested on federalMurray Huberfeld leaving court

New York

Jewish philanthropist and former hedge fund exec gets 7 months in prison in NYC corruption case

A pint of Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream

Israel

Ben & Jerry’s stopped using social media after violence erupted in Israel. Why?

United States

Jewish groups in the US and South Africa among recipients of MacKenzie Scott’s latest $2.74B in grants

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster holding a sign at a protest

United States

This rabbi wants the Jewish community more involved in boardroom battles for social justice

United States

Mike Bloomberg vows to catch whoever leaked his tax records showing he paid 3.7% on $1.9 billion in income in 2018

Culture

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

United States

Hebrew Israelite football student in Ohio forced to eat to pork as punishment for missing practice

United States

‘We still have a lot of work to do’: The Jewish communal response to George Floyd’s murder, 1 year later

Politics

Cory Booker starts new coalition of Black and Jewish senators to tackle antisemitism and racism

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From Asaf Elia-Shalev

This organization was supposed to unite Jews. A debate over Black Lives Matter may fuel its demise.

Jewish philanthropist and former hedge fund exec gets 7 months in prison in NYC corruption case

Ben & Jerry’s stopped using social media after violence erupted in Israel. Why?

Jewish groups in the US and South Africa among recipients of MacKenzie Scott’s latest $2.74B in grants

This rabbi wants the Jewish community more involved in boardroom battles for social justice

Mike Bloomberg vows to catch whoever leaked his tax records showing he paid 3.7% on $1.9 billion in income in 2018

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

Hebrew Israelite football student in Ohio forced to eat to pork as punishment for missing practice

‘We still have a lot of work to do’: The Jewish communal response to George Floyd’s murder, 1 year later

Cory Booker starts new coalition of Black and Jewish senators to tackle antisemitism and racism

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