Ben Sales

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A recent photo of Ruben Golran, whose bar mitzvah in February 2020 was canceled due to early COVID restrictions in Italy. He celebrated in synagogue almost exactly a year later. (Courtesy of Elia Golran)

Global

In Italy, a belated bar mitzvah celebration gives way to renewed virus fears

By Ben Sales March 22, 2021

Portait of a male lion basking in the sun on a rocky outcrop in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. (Wikimedia Commons)

Israel

Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo is attempting damage control after kids saw a lion eat a bunny

By Ben Sales March 22, 2021

Charles Barkley

Culture

Charles Barkley’s hora at his daughter’s Jewish wedding went fine

By Ben Sales March 21, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel

More than 20,000 protest outside Netanyahu’s residence days before Israeli election

By Ben Sales March 21, 2021

Explainer

New rivals, same storyline: What to know about Israel’s 4th election in 2 years

By Ben Sales March 19, 2021

Global

650 pounds of matzah are being shipped to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states

By Ben Sales March 19, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured here in 2019, vetoed a bill to make the ethnic studies curriculum a graduation requirement following objections to the content of its first draft. (Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)

United States

California approves ethnic studies curriculum that sparked debate among Jewish groups

By Ben Sales March 18, 2021

Examples of white supremacist propaganda recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in 2020. Many pieces reference American iconography or slogans. (Courtesy of the ADL)

United States

White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in 2020 to most in a decade, ADL says

By Ben Sales March 17, 2021

captiol takeover

United States

Capitol rioter with ‘Hitler mustache’ who talked about eating Jews is a Navy contractor and Army reservist

By Ben Sales March 16, 2021

United States

Tattered copy of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ found at Capitol Police checkpoint

By Ben Sales March 15, 2021

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