Reporter's Notebook

Reporter's Notebook

The agony of the COVID-19 obituarist

Writing obituaries for the victims of COVID-19 served as a kind of therapy for the bereaved, but it also tore open old wounds.

By Sam Sokol July 10, 2020 11:21 am

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‘We’re not scared’: Some haredi Orthodox Jews in Israel are ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules

A JTA reporter visits haredi areas throughout the country, where some schools are still packed with students.

March 18, 2020 4:16 pm

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I attended an Orthodox anti-vaccine rally. Here’s what I saw.

One speaker compared vaccine advocates to Nazis, a cult and proponents of child sacrifice.

June 5, 2019 4:43 pm

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I used to avoid everything Holocaust related. This Auschwitz exhibit changed my attitude.

By Josefin Dolsten May 2, 2019 5:20 pm

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A JTA reporter encounters anti-Semitism on the streets of New York

By Sam Sokol March 29, 2019 1:32 pm

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I’m a reporter. I left my synagogue because of attacks on the media.

By Sam Sokol November 26, 2018 1:53 pm

Israelis are rude — illustration

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Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that?

By Sam Sokol November 15, 2018 4:57 pm

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How an encounter between Jews and Palestinians underlines the promise and failures of Oslo

By Ron Kampeas September 14, 2018 4:18 pm

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Israel told its citizens not to light bonfires on Lag b’Omer. They did it anyway.

By Ben Sales May 3, 2018 10:30 am

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Fear and loathing, but mostly loathing, on the campaign trail

By Ben Sales November 7, 2016 10:26 am

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