Reporter's Notebook

‘A veritable sigh of relief’: How the world’s Jewish community came together to bring aid to Surfside

In the aftermath of a horrific tragedy, Miami’s Jews joined forces with Jews from around the world to track and mourn the missing and dead. I saw it firsthand.

By Ron Kampeas June 30, 2021 2:00 pm

Reporter's Notebook

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

An inauguration replete with roadblocks and sans revelers lining the streets brings back memories of past celebrations.

January 21, 2021 3:56 pm

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.

July 10, 2020 11:21 am

Reporter's Notebook

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

By Sam Sokol March 18, 2020 4:16 pm

Reporter's Notebook

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

By Ben Sales June 5, 2019 4:43 pm

Reporter's Notebook

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

By Josefin Dolsten May 2, 2019 5:20 pm

Reporter's Notebook

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

By Sam Sokol March 29, 2019 1:32 pm

Reporter's Notebook

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

By Sam Sokol November 26, 2018 1:53 pm

Reporter's Notebook

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

By Sam Sokol November 15, 2018 4:57 pm

Reporter's Notebook

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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