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.

From Asaf Elia-Shalev

United States

Trump promised to protect Jews and religious liberty. His refugee ban is keeping out 700 persecuted Iranian Jews.

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Weeks after selling NYC building, Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus to USC

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Australian nurse charged over viral video threatening Israeli patients

United States

California school district halts ethnic studies courses following lawsuit over alleged antisemitism

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2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

Israel

Jewish philanthropists launch climate initiative with $18M for advocacy in US and Israel

United States

56% of American Jews changed behavior in the past year over antisemitism fears, survey finds

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A Supreme Court case could pave the way for publicly funded Jewish day schools

United States

Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)

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Jewish nonprofits say Trump’s federal funding freeze would threaten social services and security programs

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