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

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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)

United States

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

Israel

Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides

United States

Mike Bloomberg steps in again to fund UN climate body in response to Trump’s moves

Israel

Trump lifts sanctions on West Bank settlers, earning praise from the Israeli right

Israel

Pro-Israel attorney uses ‘lawfare’ to force $700K settlement from Jewish Voice for Peace

Global

Nearly half the globe has ‘elevated levels’ of antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey finds

United States

Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.

Global

British authorities chastise a Jewish charity for fundraising for an Israeli soldier

United States

Investing firm to stop assessing human rights risk in ‘contiguous territorial disputes’ after scrutiny from pro-Israel groups

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