Reporter's Notebook

Reporter's Notebook

In Teaneck, New Jersey, a flag-waving Jewish community faces down a pro-Palestinian protest

A counterprotest becomes a pro-Israel rally in a Modern Orthodox stronghold.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 2, 2024 4:15 pm

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Covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and its aftermath tested me as a Jewish journalist

When the gunman blew out the glass doors of the synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, two American Jewish stories collided: One of open, proud practice and one of terror of what lurks among one’s neighbors.

August 14, 2023 11:00 am

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‘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.

June 30, 2021 2:00 pm

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

By Ron Kampeas January 21, 2021 3:56 pm

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The agony of the COVID-19 obituarist

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

By Sam Sokol March 18, 2020 4:16 pm

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

By Ben Sales 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

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