Ami Eden

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Jul 5, 2024, 4:22 PM

48 years after Entebbe, miraculous rescues are not always possible

Entebbe hostages come home, July 4, 1976. (IDF archives)

Or why Israel's principled stand against negotiating with terrorists is set aside when our people are held hostage

Nov 26, 2019, 4:00 PM

Bloomberg or Bernie: Which Jewish candidate do American Jews want?

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Behind Bloomberg: Wall Street in the 1960s. Behind Sanders: Jewish salespeople on the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1890s. (Getty Images/JTA montage)

One, a billionaire, promises a course correction, while the other, a socialist, wants a revolution

Aug 20, 2016, 12:31 AM

Critics of the Iran nuclear pact wanted US prisoners to be part of the deal, so why are they crying ‘ransom’?

These are the same critics of the Iran nuclear pact who insisted US prisoners had to be part of the deal

Jul 20, 2016, 2:06 AM

The connection between Stargate and Melania Trump’s speech

The plagiarized script and that anti-Hillary tweet with a Star of David have this disturbing common denominator

May 3, 2014, 1:27 AM

Fact checking J Street and its critics

No, J Street isn't as far left as its critics claim; yes, J Street has a way of getting under people’s skin

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About Me

Ami Eden is JTA’s CEO and editor in chief, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the agency’s operations, including editorial, business, marketing and fundraising. Before joining JTA in the summer of 2007, he served as executive editor of the Forward newspaper and the founding editor of the Jewish Daily Forward Web site. He also worked as an editor of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia.