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Jul 22, 2021, 4:28 PM

How ‘Ted Lasso’ and Allen Iverson explain the uproar over Ben & Jerry’s

Jason Sudekis plays Ted Lasso in a scene from the show of the same name. (Screenshot from YouTube)

It's all about practice. Political centrists who slammed the ice cream company's settlement pullout see it as part of a long game that Israel will ultimately lose

Jul 13, 2021, 7:01 PM

Omondi on Medine Cohen: ‘White…Jewish American Princess’

Recho Omondi (right, pictured in 2016) is being accused of antisemitism for calling Leandra Medine Cohen (left, pictured in 2020) a "Jewish American Princess." (Getty Images)

The fashion podcaster wanted to call out the white privilege of a New York, Jewish Ramaz grad. Now she’s being accused of antisemitism.

Dec 28, 2017, 2:53 PM

I can change my baby’s diaper in public now

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Thanks New York, for making sure we fathers can change our babies' diapers in restaurants, malls... even nightclubs

Jun 16, 2017, 3:24 PM

Jared and Ivanka do their own thing as observant Jews. And that’s normal.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: (AFP OUT) White House Senior Advisor to the President for Strategic Planning Jared Kushner (L) and his wife and President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump walk down the West Wing Colonnade following a bilateral meeting between Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe February 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump and Abe are expected to discuss many issues, including trade and security ties and will hold a joint press confrence later in the day. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Kushners do their own thing as observant Jews. And that’s normal.

May 25, 2017, 11:24 PM

Jared, Ivanka and that Friday night flight: Experts respond

Rabbis shed light on what it means to be presidential advisers, Sabbath-observant, and in the public eye

Apr 11, 2017, 7:12 AM

Politico says Chabad is Trump’s partner in — something. Not so fast.

This combination of pictures created on December 30, 2016 shows a file photo taken on December 28, 2016 of then-US President-elect Donald Trump, left, in Palm Beach, Florida and a file photo taken on December 23, 2016 of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow. (AFP Photo/Don Emmert, Natalia Kolesnikova)

Politico's claims that the Hassidic sect is a vehicle of some kind for Russia's global influence are flimsy

Jun 9, 2016, 10:46 AM

An attack on my neighborhood, 6,000 miles away

He missed reporting from scene at Sarona and processing the attack on his old neighborhood the way he knows best

Jun 6, 2015, 3:46 PM

Summer camp is not for building resumes

Fun and friends should be at the heart of this immersive summer experience

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Ben Sales is the Israel correspondent for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.