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.
Asaf Elia-Shalev
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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Fast Forward A new competition will grant a $1 million prize for technology to fight antisemitism
The ADIR Challenge aims to bring the energy and mindset of Israeli startups to nonprofits’ struggle against antisemitism
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Fast Forward Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76
Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class
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Fast Forward 2 years into war, major Jewish fundraising for Ukraine has slowed to a trickle
Donor fatigue set in as the war dragged on. Then Oct. 7 happened
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Fast Forward American Jewish University completes deal to sell its Los Angeles campus to nearby Jewish school
The announcement puts to rest concerns that the 22-acre hilltop property would go to an entity outside of the Los Angeles Jewish community
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The Biden administration could expand its list of sanction targets beyond the four settlers it named
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Fast Forward Victims of antisemitism give much more to charity, survey finds
One of the largest surveys of Jewish household giving ever conducted is based on data from March 2023 and does not reflect the deluge of giving following the Oct. 7 attack
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Fast Forward TikTok’s pro-Israel investors face conundrum as platform is blamed for fueling antisemitism
If Arthur Dantchik and Jeff Yass have pushed for a greater effort to rein in antisemitic content, it’s not known. But it’s clear that they have both the potential to force a conversation about Jewish concerns within the Chinese company — and incentives not to
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