Sam Sokol
Neil Krieger with his wife, Susan, and their children.
March 3, 2021, 6:00 pm
The Kriegers have a word for it
By Larry Yudelson and Sam Sokol
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein at a news conference about the coronavirus in Jerusalem, July 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2020, 6:30 pm
Israel thought it had crushed COVID-19. Then cases surged.
By Sam Sokol
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Polish president Andrzej Duda at the United Nations on September 26, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
January 31, 2019, 11:40 am
Holocaust scholars worry that memory is a victim of ties with Eastern Europe
By Sam Sokol
Israeli photographers at the scene of a deadly truck ramming of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017. ( Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
November 29, 2018, 11:40 am
I’m a reporter. I left my synagogue because of attacks on the media
By Sam Sokol
Israeli apps alert users whenever a missile is headed into the country. (Sam Sokol)
November 21, 2018, 11:40 am
Missile apps save Israeli lives, stoke solidarity, spread anxiety
By Sam Sokol
Aliza Bloch, right, celebrates with supporters after being elected mayor of Beit Shemesh as election results were announced on November 1. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
November 15, 2018, 11:40 am
Woman is mayor in charedi stronghold but is reluctant to embrace feminist label
By Sam Sokol
Israeli parliament member Avraham Neguise, shown in 2015, chairs the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Committee, which recently held a meeting about anti-Semitism in America. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 8, 2018, 11:40 am
Israeli lawmakers debate American anti-Semitism without American Jewish input
By Sam Sokol
A panel at a Genesis Prize women’s empowerment meeting includes, from left: Daphna Hacker, head of Gender Studies at Tel Aviv University; Amanda Weiss, CEO and founder of the Bible Lands Museum; Hamutal Guri, CEO of the Dafna Foundation; Aliza Shenhar, ex-rector of Haifa University and ex-ambassador of Israel in Moscow; and journalist Lucy Aharish. (Photos Courtesy of the Genesis Prize Foundation)
September 6, 2018, 11:40 am
Genesis Prize funds groups looking to close Israel’s stubborn gender gap
By Sam Sokol
Chasidim walk past a modesty sign in a tension-filled neighborhood. (Photos by Sam Sokol)
August 9, 2018, 11:45 am
Charedi dropouts battle Orthodox extremists in Israeli city divided over modesty
By Sam Sokol
Benjamin Friedenberg, an Israeli filmmaker, interviews Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Jerusalem Cinematheque on July 5, 2018. (Natasha Kuperman)
July 12, 2018, 11:40 am
In Jerusalem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrates her commitment to tikkun olam
By Sam Sokol
Adam Ferziger (Courtesy Adam Ferziger)
June 28, 2018, 11:40 am
These academics want to mend Israel-diaspora relations
But can this marriage be saved across continents and cultures?
By Sam Sokol
A firefighter extinguishes a blaze in the Beeri Forest on the Israeli border with Gaza on June 11, 2018. (Sam Sokol)
June 14, 2018, 11:40 am
‘Terror kites’ shake kibbutzniks, but not their resolve to stay put
By Sam Sokol
Palestinians protest at the border fence with Israel in Gaza City on May 14, 2018. (Spencer Platt/Getty Image)
May 31, 2018, 11:40 am
For reporters covering Gaza, charges of bias overshadow the stories they witness and tell
By Sam Sokol
Jared Kushner speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman looks on at the opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2018, 11:40 am
At U.S. embassy dedication, a day for marking history and praising Trump
By Sam Sokol
Natan Sharansky (Flash90)
September 22, 2016, 11:40 am
Jewish Agency’s future in question with Sharansky’s impending departure
By Sam Sokol
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