About JNS
Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), exists to replace the media’s false narrative about Israel and the Jewish people with honest, accurate and truthful reporting.
Founded in 2011, JNS has grown into a leading independent, nonprofit news agency providing high-quality news, analysis, opinion, and multimedia content to more than 100 media outlets worldwide. Our work reaches millions of readers through a rapidly expanding network of partners and platforms.
JNS is a trusted voice for those seeking clarity, conviction, and truth. We deliver high-quality coverage of Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, grounded in rigorous reporting and moral seriousness.
In an era of distortion and noise, our work stands apart as a principled alternative to legacy media. We deliver news for those who know the difference.
Publishers
Joshua Katzen, Russell Pergament
Editor-in-Chief
Jonathan S. Tobin
CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief
Alex Traiman
Senior Contributing Editors
Ruthie Blum, Fiamma Nirenstein, Melanie Phillips (Senior Contributor)
ISRAEL NEWS BUREAU
Director of News
Charles Bybelezer
Managing Editor
Ben Gale
Features Editor
Steve Linde
Israeli Military Correspondent
Yaakov Lappin
Copy Editor
Adam Haskel
Israeli News Desk Editors
Natan Galula, Joshua Marks, Akiva Van Koningsveld
Israel Bureau Correspondents
Amelie Botbol, David Isaac, Etgar Lefkovits, Canaan Lidor
Digital Content Editor
Sasha Silber
U.S. NEWS BUREAU
News Editor
Menachem Wecker
Managing Editor
Carin M. Smilk
Washington, D.C. Correspondent
Andrew Bernard
New York Correspondent
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
U.S. National Correspondent
Aaron Bandler
Copy Editor
Debra Flax
U.S. News Briefs
Jessica Russak-Hoffman
U.S. Bureau Correspondents
Vita Fellig, Emily Goldberg, Dave Gordon, Anna Rahmanan, Jonathan D. Salant, Mike Wagenheim, Rikki Zagelbaum
Correspondents
Orit Arfa, Judy Lash Balint, Josh Hasten, Ethel G. Hofman, Israel Kasnett, Shimon Sherman
Featured Columnists
Mitchell Bard, Ben Cohen, Stephen M. Flatow, Rabbi Yossy Goldman, Moshe Phillips, Martin Sherman
Chief Development Officer
Jonah Nagrotsky
Chief Financial Officer
Dov Yarden
Director of Operations
Ari Goldberg
Director of Marketing
Aaron Rosenberg
Director of Human Resources
Celina Marcus
Director of Video Production
Yuri Skvirski
Director of Events
Aviya Asner
Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
831 Beacon St, Suite 272
Newton, Massachusetts 02459617-221-3191