More
EN
Newsletter
More
Newsletter
EN
Support JNS

Josh Hasten

Josh Hasten is a Middle East correspondent for JNS. He is co-host of the JNS podcast “Jerusalem Minute,” as well as the host of the JNS podcast “Judeacation.” He also hosts the weekly radio program “Israel Uncensored” on “The Land of Israel Radio Network.” An award-winning freelance journalist, he writes regularly for JNS and other publications. He is also a sought-after guest for television and radio interviews on current events in Israel, having appeared on CNN, BBC, Sky News, Fox, APTV, WABC, ILTV, i24News, and many others.

JNS TV
Iranian missile strike on Israeli village reveals Tehran’s expanding war strategy
WATCH: “Judeacation” with Josh Hasten
Mar. 16, 2026
Josh Hasten
JNS TV
Inside the strategy to dismantle Iran’s regime
Mar. 16, 2026
Alex Traiman
IDF soldiers operating in Judea and Samaria during the week of March 1, 2026. Credit: IDF.
Features
Ramping up security in Judea and Samaria
Mar. 10, 2026
Josh Hasten
Staff with Nevet, an organization based in Ra’anana, Israel, prepare breakfast sandwiches for children in need throughout the country. January 2019. Credit: Omri Shapira.
Features
How a simple sandwich can prime kids for school
A Ra’anana-based organization known as Nevet (“sprout”) currently provides 8,000 Israeli children in 130 schools from 50 municipalities with breakfast each morning during the school week. That amounts to 1.3 million meals a year.
Jan. 4, 2019
Josh Hasten
A picture of some of the books provided by the Israel Audiobook Project. Credit: Courtesy.
Features
Opening up the world of audiobooks to kids with learning disabilities
His goal of the nonprofit Israel Audiobook Project is to model it after the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s PJ Library, a U.S.-based organization that sends out free books and music to Jewish (and interfaith) families on a monthly basis.
Dec. 30, 2018
Josh Hasten
The separation wall runs along the Palestinian refugee camp, Shuafat, separating it from the Jewish town of Pisgat Ze'ev, near Jerusalem, on Jan. 29, 2014. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash 90.
Israel News
Is Israel’s security barrier a terrorism deterrent or a political tool?
According to Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, a battle-tested IDF commander for 42 years, the decision to build the barrier in 2002 was an attempt by Israel’s leadership to “manipulate public opinion using anxieties from terrorist attacks and suicide-bombings in the name of security.”
Dec. 26, 2018
Josh Hasten
Middle East Forum President Daniel Pipes delivering remarks at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Ramat Gan on Nov. 27, 2018. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Time for the Palestinians to admit they lost the war on Israel ... and move on
Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, explains his “Victory” initiative, and how such an acknowledgement is crucial for Arab states (and the Jewish state) to progress economically, developmentally and globally.
Nov. 28, 2018
Josh Hasten
A group of Spanish politicians on a visit, sponsored by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Jordan Valley Regional Council, to businesses, farms, factories and educational institutions throughout Judea and Samaria. Credit: Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Spanish VIPs get the message (and will take it home): BDS is bad for everyone
Touring Israel, they are able to see joint partnerships between Israelis and Arabs at work, the high-quality produce prepared for export—and even witness firsthand the need to run for shelter as Hamas rockets fall.
Nov. 14, 2018
Josh Hasten
An ALEH volunteer spends time with a child with disabilities. Credit: ALEH: Advancement and Rehabilitation of Children with Complex Disabilities.
Features
Negev town to aid families of children with medical and therapeutic needs
The construction of a new community named “Daniel” is being built in collaboration with Merhavim; the Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing; and ALEH, Israel’s network of care for children with severe complex disabilities
Nov. 5, 2018
Josh Hasten
One of the signs at the Jewish Federations of North America's 2018 General Assembly in Tel Aviv discussing religious issues. Credit: Alex Traiman.
Features
Observers lament lack of wide-ranging views at Federation’s General Assembly in Tel Aviv
A theme of “We need to talk” came accompanied by calls for a respectful but serious dialogue on key issues that have been troubling America’s Jewish communal establishment, particularly involving Orthodox and right-wing Jews.
Oct. 24, 2018
Josh Hasten
Rabbi Rafi Feuerstein from the Tzohar organization poses for a picture in Jerusalem on March 5, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Alternative to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate spices up kashrut
The goal of Tzohar Organization of Rabbis is not to replace, but to rework. “No one likes competition. But there is a great buzz now, and they are shaking. As a result, they understand that they must make changes, and this was our goal,” says co-founder Rabbi Rafi Feuerstein.
Oct. 16, 2018
Josh Hasten
Load More