Asaf Elia-Shalev
asafeliashalev.bsky.social
Asaf Elia-Shalev
@asafeliashalev.bsky.social
Senior reporter @JTAnews | Author of ISRAEL'S BLACK PANTHERS from @UCPress | Abu Carmel
As ‪@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social‬ has written, Ahn is a Pentecostal pastor in Pasadena and a leading figure in the New Apostolic Reformation, a Christian nationalist movement that blends politics with prophecy and spiritual warfare. x.com/TaylorMatthe...
August 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I have written about how Trump campaigned on protecting religious liberty and fighting antisemitism—but the refugee ban has blocked 700 persecuted Iranian Jews from coming to the U.S. www.jta.org/2025/03/06/u...
Trump promised to protect Jews and religious liberty. His refugee ban is keeping out 700 persecuted Iranian Jews. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Iranian Jewish Americans are calling on Trump to make an exception for their friends and family.
www.jta.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
4/ Thousands remain in limbo waiting for a legal route that once functioned as a lifeline. @HIASrefugees, @IRAP, and others have long raised alarm about this.
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
3/ @USCIRF pressures Congress to act. But why no call on the executive branch to unfreeze the program and resume processing? I have asked the commissioned, and will update when/if they respond.
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
2/ The Lautenberg program was frozen under the Trump admin as part of the refugee ban. That freeze hasn’t been reversed—meaning no new cases are being processed.
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I never encountered that.
July 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Anyway, my reporting also shows that a Messianic congregation in Jerusalem and an Episcopal church in DC claim both Yaron and Sarah as their own, despite the Milgrim family's insistence that she did not convert to Christianity.
May 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's where he met Yaron Lischinsky, the slain embassy staffer whose faith has been the subject of much confusion.
May 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The email exchange addresses questions about how Jewish Onliner picks its targets, the role artificial intelligence plays in its work, the cost of anonymity, and how the initiative is funded. 5/5
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM