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U.S. news editor at international wire service JNS, unsolicited copy editor to @nachamasol

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Menachem Wecker’s Biography

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A Washington, D.C.-based journalist, Menachem Wecker has interviewed Mel Brooks about herring and has covered everything from the origins of museum taxidermies to Zoroastrian dating. His Playboy feature told of "Infiltrating the CIA's Secret Art Collection," and for a 2019 Washington Post Magazine feature, he looked at every object on view in the Smithsonian and the National Gallery in Washington to investigate how well museums flag which objects aren't real.

Menachem Wecker’s Journalist Portfolio

The Museum of the Bible is winning over some of its biggest critics: Jewish scholars

The Museum of the Bible is winning over some of its biggest critics: Jewish scholars

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How politicians get camera-ready: Stylists and media training

How politicians get camera-ready: Stylists and media training

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Pondering the destruction of the Jewish temple in the pope's private chapel

Pondering the destruction of the Jewish temple in the pope's private chapel

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A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History

A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History

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Are museums being clear enough with the public about what's real and what's fake?

Are museums being clear enough with the public about what's real and what's fake?

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Mamdani July 4 speech evokes biblical spies, whose lies got Jews condemned to 40 years in desert, rabbis say Original

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By Menachem Wecker Verified
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(July 5, 2026 / JNS) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s remarks for America’s 250th birthday, in which he decried the country spending “our tax dollars on bombs and bailouts,” Elon Musk as the “world’s first trillionaire” who “hungers for more” and a “health insurance industry that exploits the sick,” were dangerous and in appropriate, rabbis told JNS. “We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions.
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Almost Three-Quarters of Religion-Based Hate Crimes in California in 2025 Targeted Jews, State Says

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By Menachem Wecker Verified
| Washington Jewish Week Verified
An LAPD helicopter over Los Angeles. Photo by Biker x days/Shutterstock (via JNS) Menachem Wecker | JNS Jews were the targets of 289 hate crimes in California in 2025, which was about 73.7% of the 392 religion-based hate crimes recorded in the state that year, according to a new state report released on Wednesday. “There is absolutely no place for hate in California,” stated Rob Bonta, the California attorney general.
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Harris reaches out to anti-Israel Democrats ahead of possible 2028 presidential bid Original

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By Jonathan S. Tobin Verified, Aaron Bandler Verified, Menachem Wecker Verified
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(July 1, 2026 / JNS) Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and recently met with Abbas Alawieh, a candidate for the Michigan State Senate and co-founder of the Uncommitted Movement, which declined to endorse her 2024 presidential campaign over her Israel policy.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Assistant editor at B'nai B'rith Magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via the contact form on my website.
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