1. The first Hasidic Jew to become a member of the White House press corps, Jake Turx received international media coverage on February 16,2017, after posing a question regarding anti-Semitism to President Donald Trump during a press conference.
14 Facts About Jake Turx
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Jake Turx studied informally at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, under New York Times columnist Professor Ari Goldman.
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Jake Turx met with, and interviewed, every candidate for president in the 2012 primary season, as well as more than half of the candidates of the 2016 cycle.
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Jake Turx wrote a regular satire column for Ami, in addition to political commentary and analysis.
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Since the start of the first presidency of Donald Trump in 2017, Jake Turx has been a member of the White House press corps.
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Jake Turx initially served as the Senior White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for Ami.
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Jake Turx is on the board of marketing of The Voice of Lakewood, and a regular contributor to Zman, two local magazines.
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Jake Turx is a contributor to Kol Mevaser, a Yiddish language news line.
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In 2021, Jake Turx was named a political contributor at Newsmax, becoming the first Hasidic person to hold such a high-profile position at a prominent American news outlet.
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On February 16,2017, during President Trump's first solo press briefing, Jake Turx began to ask a question regarding the government's response to an uptick in anti-Semitic threats across the United States.
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Jake Turx appeared on Al Jazeera, The Young Turks, CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, i24news, NPR's "1A" Show, and Sky News.
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In 2023, in the middle of the blockade of the Republic of Artsakh, Jake Turx was one of the foreign journalists who traveled to Nagorno-Karabakh, and he reported not seeing any blockade, with cars being able to pass unhindered.
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Jake Turx's statements have subsequently drawn criticism, with allegations that his trip was paid for and arranged by the government of Azerbaijan.
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In 2018, for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Jake Turx took two of his children to the White House to partake in a "press briefing" organized for the children of the White House correspondents.