Sonia Epstein

Sonia Epstein reports on a range of topics from politics to diaspora affairs, with a particular interest in educational and social equity and health and science matters. She enjoys writing long-form articles for The Jerusalem Post's magazine. A New York City-native, she will graduate in 2021 with an AB in History & Literature from Harvard College, where she is an editor of The Crimson. She interned for The Jerusalem Post during the summer of 2019.

Are Israel’s plastic bottles being recycled?

Are Israel’s plastic bottles being recycled?

PEOPLE VISIT the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in May.

Ancestry.com digitizes millions of Holocaust records, free to public

Cars drive on a highway as a train enters a station in Tel Aviv, Israel

Do Israel's congested roads increase cancer risks?


Arab-Israeli high-jump champion targeted for representing Israel

“We condemn her representation of the Zionist entity that uprooted our people and is using her as a fig leaf to cover up the racism and crimes of Israel."

Arab youth express their support for Arab-Israeli high-jumper Hanin Nasser.

Economy ministry launches program for promoting female business leaders

'Time to shatter glass ceiling for women and business’

ECONOMY MINISTER Eli Cohen in Kiryat Shmona yesterday launches the Flagship Program for Promoting Women in Business and Industry.

Economy Ministry launches program for promoting female business leaders

‘Time to shatter the glass ceiling between women and business’

Women's conference promoting female business leaders

Holocaust survivors more likely to develop dementia – new study

The findings add to an ongoing debate about the psychological effects of trauma.

Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.

Israeli study: Babies are able to identify figures who ‘deserve’ empathy

"Babies are able to identify figures who 'deserve' empathy and [those who] do not," Dr. Florina Uzefovsky said.

Babies display empathy for bullied victims as early as six months.

Israel Cancer Association slams e-cigarettes, backs WHO report

"There is no consensus that this is less harmful than regular tobacco cigarettes," the ICA stated.

Juul e-cigarette starter pack is seen in this picture illustration taken July 16, 2018

Goliath’s birthplace more giant than believed, new excavations show

Previous excavations at the site, known as Tell es-Safi, uncovered ruins dating to the 9th and 10th centuries BCE.

THE PAINTING ‘David Giving Thanks to God After the Death of Goliath’ by Charles Errard.

Fat cells can trigger melanoma, says TAU study

When fat cells were removed from the melanoma in laboratory tests, the cancer cells "calmed down and stopped migrating."

Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine

The Anglo angle

“If we can inspire kids to be interested in the English language, if I can give them knowledge of letters and sounds and words, that’s a step,” Hochberger says.

TALMA BROUGHT 185 American teachers to Israel this summer to teach English at disadvantaged schools throughout Israel.

Perry: U.S. is worried about Chinese intelligence-gathering, not investments

“I think the Iranians are going to have a more difficult time in influencing the market than they would have maybe 10 years ago,” he said.

Rick Perry