Yardena Schwartz

Yardena Schwartz is an award-winning freelance journalist and Emmy-nominated producer whose reporting has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, Time, and Foreign Policy, among other publications.

A triptych of Israeli hostages in front of a picture of rubble in Gaza

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Hostages’ Families Fear Israeli War Plan Will Kill Them Too

Families of many of the Oct. 7 abductees want the Israeli government to negotiate a hostage deal with Hamas.

Yardena Schwartz

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Israeli Policy Keeps Out Black African Jews

Israel used to be proud that it rescued Ethiopian Jews from persecution and famine. But new arrivals face barriers white Jewish immigrants don’t have to overcome.

Yardena Schwartz