Joanie Margulies

Joanie is a writer and Breaking News Desk Manager at The Jerusalem Post. She moved to Israel in December 2020 from New York, after living across the globe in places like Australia, Colombia, and Ghana. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. When she’s not covering the breaking desk, she’s traveling to unique corners of the world, or she’s likely tending to the dogs of Tel Aviv (including her own). You can follow her work on Twitter and Instagram.

Photo held of Thai farm worker Sudthisak Rinthalak, murdered by Hamas. Taken at his farewell ceremony.

The unattended farewell ceremony of a Thai murder victim - comment

Relatives and friends of Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak mourn next to his coffin during a farewell ceremony before being flown to Thailand for burial, at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, December 9, 2025.

Israel, Thailand mourn together as slain Thai hostage Rinthalak returns home in touching ceremony

Thai hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak, November 5, 2025.

Who was slain Gaza hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak? - explainer


US senator pushes ban on dual citizenship, creating uncertainty for Israeli-Americans, olim

Proposing Senator Moreno was born in Bogota, Colombia, and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. At 18, he became a citizen and renounced his Colombian citizenship.

Senator Bernie Moreno.

Nearly quarter of Israeli public would consider moving overseas, IDI survey reveals

The margin becomes even bigger with secular Jews, with 39% considering departing Israel, a number higher than the one registered among religious Jews.

Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 23, 2025.

Ancient Sudan burial site reveals 4,000-year-old funeral ritual in forgotten Nubian kingdom

“Even a seemingly modest site can provide important clues for reconstructing past environments and climates," the researchers wrote.

Site BP 784, relics of a hut with an annex from the Middle Ages.

500-year-old Bible map inadvertently shaped modern ideas of national borders, study asserts

Study author, University of Cambridge Professor Nathan MacDonald, described this map's inclusion as "simultaneously one of publishing’s greatest failures and triumphs.”

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s Old Testament (Zürich, 1525) in The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge

Iranian-American academic praise of Iranian regime, defense of IRGC sparks outrage

“The leader who kept Iran intact during the Israeli attack, May god protect you and the Iranian people from the Israeli regime,” followed by “goodbye, my friend” in Farsi.

People walk next to a mural with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025

Pope, patriarchs flock to Turkey to commemorate 1,700th anniversary of critical religious council

Catholic leaders visited the basilica beneath Lake Iznik, believed to be the site of the First Council of Nicaea, after falling water levels revealed the submerged ruins.

Pope Leo XIV takes part in a prayer service with Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, near the excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos on November 28, 2025 in Iznik, Turkey.

Ancient Spanish skull reveals Roman campaign of intimidation, adds to sparse record of ancient war

The 2020 discovery of the skull was recently published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, focusing on the Romans’ siege of La Loma.

Archaeologists Ines Morales, Rocio Moron and Veronica Alberto from Tibicena, an archaeology company, analyze a human skull which was found buried in a cave on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain April 24, 2023.

Titanic tragedy of prominent Jewish couple resurfaces in record auction

Isidor Straus, the Jewish businessman who co-founded Macy’s, drowned with his wife in the Titanic disaster. His gold pocket watch was found with them, marking their tragic end in freezing water.

 Digital art of the RMS Titanic at sunset.

Rights groups condemn Israel Police decision to ban Sudan Genocide protests nationwide

Protesters told The Jerusalem Post that the right to demonstrate in a democracy like Israel was important and that this demonstration was calling for accountability.

Displaced Sudanese children who fled with their families during violence in al-Fashir, sit inside a camp shelter, amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.

Israeli arrested in espionage plot, accused of carrying out missions for Iranian agents

According to the police and Shin Bet, the suspect was aware he was operating under the direction of Iranian agents and that his actions could harm state security.

 The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)