Jake Turx

Abraham Jacob Terkeltaub writes under the pen name Turx. He is an American journalist, author, humorist, and writer of political and general satire. He is currently the senior White House correspondent and chief political correspondent for Ami magazine. He is also a regular contributor to Zman magazine.

Turx is the first Hasidic Jew to become a member of the White House press corps.

He received international media coverage on February 16, 2017, after asking a question regarding anti-Semitism during a press conference with President Donald Trump.

Abraham Jacob Terkeltaub was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He is the eldest of eleven children in his family. As a child, he studied in Yeshiva Bnei Tzion of Bobov.

At a young age, Turx and his family moved to Los Angeles, California. There he attended the cheder of a Los Angeles elementary school. As a teenager, he studied in the Yeshivas Rav Isacsohn high school, Hamesivta of Los Angeles, and in Telshe Yeshiva of Chicago.

Turx also studied informally at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, under New York Times columnist Professor Ari Goldman.

Turx speaks four languages: English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and German.

Turx began his professional career as a camp counselor, and then as a head counselor, in Camp Machane Yehuda/Yeshivas Hakayitz. He also served as a Rabbi/teacher in Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn.

Turx is on the board of marketing of The Voice of Lakewood, a local magazine. He is CEO of "TurxWurx" Studio. He is a teacher in the Lakewood Cheder School and program director at Camp Chevra.

Ami magazine political correspondent

Turx began writing for Ami magazine in February 2011. As the magazine's political correspondent, he conducted interviews with dozens of United States senators, governors, congressional representatives, and presidential candidates. 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.

He currently writes a regular humor/satire column in Ami, in addition to political commentary and analysis. Since the start of the Presidency of Donald Trump in 2017, he has been a member of White House press corps and the senior White House correspondent for Ami magazine.

Trump press conference incident

On February 16, 2017, during President Trumps first solo press briefing, Turx began to ask a question regarding the government's response to an uptick in anti-Semitic threats across the United States. Trump cut Turx off as he was attempting to complete his question, and responded negatively, calling Turx a liar and telling him to sit down. As Trump responded to the question, Turx attempted to interject, prompting Trump to tell him to be silent. Several Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League and David Harris, the chief executive of the American Jewish Committee, criticized Trump's handling of the incident.

Following the incident, Turx appeared on several nationwide news programs, including Tucker Carlson Tonight and Anderson Cooper 360, where he stated that it was his impression that the president had misunderstood his question and that he continues to believe that the president is not an anti-Semite, nor are any of his senior staff.

Turx tweeted, "President Trump clearly misunderstood my question. This is highly regretful and I'm going to seek clarification".

Turx has appeared on Al Jazeera, The Young Turks, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, i24news, NPR's "1A" Show, Sky News, and on "The Brian Oxman Show".

A book written by Turx, entitled Stop Drop & LOL was published by Menucha Publishers.

Turx lives in Washington, District of Columbia during the workweek. His family lives in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.