Avraham Yaakov Tarkieltaub (born 1986/1987)[1] is an American journalist and humorist who writes under the pen name Turx.

[7] Abraham Jacob Tarkieltaub, born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, is the eldest of eleven children.

He was a rabbi/teacher in Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn,[9] a teacher in the Lakewood Cheder School from 2008 to 2017, and is the program director at Camp Chevra.

As the magazine's political correspondent, he conducted interviews with United States senators, governors, congressional representatives, and presidential candidates.

[citation needed] In 2021, 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.

[4][18] On February 16, 2017, during President Trump's 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.

[28] He also appeared on Al Jazeera,[29] The Young Turks,[7] CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin,[8] i24news,[30] NPR's "1A" Show,[31] and Sky News.