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Jackie Hajdenberg

Jackie Hajdenberg

Jackie Hajdenberg is a reporter at JTA. She has a degree in political science from Barnard College and a master’s in journalism from Columbia Journalism School. Her reporting and writing has appeared in USA Today, PBS Frontline, the Detroit Free Press, Vox and Hey Alma. She writes satire and hangs out on Twitter.

Morton Sher and his fighter plane
Posted inU.S.

82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot is laid to rest

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg December 30, 2025December 30, 2025
Wesley LePatner
Posted inU.S.

Victim of NYC mass shooting is mourned as ‘uniquely brilliant’ Jewish leader

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg July 29, 2025July 29, 2025
Zohran Mamdani
Posted inU.S.

Schumer and Nadler race to endorse Mamdani, in sharp contrast to Jewish establishment worries

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 25, 2025June 26, 2025
David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin) take a train to Majdanek while on a tour of Poland in “A Real Pain.” (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures)
Posted inFilm

‘A Real Pain’ is Jesse Eisenberg’s love letter to Poland, the country his family left under duress

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg November 4, 2024November 4, 2024
a woman walks past a boarded up storefront with "Go Home Milton!!" written on it
Posted inU.S.

As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, this rabbi is defying an evacuation order so he can help

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg October 9, 2024October 9, 2024
A woman with a microphone speaks to a man with a kippah on his head
Posted inCalifornia

Man who shot 2 Jews outside L.A. synagogues sentenced to 35 years in prison

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg October 9, 2024October 9, 2024
a group of young adults sit around a table outside smiling
Posted inFilm

In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 30, 2024September 30, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill promoting the restitution of art and personal property looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust. (Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom)
Posted inCalifornia

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
This year's new Hanukkah stamp was designed by Jewish artist and USPS art director Antonio Alcalá. (Courtesy of USPS. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inArt

This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
a graphic showing the words "fake news" as a person scrolls through their phone
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Justice Department says Russian disinformation campaign targeted Israel and US Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

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