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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.

Los Angeles leaders cut the ribbon for the unveiling of a new mural in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
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Anti-hate mural showcasing Jewish diversity goes up in L.A. neighborhood where antisemitic shootings took place

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 5, 2023June 5, 2023
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a court in Moscow court, April 18, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Sefa Karacan-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Russia extends pretrial detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich until August

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Warm Radicchio Salad With Lentils (Photo/Micah Siva)
Posted inReligion

Conservative movement OKs vegetarian and vegan restaurants without kosher supervision

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 22, 2023
Amichai Chikli, head of Israel's Diaspora Affairs and Combat Antisemitism Ministry (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
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Israel to invest $40 million in North American Jewish day schools

Jackie HajdenbergPhilissa Cramer by Jackie Hajdenberg and Philissa Cramer May 19, 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man in 2011. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inReligion

Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man of Berkeley, leader in Jewish meditation who met with the Dalai Lama, dies at 89

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Rabbi Michael Wolk stands in his rabbi-character costume outside the production trailers for "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," which filmed in his synagogue, Temple Israel of Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photos/Courtesy Michael Wolk, Louis Davidson)
Posted inFilm

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023
Hadar's flagship program is its beit midrash in New York City. (Photo/Courtesy Hadar Institute)
Posted inCalifornia

Hadar to open California outpost, bringing its brand of Jewish learning to the West Coast

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023May 7, 2023
Aleeza (left) and Ori in "Jewish Matchmaking." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Jewish Matchmaking,’ diverse Jews experience Orthodox dating practices

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 3, 2023
Ofra Haza died in 2000, but AI technology has allowed for her voice and likeness to be recreated and used in a new song. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inMusic

Two iconic Israeli singers have been resurrected via AI for a duet. Not everyone is happy.

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 20, 2023April 20, 2023
a middle aged woman, an old woman, and a young woman in a wedding dress stand together smiling in a bridal store.
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Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Holocaust survivor and bridal empire builder, dies at 99

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 17, 2023

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