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Josefin Dolsten

Josefin Dolsten

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Rabbi Shais Rishon speaks at a rally in New York City, Jan. 2020. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inReligion

Rabbi Shais Rishon, an Orthodox anti-racism advocate, is turning his gaze to Jewish texts

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA March 8, 2021

In the first chapter of Rabbi Shais Rishon’s new Torah commentary, the voices of ancient rabbis mingle with contemporary poets and, at one point, with “Lord of the Rings” director […]

A Works Progress Administration poster for a production of "It Can't Happen Here" in Detroit during World War II. (Photo/Library of Congress)
Posted inTheater

Demagogue president revived in Yiddish theater’s new take on 1936 play

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 29, 2020
two young white men in rainbow tallits exchange rings
Posted inReligion

A small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis are officiating same-sex weddings

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 28, 2020January 14, 2022
The first cohort of the Jews of Color Career Development Program (clockwise from top left): Tiziana Friedman, Sumner Lewis, Aaron Carpenter, Kayla Fleming, Anabelle Kaimach, Sharona Shnayder, Daniel Hershfield and Liyah Foye. (Photos/Courtesy of Jews of Color Initiative)
Posted inUncategorized

Bay Area-based program for Jews of color aims to diversify Jewish organizations

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 14, 2020October 14, 2020
Israelis take part in the Jerusalem Pride Parade, June 25, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Nati Shohat-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli Orthodox leader: Judaism does not forbid same-sex couples from building a family

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Dec. 14, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg went from the Notorious RBG to Ruth the Tzadik

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
Ebrahim Nonoo’s family in Bahrain in the 1950s. (Photo/Courtesy Nonoo)
Posted inWorld

Jews have lived in Bahrain for 140 years. The country’s peace deal with Israel changes their lives.

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
American Jewish teens participating in a trip to Israel organized by BBYO. (Photo/Courtesy BBYO)
Posted inNews

New initiative will significantly lower price of Jewish teen trips to Israel

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 8, 2020
It takes 10 days for Rebecca King to brine the meat for her pork sandwiches. (Photo/JTA-Josefin Dolsten)
Posted inCalifornia

Los Angeles pop-up The Bad Jew serves ‘porkstrami’ and other nonkosher takes on Jewish deli food

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 3, 2020
Cornell University student Aliza Saunders shows off the supplies she got from Cornell Hillel to celebrate Shabbat on her own. (Photo/Courtesy Cornell Hillel)
Posted inU.S.

‘It’s not the same and everybody knows it’: Jewish campus life goes virtual

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

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