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Josefin Dolsten

Josefin Dolsten

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"Monologues from the Makom" is a collection of essays exploring female sexuality in the Orthodox world. (Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inBooks

Taking a page from ‘Vagina Monologues,’ a new book explores taboos around women’s sexuality and gender in the Orthodox world

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Netanyahu speaks at a podium outside
Posted inIsrael

In a diplomatic breakthrough, Israel normalizes ties with United Arab Emirates and suspends West Bank annexation

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 13, 2020
Computer screen showing mulitple authors appearing on a Zoom call.
Posted inCulture

The Jewish Book Council’s annual event goes virtual — and offers a peek into authors’ living rooms

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 23, 2020June 4, 2021
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion during the Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Aug. 31, 2019. (JTA/Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at home and ‘doing well’ after hospitalization

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 16, 2020
Many people march down a street carrying a colorful banner that reads "Jews Support Black Lives Matter"
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish communities are finally paying attention to Jews of color. Here’s the long road to how they got there.

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 15, 2020
Samantha Zerin struggled with her gender for years before coming out as transgender. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Zerin)
Posted inU.S.

Becoming a rebbetzin: What it’s like to come out as transgender when you’re married to the rabbi

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Marchers in the 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 19, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Dylan Buell-Getty Images for VIBE)
Posted inReligion

Amid a national reckoning over race, Jews are embracing Juneteenth

Josefin DolstenPhilissa Cramer by Josefin Dolsten, Philissa Cramer and JTA June 19, 2020
John Eaves wants to flip Georgia's 7th Congressional District blue. (Photo/Courtesy Eaves)
Posted inU.S.

John Eaves wants to be the first black and Jewish member of Congress

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA June 2, 2020
Clockwise from top left: April Baskin, Anthony Russell, Yitz Jordan and Tema Smith. (Photos/Baskin: Jill Peltzman; Russell: Courtesy Russell; Jordan: Courtesy Jordan; Smith: Courtesy Smith)
Posted inOpinion

‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests, in their own words

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA June 1, 2020
Students at Nishmat in Jerusalem wear masks and are separated by Plexiglas barriers to protect against the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Nishmat)
Posted inIsrael, U.S., Education, News

As colleges go virtual, students instead are heading to Israel on gap year programs

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA May 21, 2020

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