Josefin Dolsten JTA
Amar’e Stoudemire is leading an initiative to connect Jewish and African-American students at Florida International University. Photo courtesy of FIU Hillel
September 25, 2019, 3:55 pm
Amar’e Stoudemire is now an undergrad, goes to his campus Hillel
Former NBA player wants to boost black-Jewish relations
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
September 18, 2019, 12:03 pm
The real story behind ‘The Spy’
Sasha Baron Cohen's new Netflix series
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
August 7, 2019, 11:06 am
What is 8Chan?
The site is linked to shooters in Christchurch, Poway and El Paso.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
July 31, 2019, 11:59 am
Six years on, the parents of a Jewish Army veteran who committed suicide
are still fighting for change
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
June 27, 2019, 6:29 pm
New York City is considering a ban on fur
Chasidic Jews and Jewish fur dealers aren’t happy
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
June 19, 2019, 11:12 am
It’s Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi Jews in this take on ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Jewish spin on Shakespearean love story
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
Shais Rishon’s latest book, “Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi,” tells the story of a black rabbi. (Photo courtesy of Shais Rishon)
October 18, 2018, 3:34 pm
A black, Orthodox rabbi’s novel addresses racism in the Jewish community
Book is based on author's own life or stories told to him by other Jews of color.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
Alexandra Straytner and Zachary Levine took the course with their dog, Jofi. (Photo by Josefin Dolsten)
October 12, 2018, 12:42 pm
Want to teach your dog Yiddish? There’s a class for that
In Central Park that weekend, about 20 people could be seen and heard pointing at the ground while yelling “zits” and “shtai” and urging their dogs to “shpring” over hurdles.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
Etrogim can come with a hefty price tag, such as this one that retailed for $345 in Brooklyn. (Photo by David Moster)
September 27, 2018, 6:15 pm
How a Chinese fruit became a Sukkot symbol
it wasn’t until the Second Temple period that Jews started using the lemon-like etrog as part of their Sukkot celebrations.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
September 27, 2018, 5:49 pm
An Afro-Cuban-Yiddish opera tells the story of a Jewish refugee
The play was inspired by the life of Asher Penn, who connected his experience of pogoms with that of an indigenous chief leading an uprising against Spanish colonial forces.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
Elena Kagan, left, speaks with journalist Dahlia Lithwick at the Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo by Matthew Sussman for Hannah Senesh Community Day School)
September 27, 2018, 5:42 pm
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she had ‘very strange Jewish upbringing’
Kagan said she loved attending Hebrew school but hit a snag when she realized her modern Orthodox synagogue had not allowed a girl to have a bat mitzvah ceremony.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
South Korea is hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
February 13, 2018, 1:13 pm
What it’s like to be Jewish in South Korea
“We feel blessed to be in such a country that there is admiration to Jews and especially to Israel,” one Chabad emissary said about living in South Korea.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
Bari Weiss at her desk in The New York Times office in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Josefin Dolsten)
February 2, 2018, 2:37 pm
How NYT editor Bari Weiss found herself at the center of the #MeToo debate
Her willingness to defy the feminist consensus, both in her own writing and the articles she commissions, has earned her both praise and vilification.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
A couple in Abidjan marry according to Jewish tradition. (Photo by Bonita Sussman)
February 2, 2018, 10:58 am
In this West African country, a Jewish community is forming
Last month, 48 people from the West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire converted to Judaism. The rabbis also performed Jewish weddings for six couples.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
A water engineer performs a test as a member of the Israeli team sent to Zambia along with two physicians. (Photo courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
January 23, 2018, 2:55 pm
Israeli hospital sends delegation to cholera-stricken Zambia
Four physicians, two nurses, one water engineer and one lab technician have arrived to help the 2,500 people who have been infected since September.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
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