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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Josefin Dolsten

Rabbi Shais Rishon speaks at a rally in New York City, January 2020. (Gili Getz via JTA)
March 17, 2021, 4:53 am
Anti-racism advocate / rabbi / rapper publishes contemporary Torah commentary
Black Orthodox Rabbi Shais Rishon examines Judaism’s foundational text with an eye on race and gender within the framework of tradition
By Josefin Dolsten
Nadiv Schorer, right, married Ariel Meiri in 2020 with Orthodox rabbi Avram Mlotek officiating. (David Perlman Photography via JTA)
November 6, 2020, 12:45 am
Small but growing number of US Orthodox rabbis officiating same-sex weddings
They’re breaking ranks to perform ceremonies unthinkable until recently in the Orthodox Jewish world
By Josefin Dolsten
Helmeted members of the National Socialist Party of America give the Fascist salute during a rally in downtown Chicago, June 24, 1978. (AP)
October 29, 2020, 11:06 am
Yiddish theater group joins virtual play about US falling into authoritarianism
Sinclair Lewis’s 1936 play ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ is performed by multiple companies, including National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, just days before US election
By Josefin Dolsten
Although it is still relatively rare, it has become more common in recent decades for Jews to have traditionally Christian names. (Illustration by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
October 26, 2020, 1:36 am
When Christian is Jewish: Living a Jewish life with a non-Jewish name
What’s in a name? Bearers of stereotypically ‘non-Jewish’ monikers say they must challenge people’s assumptions on a daily basis and can face questioning when entering Israel
By Josefin Dolsten
Rabbi Mattias Amster, Stockholm's new orthodox rabbi (John Gradowski via JTA)
October 24, 2020, 3:46 pm
Stockholm’s 1st Swedish-born rabbi: ‘It’s fun for people that I’m from here’
Mattias Amster is first locally born and raised rabbi to hold pulpit in capital; says still uncommon for people to see a religious Jew, but ‘not scared’ about anti-Semitism
By Josefin Dolsten
A view of the entrance to the University of Illinois at at Urbana-Champaign. (Beyond My Ken/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
October 24, 2020, 6:59 am
Jews at Illinois college face ‘unrelenting’ anti-Semitism, complaint says
Filing with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights says Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign harassed with swastikas, hostile rhetoric
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Leana Tapnack, seen here with mikvah attendant Talia Lakritz at the West Side Mikvah in New York, decided to observe the laws of niddah together with her wife, Sandy. (Courtesy of Tapnack/ via JTA)
October 24, 2020, 6:46 am
How queer Jews find meaning in the biblical laws of family purity
Guidelines around menstruation and intimacy are a pillar of Jewish life that many same-sex couples refuse to abandon, even as they fear rejection by those running the ritual baths
By Josefin Dolsten
Arab Israeli travel blogger Nas Daily (Screengrab: Youtube)
October 23, 2020, 7:55 pm
Arab Israeli blogger dismisses claim he’s an Israeli propaganda tool
Nas Daily lambastes Al Jazeera report as ‘fake news,’ alleges discrepancies between Qatari-owned news outlet’s English and Arabic-language coverage
By Josefin Dolsten
Executive Vice Mayor and Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Eric Garcetti Rick Jacobs gives a speech at the annual Bastille Day reception at La Residence de France on July 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Tasia Wells/Getty Images via JTA)
October 22, 2020, 7:51 am
Aide to LA mayor takes leave amid sexual misconduct allegations
Rick Jacobs accused by at least four men of forcibly touching, kissing them
By Josefin Dolsten
The first cohort of the Jews of Color Career Development Program. (Courtesy/Jews of Color Initiative via JTA)
October 14, 2020, 4:05 am
New program for Jews of color aims to diversify US Jewish organizations
California-based groups launch initiative to boost minority representation in community leadership roles
By Josefin Dolsten
Israelis and tourists wave flags as they participate in the Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv, June 8, 2018. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 13, 2020, 2:05 am
Israeli Orthodox rabbi: Judaism doesn’t ban same-sex couples building families
Rabbi Benny Lau, known for progressive positions within Religious Zionist camp, issues guidlines to help observant LGBTQ Jews manage their family lives within religious communities
By Josefin Dolsten
100 Jewish and Black faith leaders featured in a music video of the gospel song 'Total Praise.' (Courtesy of Cantors Assembly)
October 4, 2020, 9:33 am
More than 100 Jewish cantors and Black ministers release solidarity music video
Faith leaders sing Grammy Award winner Richard Smallwood’s ‘Total Praise’ to raise funds for a Black music school in Pittsburgh
By Josefin Dolsten
A memorial for victims of the Holocaust outside of Stockholm’s Great Synagogue, January 27, 2019. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images via JTA)
September 30, 2020, 10:22 am
Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on its first Holocaust museum
Scandinavian nation plans museum with focus on survivors and a center devoted to Raoul Wallenberg, a diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in WWII
By Josefin Dolsten
Chaim and Chavie Bruk, seen here with four of their five children, didn't know anyone who had adopted in the Orthodox community when they started building a family. (Courtesy of the Bruk family/ via JTA)
September 26, 2020, 2:26 am
Multiracial Orthodox family in Montana seeks to break taboos about adoption
Chavie and Chaim Bruk are Chabad emissaries in a state that’s home to just several thousand far-flung Jews — and also act as ambassadors for adoption in the US Orthodox community
By Josefin Dolsten
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, talks with filmmaker David Grubin about his PBS series, 'The Jewish Americans,' on January 10, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
September 23, 2020, 7:03 pm
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg went from the Notorious RBG to Ruth the Tzaddik
Public perception of US Supreme Court judge evolved, from staid jurist to pop culture icon — and finally even to a spiritual figure
By Josefin Dolsten
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