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Josefin Dolsten
(Illustration by Lior Zaltzman via JTA)
October 17, 2018, 6:02 am
Apple adds cream cheese to its bagel emoji after complaints
New emoji has a plumper, doughier look and a pat of cream cheese
By Josefin Dolsten
American actress Marilyn Monroe with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller at London Airport, 14th July 1956. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
October 16, 2018, 12:48 am
Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish prayer book is being put up for auction
Siddur was used by actress after she converted to Judaism ahead of her marriage to writer Arthur Miller; bids start at $4,600
By Josefin Dolsten
Pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles is disturbed by Palestinian activists July 13, 2014. (Kelly Hartog/The Times of Israel)
October 15, 2018, 11:47 pm
LA Jewish group pulls funding for Canary Mission-linked NGO
Jewish Community Foundation suspends grants to Israel-based Megamot Shalom, says ‘no indication’ previous support went to controversial anti-Israel blacklist
By Josefin Dolsten
Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski, right, wrote a Facebook post about his conversation with a German man who travels to Israel to renovate Holocaust survivors’ apartments. (Wishedski/JTA)
October 13, 2018, 10:19 am
German group renovates Holocaust survivors’ homes in Israel for free
Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski’s Facebook post goes viral after he describes his encounter with a volunteer from Saxon Friends of Israel on a plane
By Josefin Dolsten
Shais Rishon’s latest book, “Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi,” tells the story of a 20-something black spiritual leader. (Courtesy of Rishon/via JTA)
October 13, 2018, 12:15 am
A black, Orthodox rabbi’s novel addresses racism in the Jewish community
‘We’re invisible,’ says Rabbi Shais Rishon, 36, about Jews of color struggling to reconcile their identities and feel accepted among other Jews
By Josefin Dolsten
Troye Sivan attends the #BoF500 gala dinner during New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019 in Brooklyn, September 9, 2018. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for The Business of Fashion via JTA)
October 11, 2018, 4:00 pm
Gay Jewish couple gets engaged at Troye Sivan concert
Singer invites two kippah-wearing men onstage in New York for proposal, to cheers from crowd and ‘Mazel tov’ from pop star
By Josefin Dolsten
Ann Toback, executive director of the Workmen’s Circle, demonstrates the “shpring” command with her dog, Jesse, at a “Yiddish for Dogs” workshop in New York’s Central Park, Sept. 30, 2018. Dog trainer Miguel Rodriguez, left, and Yiddishist Leyzer Burko, right, led the workshop. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
October 4, 2018, 4:11 am
Want to teach your dog Yiddish? There’s a class for that
Central Park gathering is an opportunity for dog owners, and their canine companions, to learn a little Yiddish while schmoozing with fellow pet owners
By Josefin Dolsten
Women participate in a sit-in in Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Portland, Me., to urge her to vote no on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on September 28, 2018. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images via JTA)
September 29, 2018, 2:43 am
Progressive Jews denounce Senate panel’s advancement of Kavanaugh nomination
Reform movement decries Supreme Court nominee accused of sexual assault as a threat to ‘fundamental rights,’ while conservative organizations welcome Judiciary Committee vote
By Josefin Dolsten
Nicolette Mavroleon appears in 'Hatuey: Memory of Fire,' a chamber opera about a Yiddish poet and his obsession with an indigenous Cuban freedom fighter. (Maria Baranova/via JTA)
September 22, 2018, 6:36 am
An Afro-Cuban-Yiddish opera tells the story of a Jewish refugee
From Havana to Ukraine, the settings are as diverse as the languages in ‘Hatuey: Memory of Fire’ by Grammy Award-winning Frank London and Elise Thoron, playing through September 23
By Josefin Dolsten
Recording artist Kesha attends the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for dcp via JTA)
September 22, 2018, 4:12 am
Kesha’s latest song is inspired by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Singer says new release, featured in upcoming movie about the Jewish judge, seeks to pay tribute to a woman ‘who has spent a lifetime fighting tirelessly for equality’
By Josefin Dolsten
Jewish merchants come from around the world to buy from Moroccan etrog growers like Mohammed Douch in Assads, September 8, 2015. (Ben Sales/JTA)
September 21, 2018, 8:20 am
How a Chinese fruit became a Sukkot symbol
A new book researched over a decade by Rabbi David Moster says that ancient Jews used any fruit on hand for the four species ritual, including pomegranates, dates, figs, or grapes
By Josefin Dolsten
Stephen Miller arriving before the start of a news conference by US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 18, 2018. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
September 14, 2018, 3:49 am
Why Stephen Miller’s childhood rabbi singled him out in his Rosh Hashanah sermon
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels says he felt the need to highlight former congregant’s role in crafting immigration policy ‘because Judaism believes in individual responsibility’
By Josefin Dolsten
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, left, speaking with journalist Dahlia Lithwick at the Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn, September 12, 2018. (Matthew Sussman for Hannah Senesh Community Day School via JTA)
September 14, 2018, 12:10 am
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan talks of her ‘very strange Jewish upbringing’
Speaking at day school, top judge says she had a bat mitzvah at a modern Orthodox synagogue but did not grow up in a religiously observant home
By Josefin Dolsten
Lisa Edelstein and Joshua Malina star in the launch video for Hillel International’s “MitzVote” campaign. (YouTube screenshot via JTA)
September 7, 2018, 7:31 am
Joshua Malina, Lisa Edelstein star in Hillel get-out-the-vote video
Campus group’s initiative vows to remain nonpartisan, seeks to encourage Jewish college students ‘to become engaged citizens’
By Josefin Dolsten
Amy Bach won the 2018 Charles Bronfman Prize for her research into the criminal justice system. (John Schlia via JTA)
September 6, 2018, 9:19 am
US criminal justice researcher wins $100,000 Charles Bronfman Prize
Author Amy Bach recognized for her efforts to gather data about the American criminal justice system and make it accessible to the public
By Josefin Dolsten
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