Josefin Dolsten
Black Orthodox Jews carve out their own space amid a national reckoning over race
Officially launched in December, Kamochah now has around 150 members from across the Orthodox spectrum.
Rabbi Shais Rishon, an Orthodox anti-racism advocate, is turning his gaze to Jewish texts
In Rabbi Shais Rishon’s new Torah commentary, the voices of ancient rabbis mingle with contemporary poets.
Miami Herald apologizes for running anti-Semitic, racist ads
A column in a paid insert last week said Jews support “thieves and arsonists” and compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the Nazis.
A Jewish progressive, loses bid to oust powerful Massachusetts incumbent
Robbie Goldstein, another Jewish progressive seeking to unseat a more conservative Democrat, fell short in the state’s 8th District.
‘It’s not the same’: Jewish campus life goes virtual
Jewish student organizations are hosting online events and providing mental health support for struggling students.
Report: Allegations against Jewish Congressional candidate were concocted to benefit opponent
A college Democrats group allegedly engineered the plan against the Jewish mayor in his bid to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.
They wanted to convert, but the mikvahs were closed. So they went to Jewish summer camp.
The lake at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires served as a ritual bath.
Elected mayor at 22. Alex Morse, a gay Jewish progressive, is now running for Congress.
Nearly a decade after taking the reins in a Massachusetts city of 40,000, he is facing a powerful incumbent and aligning himself with “the Squad.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is home, ‘doing well’ after hospitalization
The 87-year-old Supreme Court Justice was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday after “experiencing fever and chills.”
What it’s like to start a job as a rabbi mid-pandemic
From buying a house virtually to organizing “kiddush-to-go,” it’s looking very different than previous years.