Josefin Dolsten is a New York-based writer who has reported for the Forward, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Times of Israel and other Jewish publications. She currently works as an account director at Fenton Communications, supporting organizations that work to advance racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, reproductive rights and more. Dolsten earned her B.A. in government from Cornell University and her M.A. in comparative religion and Jewish studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
As the reality of Brexit seeps in, some Brits of Jewish ancestry are finding an unexpected way to remain affiliated with the European Union — by applying for German citizenship. Following the June referendum, in which Britain voted to leave the European Union, applications for German citizenship have soared. At least 100 families or individuals…
A documentary about Anne Frank was secretly screened in Iran, a country whose leaders have openly questioned and denied the Holocaust. “Anne Frank: Then and Now” was shown to film students and a professor in a provincial theater. The film did not have government approval, and viewers risked being imprisoned for attending the event, Deadline…
TV doctor Drew Pinsky has said he is “gravely concerned” about Hillary Clinton’s health, feeding conspiracy theories about the Democratic candidate after Republican Donald Trump suggested she is not healthy enough to hold office. The Jewish personality told KABC Radio’s Doug McIntyre that he and another physician were left worried after reviewing Clinton’s medical records…
Tu B’Av is the quirky Jewish older brother of Valentine’s Day. Here’s what you need to know about this ancient day of love: This romantic holiday used to be the Second Temple period version of a singles mixer. Jewish women would go dancing in the vineyards, according to the Talmud, and unmarried men would go…
“Trump Youth,” a group for millennial Donald Trump supporters bears striking similarities to Hitler’s youth movement, and its leader urged fighting “globalists,” a term that white nationalists often associate with Jews. “Our nations have been commandeered by an international criminal cartel and this parasite is feeding on our energy. It’s in Japan, it’s in China,…
A group for millennials supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump bears striking similarities to another youth movement — Hitler Youth. Both the group’s name, “Trump Youth,” and its rhetoric evokes the Hitler Youth, a wing of Germany’s Nazi party. In a video posted to the “Trump Youth” website, the group’s blond leader speaks of having to…
Twitter blocked users in the Jewish state from reading a tweet that violated Israeli law, although the Israeli government denied it had asked the site to do so. Twitter informed American blogger Richard Silverstein that a tweet he wrote violated Israeli law and would therefore be blocked for social media users in the Jewish state,…
American Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas aren’t the only ones in Rio with a Jewish connection. On Tuesday, 16-year-old Sae Miyakawa of Japan performed her floor routine to a klezmer arrangement of the song “Kol HaOlam Kulo,” which was written by founder of the Hasidic Breslov movement Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Though the…
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