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.
Recently released photos of the battery switch of a Florida ship that capsized raise new questions about the disappearance of two teens last summer, a lawyer for one of the boys’ family said. In July, Jewish teen Perry Cohen and his friend Austin Stephanos, both 14 and from South Florida, disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean…
A slogan Donald Trump used in a Wednesday foreign policy speech hearkens back to a phrase used by American aviator Charles Lindbergh, who argued for American neutrality against the Nazis. The “America First” motto, which Trump employed Wednesday, was also used by Lindbergh to argue against American involvement in World War II, wrote Bloomberg columnist…
The first thing to know about David Goldfein is that he’s the Jewish general whom Obama nominated to serve as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. But there’s more. 1) Goldfein, who was born in 1959, was one of only two pilots who was shot down during a 1999 air campaign against Serbian…
On Wednesday morning, members of the Samaritans sect gathered near the West Bank city of Nablus for a ceremony marking the end of their Passover celebrations. A week prior, the community, which sees itself as the true transmitters of ancient Israelite religion, sacrificed lambs on top of Mount Gerizim, which they consider holy. The Samaritans…
“Glee” star Lea Michele discovered her Greek Jewish roots in the season finale of Emmy-nominated series “Who Do You Think You Are?” which will air on Sunday. With the help of Devin E. Naar, who researches Sephardic Jewry at the University of Washington, Michele learned that her paternal grandmother’s family came from the northern Greek…
President Barack Obama has nominated Gen. David Goldfein to serve as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Goldfein, who is Jewish and currently serves as the Air Force’s vice chief of staff, was picked to succeed Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, who has served in the position since 2012,…
Lord Alf Dubs is not giving up after an amendment he proposed, which would bring 3,000 child refugees from Syria and neighboring countries to the United Kingdom, was rejected by the government. Dubs was a child refugee himself. The House of Lords member arrived in London as a six-year-old, fleeing a Nazi-invaded Czechoslovakia, with the…
Rome’s Jewish catacombs will open to the public for the first time on Sunday as part of a campaign to highlight diverse cultural sites throughout Italy. While Rome’s many Christian underground burial grounds are a tourist highlight, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, Jewish catacombs have only up to now been open only…
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