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Josefin Dolsten
March 8, 2021, 12:41 pm
Orthodox anti-racism advocate is turning his gaze to Jewish texts
Rabbi Shais Rishon is writing a text “that is firmly traditional/Orthodox, but with a modern and non-myopic lens on race and gender.”
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Josefin Dolsten
October 20, 2020, 11:09 am
When Christian is Jewish: Living a Jewish life with a non-Jewish name
Fox News host Chris Wallace is perhaps the most famous example of a Jew with a traditionally Christian name.
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October 14, 2020, 4:46 pm
Israeli Orthodox rabbi: Judaism doesn’t ban LGBTQ people from building a family
Rabbi Benny Lau made the statement as part of a set of guidelines for observant LGBTQ Jews and their families under the heading “It is Not Good for Man to be Alone.”
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Josefin Dolsten
October 7, 2020, 3:13 pm
Israel will ban most sales of animal furs, government minister says
The move would make Israel the first country to ban the sale of all fur.
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Josefin Dolsten
July 16, 2020, 4:09 pm
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at home and ‘doing well’ after hospitalization
An update
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Josefin Dolsten
June 17, 2020, 12:27 pm
Colleges go virtual, students head to Israel
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Report that Leslie Wexner ignored harassment renews misgivings
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Toby Tabachnick
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‘A latke-and-menorah Jew’
‘Trust Exercise’ author Susan Choi talks about her Jewish identity
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October 15, 2019, 9:55 pm
Why a Christian Japanese-American artist painted Nazi fighter Hannah Senesh
San Diego mural features the Israeli war hero
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Josefin Dolsten
August 24, 2018, 7:49 am
A former opera singer fuses African-American and Yiddish music
In creating his newest album, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell tried to capture what "historic African-American Jewish music" would sound like.
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Josefin Dolsten
August 10, 2018, 8:54 am
‘Fiddler’ in Yiddish — what about tradition?
For the first time in the United States, a new production of "Fiddler on the Roof" will be performed in the language the characters would have spoken in the Old Country.
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Josefin Dolsten
August 10, 2018, 8:51 am
How an Orthodox cantor snagged a role on ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Cantor Philip Sherman has appeared in about 15 roles, playing a religious Jew in most. His outfit — a black robe from his congregation — helped him land his latest gig, he says.
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Josefin Dolsten
August 3, 2018, 8:30 am
Roseanne Barr defends Jarrett tweet, then veers even further off script
In a conversation with prominent Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Barr claimed the tweet had been misunderstood. She continued on to make several comments that were borderline incoherent.
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Josefin Dolsten
July 5, 2018, 4:44 pm
This woman is studying to be the first female rabbi from Uganda
Shoshanna Nambi was inspired in part to attend rabbinical school after discovering people in her community did not know a woman could be a rabbi.
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Josefin Dolsten
June 22, 2018, 10:55 am
Jews separated from families during the Holocaust condemn US border policy
A group representing children hidden during the Holocaust slammed the U.S. border policy of separating families seeking asylum.
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Josefin Dolsten
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