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.
Judge Aaron Persky’s decision last week to sentence former Stanford student Brock Turner six months jail for the sexual assault of an unconscious woman created a firestorm as critics said the punishment was too light. “A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others,”…
Ivanka Trump announced Sunday that she is publishing a career-advice book to “empower” working women, on the heels of a report that showed female campaign staff working for her father, Donald Trump, earned one third less than male staff did. In a video announcement on her website, Trump appeared flawlessly coiffed and made-up, and jokingly…
A prominent Turkish-Jewish businessman and politician, Cefi Kamhi is chairman of an Istanbul-based consulting agency and television distribution company. He heads three councils for Turkey’s foreign economic relations board, and represents his home country in the European Jewish Parliament. His wife is Muslim. Yet after several assassination attempts, Kamhi is under 24-hour police protection to…
Idina Menzel said she is totally on board with a campaign to give her “Frozen” character a female love interest. “I think it’s great,” the Jewish actress and singer told Entertainment Today on Sunday. “Disney’s just gotta contend with that. I’ll let them figure that out.” Fans of the musical hit have urged Disney to…
An Israeli art student’s short animation shows how a ritual meant to allow for physical intimacy between Jewish couples can actually drive them apart. The animation, created by Tiferet Sigala, a third year student at Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, shows two women’s radically different experiences at the mikveh, as one scowling ritual…
Environmental advocacy pioneer Erin Schrode started her community involvement as a 13-year-old, when she co-founded nonprofit Teens Turning Green after discovering that many commonplace cosmetics contain cancerous and other harmful ingredients. Her work earned her wide recognition — CNN named her one of the “leading lights in the environmental movement,” and the White House featured…
Rapper LL Cool J has too many Jewish friends to count, but there’s one Jewish custom he won’t get on board with: gefilte fish. “My grandfather was from the Bronx, he came home with gefilte fish every week. I mean, I didn’t like it, no disrespect, but I loved him, it wasn’t my thing, but…
Michael Cohen, Trump consigliere, meet Michael Cohen, Trump hater. The two men have the same name, and wildly differing positions on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and probably on most other things as well. One is Trump’s longtime close advisor and relentless defender; the other has called him a “misogynist demagogue” who stands no chance…
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