Holocaust education? Yes, in comics
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMay 10, 2018
NEW YORK — In 2008, famed comic book artist Neal Adams and Holocaust historian Rafael Medoff teamed up to create a comic about Dina Babbitt, a Czech Jewish artist...
Head of HUC dies in a plane crash
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMay 10, 2018
NEW YORK — Rabbi Andrea Weiss, an associate professor of Bible at the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and its incoming provost,...
Florida school shooting’s Jewish victims remembers
Josefin Dolsten, JTAFeb 22, 2018
PARKLAND, Fla. — They volunteered. They played soccer. They went to camp. They were sweet, mature and easygoing. They were just beginning their lives, or helping...
Olympics won’t be Jewish desert
Josefin Dolsten, JTAFeb 08, 2018
SEOUL — Though the Jewish community in South Korea is small, Jews visiting the country to compete in or watch the Winter Olympic Games won’t have to skimp on kosher...
Israel sends aid to Zambia
Josefin Dolsten, JTAJan 18, 2018
JERUSALEM — Medical professionals from Israel are helping to treat cholera victims in Zambia, which is battling an outbreak of the disease. A delegation of two...
Nine killed in Costa Rica crash
Josefin Dolsten, JTAJan 04, 2018
NEW YORK — Members of two families killed in a plane crash in Costa Rica are remembered for their involvement in Jewish and philanthropic causes. The Steinberg family...
The heartwarming stories of 2017
Josefin Dolsten, JTADec 28, 2017
NEW YORK — Political turmoil, terror attacks and natural disasters around the world: 2017 had plenty of people feeling down, for good reason. But there were also...
At 16, she joined the partisans
Josefin Dolsten, JTANov 30, 2017
NEW YORK — Nazis came for Rose Holm’s family in the afternoon. By the evening, the 16-year-old was lying among corpses in the underground bunker where she and her...
Treasure trove: Pre-Holocaust documents discovered
Josefin Dolsten, JTANov 23, 2017
NEW YORK — Last month, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research made an astonishing announcement: the discovery of 170,000 Jewish documents thought to have been...
Jewish dating app — by Sikhs
Josefin Dolsten, JTAOct 19, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — At first glance, KJ Dhaliwal and Sukhmeet Toor may be unlikely candidates to create the latest Jewish-themed dating app. After all, both men are Sikhs....
