State Dept. will return Jewish treasures to Iraq
Josefin Dolsten, JTASep 14, 2017
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778 SECTION A PAGE 9 NEW YORK — The US will return to Iraq next year a trove of Iraqi Jewish artifacts that lawmakers and Jewish groups...
Houston recovery will take years
Josefin Dolsten, JTASep 07, 2017
HOUSTON — The Jewish community in Houston has seen “devastating” damage from Hurricane Harvey and could take years to recover, a federation official said....
When the Nazis came to Newark in 1933
Josefin Dolsten, JTAAug 31, 2017
NEW YORK — The Nazi punching debate (is it OK to punch a Nazi?) went viral in January after a liberal protester slugged white supremacist Richard Spencer in the face...
Libyan Jews fret over Jewish artifacts
Josefin Dolsten, JTAJul 27, 2017
TRIPOLI — Gina Waldman was forced to flee her native Libya in 1967 as anti-Jewish mobs took to the streets of Tripoli, burning down her father’s warehouse. Waldman,...
Apps for religious life
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMay 11, 2017
NEW YORK — These days there are smartphone applications for pretty much anything, from ordering food to finding a date to reporting anti-Semitic incidents. But what...
Ladino: Keeping the heritage
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMar 30, 2017
SEATTLE — One-year-old Vidal doesn’t know the significance behind the lullaby his father sings him at bedtime. He knows it helps him fall asleep, but not that the...
Jews join rallies supporting refugees
Josefin Dolsten, JTAFeb 16, 2017
NEW YORK— Over 100 years ago, Barnett Levine was greeted by the New York skyline and the Statue of Liberty as he arrived in the US, having fled anti-Semitism and...
Kosherfest: Expanding world of products
Josefin Dolsten, JTANov 24, 2016
SECAUCUS, NJ — At Kosherfest, the world’s largest kosher trade show, Yiddish and Hebrew were heard alongside English. Some 6,000 kosher-food insiders packed the...
Trump’s Jewish advisers
Josefin Dolsten, JTANov 17, 2016
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s cadre of advisers is not short on Jews. While the real estate magnate and former reality TV star may not officially appoint...
