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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Andrew Silow-Carroll is Editor at Large of the New York Jewish Week and Managing Editor for Ideas for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

From the New Yiddish Rep’s staging of  “Awake and Sing!” featuring (from left) Ronit Asheri, Moshe Lobel, Lea Kalisch, David Mandelbaum and Eli Rosen. (Photo/JTA-Pedro Hernandez)
Posted inCulture

Classic ‘Awake and Sing!’ gets Yiddish update while touching on immigration

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 18, 2017March 23, 2018
A screenshot from Google Images shows several prominent Jews accused of sexual harassment in recent weeks (Illustration/JTA-Google Images)
Posted inOpinion

When do Jews in the news qualify as Jewish news?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 28, 2017January 12, 2018
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addresses the 2017 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in his first major talk to a Jewish audience outside Israel (Photo/Jeffrey Brown-JFNA)
Posted inOpinion

Federations rally around pluralism — but wish they didn’t have to

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 14, 2017January 12, 2018
Larry David at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 9 premiere at the SVA Theater in New York, Sept. 27, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Jamie McCarthy-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Larry David’s Holocaust joke was an offense — against comedy

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 6, 2017March 23, 2018
Rabbi Lauren Henderson (left) and another student look at source sheets at a Jewish learning session at Base Hillel Chicago, November 2016. (Photo/Couretsy Hillel International)
Posted inSimchat Torah

Behold the ‘source sheet’ — the essential technology of modern Torah study

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 11, 2017January 12, 2018
A scene from the fourth season of "Transparent" featuring Jeffrey Tambor, left, and Gabi Hoffmann in Israel. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inOpinion

Conan and ‘Transparent’ give Israel the normalcy it craves

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 26, 2017January 12, 2018
The Tufts University campus in Medford, Mass., pictured on Aug. 31, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Jonathan Wiggs-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Does the misguided behavior of one group render an entire campus unsafe for Jews?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 12, 2017January 12, 2018
Billy Joel wearing a yellow Star of David during the encore of a show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Aug. 21, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Myrna M. Suarez-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Billy Joel wore a yellow Jewish star. Thanks, but the trend should stop there.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 30, 2017January 12, 2018
men and woman prayer toward the wall, backs to the camera
Posted inOpinion

American Jews really do care about pluralism in Israel. But there’s more to it.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 5, 2017January 12, 2018
A bulletin board has many flyers on it, including a handwritten piece of paper that just says "Fascist Free Campus"
Posted inOpinion

Jewish life, like universities, could use more free speech

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 12, 2017January 12, 2018

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