Andrew Silow-Carroll is editor in chief of the New York Jewish Week and senior editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He previously served as JTA’s editor in chief and as editor in chief and CEO of the New Jersey Jewish News.
Andrew Silow-Carroll
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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News From snoot to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig
A professor of religious studies explores how the pig became the ultimate Jewish taboo — and an inadvertent marker of Jewish identity
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Oct. 7: One Year Later One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
Rabbis and liturgists are trying to find ways to honor personal loss and communal grief during Yizkor, the traditional memorial service
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News Why writer Etgar Keret wants to get back to Israel as soon as he can
The author of prize-winning short fiction says the daily reality of a country at war has kept his darkest thoughts at bay
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Fast Forward The deadly pager operation in Lebanon is no laughing matter. Or is it?
Memes celebrating the deaths of Hezbollah operatives spark a Jewish debate on social media
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Fast Forward Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79
A professor of dermatology at NYU, Podwal illustrated children’s books, created synagogue tapestries and created “op-art” for the New York Times
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Culture A NYC conference celebrates the cultural creativity of formerly Orthodox Jews
YIVO hosts a two-day symposium on Jews who went “off the derech,” or religious path
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News A new book about Oct. 7 aims to depict the humanity behind the horror
Israeli journalist Lee Yaron spent months interviewing survivors and eyewitnesses
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Fast Forward Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81
A former ’60s radical, he made a home for Jewish progressives who felt shut out of the wider communal conversation
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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