YIVO holds exhibit on Yiddish anarchism
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAJan 24, 2019
NEW YORK — To the degree that you know anything about Yiddish anarchism, it probably boils down to one name: Emma Goldman. Even then you are probably more familiar...
Killing of Palestinian: a war crime?
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAJan 03, 2019
NEW YORK — The New York Times devoted much of its front page and three inside pages Sunday, Dec. 30, to a reconstruction of the circumstances surrounding the June...
Is Facebook monitoring harmful content?
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAJan 03, 2019
NEW YORK — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg insists that the massive social network is a force for good, but the company keeps getting called out for being slow or...
Hosting a seder: If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAApr 06, 2017
PASSOVER EDITION 5777SECTION B PAGE 6 NEW YORK — The 30-day period between Purim and Passover is often fraught, especially for Jews — especially if, against all...
Blazing saddles, fading memories
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTASep 01, 2016
NEW YORK — Last year I joined some 3,000 people at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for a wide-screen showing of Mel Brooks’ 1974 Western parody,...
