Andrew Silow-Carroll
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A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’
In new biography, Jeremy Dauber breaks down how the comedian and director just couldn't help being a loving iconoclast skewering the establishment → Read More
Writer Chaim Grade's archive digitized: A Yiddish treasure with a dramatic backstory
YIVO Institute and National Library of Israel make renowned author's papers available online after they were locked away by his widow for decades, inaccessible to researchers → Read More
Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the '60s and '70s, dies at 94
Acclaimed composer turned out a string of hits like 'Walk on By' and 'I Say a Little Prayer' with longtime lyricist partner Hal David, a fellow Jewish New Yorker → Read More
Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98
Son Ross hails father as 'real mensch' and innovator who sped up marshmallow production process, created Hot Tamales from misshapen Mike and Ikes → Read More
What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel
In his new book 'We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel,' Prof. Eric Alterman examines how defending Israel has shaped Jewish - and public - discourse in the US → Read More
Michael W. Twitty’s food memoir ‘Koshersoul’ named Jewish book of the year
Jewish Book Council hails book, which details US chef's career of fusing Jewish and African-American cooking, for its 'deep dives into theology, identity, and, of course, food' → Read More
UN exhibit remembers when the world turned its back on stateless Jewish refugees
The YIVO Institute and UN joint project runs through Feb. 23 in NYC, focusing on the day-to-day lives in DP camps of the 250,000 Holocaust survivors with nowhere to go → Read More
A top US law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary
Prof. Tom Ginsburg heads the Comparative Constitutions Project, which analyzes constitutions around the world - and his take on Israel's proposed judicial reform isn't very rosy → Read More
Book bans, Ukraine and the end of Roe: A look at some hot topics for US Jews in 2022
A community reveals itself in the things it argues about most passionately - and Jewish Americans spent no small part of this year debating these polarizing issues → Read More
7 Jewish highlights from the new Museum of Broadway
In a three-story tribute to the Theater District located in its heart, the majority of featured musicals and plays bear the mark of the Tribe, from Tony Kushner to Stephen Sondheim → Read More
A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past
Poet and journalist Clint Smith pens an insightful analysis on seeing Germany's commemoration of the Holocaust firsthand and how it impacts his conception of US penance for slavery → Read More
On SNL, Dave Chappelle mocks Kanye's antisemitism while dancing along similar lines
In lengthy monologue on 'the Jews,' comedian says it's 'not a crazy thing to think' that Jews run showbiz, suggests Jewish scapegoating of Black people for past trauma → Read More
A writer faces his demons — and history’s — on a guided tour of Holocaust sites
In the nonfiction 'Nein, Nein, Nein!' novelist and screenwriter Jerry Stahl explores how we remember the tragedy and whether it's possible to properly mourn and honor its victims → Read More
Israel grants residency visa to US rabbi convicted of sexually assaulting students
Baruch Lanner, who served nearly three years in prison for child sex offenses in the US, arrived in Israel as a tourist, thereby circumventing the Jewish Agency → Read More
Judge orders Yeshiva University to recognize LGBTQ organization
Manhattan-based university says it will appeal verdict, which it claims 'violates the religious liberty upon which this country was founded' → Read More
Joshua Cohen’s satirical novel ‘The Netanyahus’ wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Committee hails 'a mordant, linguistically deft historical novel about the ambiguities of the Jewish-American experience'; Miami Herald wins news award for Surfside coverage → Read More
Israeli musician David Broza helps NYC synagogue ‘re-envision’ Friday night services
Secular singer says he reached musical enlightenment when he read the ancient Hebrew prayers for his new album 'Tefila,' commissioned by Temple Emanu-El to attract new audiences → Read More
How US toy makers and publishers created an alternative Jewish universe
Lego rabbis, Hasidic coloring books and teen books -- minus the boyfriends -- are just a few ways in which popular culture has been adapted for Haredi kids → Read More
Follow in Hannah Arendt’s footsteps on this New York walking tour
Biographer Samantha Rose Hill shows the personal side of the sometimes-controversial philosopher who fled Hitler's Germany to become the center of NYC's intellectual scene → Read More
Barry Manilow to miss NYC debut of his musical ‘Harmony’ after contracting COVID
Jewish singer says he waited 25 years for premiere of show about musical group in pre-WWII Germany: 'This just might be the cruelest thing that has ever happened to me' → Read More