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Andrew Silow-Carroll

May 19, 2018, 12:58 AM

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Your guide to Shavuot, now with half the facts

Cheesecake sweetens the Shavuot holiday and is great for entertaining or just for having around the house. (Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

When nobody knows what you're talking about, you have a great opportunity to fill in the details creatively

May 3, 2018, 9:56 AM

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Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks on the Holocaust help explain why two-state solution is dying

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah on April 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

The Palestinian leader's recent anti-Semitic diatribe helps explain why two-state solution is dying

May 1, 2018, 12:44 PM

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The ADL’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City, Oct. 2, 2015. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

The anti-prejudice group is under fire from the right, left and center of the starkly divided US Jewish community

Mar 24, 2018, 10:22 PM

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Don’t eat off the seder plate, and other tips for non-Jews attending their first seder

YARDLEY, PA - APRIL 2: Jars of Gefilte Fish sit on the shelves awaiting purchase from consumers at McCaffrey's Passover Store April 2, 2004 in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The family owned McCaffrey's Supermarket was recently destroyed by fire, and to service their Jewish customers for Passover, the family created a Passover store at a local farmers market. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Don’t eat off the seder plate, don't choke on the matzah, and do NOT get stuck at the kids' table

Mar 20, 2018, 8:10 AM

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‘Nobody is talking about anti-Semitism.’ You’re kidding, right?

A Donald Trump supporter holds a cartoon designated a hate symbol by the anti-defamation league before the start of a campaign event in Bedford, NH, on Sept. 29, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Jewish groups are most certainly not downplaying the threat, they just disagree on where it's coming from

Feb 28, 2018, 12:40 PM

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Why Wayne LaPierre’s CPAC speech freaked out Jews and heartened anti-Semites

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, February 22, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

I can't speak to the intent of the NRA leader, but he used just a few too many anti-Semitic tropes at CPAC

Feb 25, 2018, 1:36 PM

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To American Friends of The Sheldon & Miriam Adelson Embassy of the US in Israel!

Illustrative: Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, January 2012. (Union 20)

Dear American Friends: Your generosity is why we have deluxe facilities to represent our national priorities in the region (satire)

Feb 21, 2018, 11:55 AM

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‘But were there any Jewish victims?’ Why we report on the Jewish presence in general tragedies

A makeshift memorial erected in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., days after the shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, February 18, 2018. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

It feels icky to focus on the Jews' experience of larger tragedies, but there are good reasons why we do it

Jan 31, 2018, 4:06 PM

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Does the Obama-Farrakhan photo matter? Does anything?

Remember when one foolish move would bring down a presidential candidate?

Jan 21, 2018, 1:56 PM

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Jared Kushner’s Jewish high school wants students to advocate for Israel. That’s a bad thing?

Jared Kushner at a White House meeting with President Donald Trump, January 11, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Most Jewish schools advocate for Israel as a central part of their mission to instill Jewish identity

About Me

Andrew Silow-Carroll is editor in chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He was previously editor in chief and CEO of the New Jersey Jewish News and managing editor of the Forward newspaper.