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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Fast Forward Ari Berman Poised To Become Next Yeshiva U. President
A search committee has recommended Rabbi Ari Berman as the next president of Yeshiva University. In an email sent Tuesday to members of the Y.U. community, the chairman of its board of trustees, Moshael Straus, said the search committee is “advancing the candidacy” of Berman to succeed Richard Joel. “Over the coming weeks, Dr. Berman…
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Fast Forward ‘Crazy Eddie’ Antar, ‘Insane!’ Electronics King, Dies at 68
(JTA) — “Crazy Eddie” Antar, whose chain of eponymous electronics retail stores was a business and cultural phenomenon before he landed in jail on fraud charges, died Saturday at age 68. A cause of death was not disclosed. The grandson of Syrian Jewish immigrants, Antar advertised his chain with a series of antic late-night television…
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Fast Forward Dan Markel In-Laws Escape Murder Charge in Killing of Florida Law Professor
— Florida’s state attorney has dismissed as “speculation” affidavits from Tallahassee police implicating the in-laws of slain law professor Dan Markel in his murder. On Thursday, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper obtained the affidavits, in which the Tallahassee Police Department lays out its case for why Markel’s ex-wife’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and her mother, Donna Adelson, should be considered prime suspects…
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Fast Forward Oberlin President To Quit After Anti-Semitism Controversy
— The president of Oberlin College, which has been at the center of a number of free speech controversies and faced criticism for its handling of a professor who posted anti-Semitic remarks on social media, announced his resignation as of June 30. Marvin Krislov, 56, announced in a message Tuesday to the college community that this academic year…
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Culture How Gene Wilder Celebrated the Black-Jewish Alliance in ‘Blazing Saddles’
(JTA) — 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 “Blazing Saddles.” In the onstage interview that followed, Brooks, then 89, was beside himself in his delight at sharing his 42-year-old comedy with a real live audience….
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Fast Forward Twitter Earns Praise for Purging Terror Accounts
— The Anti-Defamation League praised Twitter after the social media platform announced that it has suspended more than 300,000 accounts that have violated policies related to the promotion of terrorism. Earlier this year, Twitter announced it had suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating its prohibition on violent threats and the promotion of terrorism. On…
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Fast Forward Federations Kick Off Fundraising Push for Louisiana Flood Victims
— North America’s Jewish federations are seeking donations to assist the Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge in providing relief to victims of flooding that has devastated southern Louisiana. Relentless rains and high waters have claimed more than a dozen lives so far; more than 30,000 people have been rescued since last Friday. At least 40,000 homes…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn To Speak Alongside Blogger Who Called for Murder of Jewish Journalist
— British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is under fire for agreeing to speak at an event alongside a speaker who once called for a Jewish journalist’s throat to be cut. Corbyn is scheduled to speak at a conference in September organized by the far-left group Momentum, The Independent reported Thursday. The conference will be held at the same…
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