Andrew Silverstein is a New York-based freelance writer and the co-founder of Streetwise New York Tours. In 2023, he was named “Best Freelancer of the Year” by the American Jewish Press Association.
Andrew Silverstein
By Andrew Silverstein
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News This 94-year-old Holocaust survivor recommended arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders
Much has been said about Amal Clooney's role on the ICC's panel on war crimes, but less attention has been paid to Theodor Meron
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News At Washington University, 2 Jewish seniors differ on Israel, but share a sense of loss
Neither fit neatly on either side of the campus conflict. Both left Wash. U spaces where they once felt at home
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Culture The untold story of how Jon Ossoff’s cousin survived the Holocaust and got to the US
He escaped a death march, foraged for food in the forest and placed an ad seeking a long-lost aunt in the Forward
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Film & TV Just how accurate is the Peacock series ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz?’
Relying on testimony, the series try to correct some of the elements that caused controversy in Heather Morris' book.
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News ADL chief backs campus crackdowns. As a student, he stood up for free speech — even by antisemites
At Tufts in 1992, Jonathan Greenblatt urged students to engage with a Black nationalist who called Jews 'bloodsuckers'
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Culture Could this be the most meaningful Holocaust memorial in New York?
In Riverside Park, a stone meant to be a placeholder for a grander memorial has become an unlikely gathering place for Bundist Holocaust survivors and their descendants
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Culture In the story of two Jewish Bunds, a stark generational divide over Israel
A new Bund is trying to reclaim a storied history. Members of the old Bund say they're ignoring important context.
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Culture In a new war over Middle Eastern food, eating hummus and shawarma has become a political act
For some, calling a chopped salad 'Israeli' or 'Palestinian' says a lot about where you stand on the Israel-Hamas war
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