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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Culture In New York, migrants crowd into hotels seeking shelter — just like Jewish refugees did after WWII
At the Roosevelt, the Park West and the Belnord, echoes of Holocaust survivors' stories
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Film & TV The heroic WWII rescue story that Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ leaves out
The Jewish Labor Committee rescued more than a thousand Jews — so why hasn't anyone heard of them?
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News George Santos’ latest doozy: Records show his mom wasn’t in NYC on 9/11
The embattled congressman's claim that his mother worked in the World Trade Center is contradicted by newly discovered documents
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Culture George Santos’ fake ‘Jew-ish’ story is not the most troubling lie he told
In questioning Santos' 'Jew-ishness,' critics are overlooking a much more important story
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News Congressman-elect George Santos lied about grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII
Genealogy websites show his mother’s parents were born in Brazil, not Ukraine or Belgium, as his campaign website stated
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Culture Why is there still a bust of this antisemite in Rockefeller Center?
Monuments to other problematic historical figures have been removed in the U.S., yet Charles Lindbergh remains in a prime NYC tourist spot
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Film & TV How the Groucho Marx Halloween mask became ubiquitous
The significance of 'Groucho glasses' goes way beyond their cigar-chomping creator
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Visitors to Nine Orchard might not realize they're living out a Jewish immigrant's American dream
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