Andrew Silow-Carroll
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Under Leonard Lauder's leadership, Estée Lauder Companies would grow into a global empire with a portfolio that includes Clinique, La Mer, The Ordinary, MAC Cosmetics and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. (Estee Lauder Companies)
June 16, 2025, 2:24 pm
Leonard Lauder, who expanded family business into a cosmetics empire, dies at 92
As CEO of the Estée Lauder Companies, he generated a fortune that supported his philanthropy in the arts and his brother Ronald’s support for Jewish causes.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," is about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran with a terrible secret. (Bloomsbury)
May 21, 2025, 1:35 pm
Novel set in a war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature
“Your Presence Is Mandatory” by Sasha Vasilyuk is based on a family secret harbored by the author’s grandfather.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Leonard Bernstein conducting a rehearsal in one of the "barns" at Tanglewood Music Center in Western Massachusetts. (BSO Press Office)
May 11, 2025, 10:31 pm
The 20th century was very good for these Jewish icons. Is the Golden Age really over?
Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein are the “unruly” subjects of David Denby’s 'Eminent Jews.'
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, shown here speaking at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation in 2024, said she is stepping down as head of the Reconstuctionist movement in order to to make way for "the next generation of leaders." (Courtesy Reconstructing Judaism)
May 1, 2025, 2:06 pm
Reconstructionist leader to step down as head of movement
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, CEO of Reconstructing Judaism, said she is leaving to make way for the “next generation” of leaders.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A temporary billboard displayed by Nike was meant to inspire runners in the 2025 London Marathon, April 27, 2025. (Via X)
April 29, 2025, 3:42 pm
Nike apologizes for marathon ad using the Holocaust phrase ‘Never Again’
The billboard used a black and red color scheme and the phrase “Never Again. Until Next Year.”
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Larry David at a Los Angeles Lakers game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Nov. 15, 2019. (Kevork S. Djansezian/Getty Images)
April 22, 2025, 1:51 pm
Larry David’s ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ essay skewers Bill Maher’s meeting with Trump
The Jewish comedian has long made Nazi references in his satire.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pope Francis meets with Hispanic Jewish leaders from Argentina, Spain and the United States at the Vatican on Aug. 22 2019. (Courtesy of Hispanic Jewish Foundation)
April 21, 2025, 7:15 am
Pope Francis, who advanced church’s relationships with Jews, dies at 88
“Dialogue and friendship with the children of Israel are part of the life of Jesus’ disciples,” Francis wrote in 2018.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Dara Horn's latest book is a graphic novel featuring a time-traveling talking goat. (Norton Young Readers)
April 3, 2025, 10:43 am
Dara Horn’s gonzo, time-traveling children’s Passover book wants people to love living Jews
Horn has launched a nonprofit, Mosaic Persuasion, to advance her vision.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
President Trump posted a message on Truth Social that put social media and college campuses, including Columbia University, on high alert, March 4, 2025. (Truth Social)
March 12, 2025, 3:26 pm
As ICE targets Palestinian activist, some Jews ask if this is the fight they signed up for
Leaders who denounced campus antisemitism caution about the use of the issue as justification for President Trump’s broader agenda.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Straight-arm gestures were recently flashed by, counter-clockwise from lower right, White House special adviser Elon Musk, far-right podcaster Steve Bannon, Michigan Anglican priest Calvin Robinson, and the CEO of an Idaho-based construction company. (Images via YouTube)
March 2, 2025, 4:09 pm
Watchdogs see a mainstreaming of far-right extremism
From Nazi salutes to anti-immigrant conspiracies, ideas once on the fringes are at the beating heart of the political discourse.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
In "10/7," journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the Oct. 7 massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin's Press)
January 22, 2025, 12:21 pm
Lee Yaron’s account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year
’10/7: 100 Human Stories’ was among a number of books on Israel honored by the 74th National Jewish Book Awards.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Peter Yarrow performs at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas at a three-day Vietnam War Summit, April 28, 2016. (LBJ Presidential Library/Wikipedia)
January 8, 2025, 3:56 pm
Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86
A champion of Middle East peace whose career was tarnished by a morals charge involving a minor.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
(Richard Drury/Getty Images)
January 1, 2025, 3:37 pm
The world after Oct. 7, and before Trump 2.0: The essential Jewish conversations of 2024
In a tumultuous year, JTA essayists struggled with the trauma of the Israel-Hamas war and the impact of a polarizing election.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Graffiti is pictured on a wall as pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the Millar Library on the campus of Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon on April 30, 2024. (John Rudoff / AFP via Getty Images)
December 15, 2024, 7:54 pm
Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right
Jews feeling threatened by campus protests and the rise of antisemitism look to Jewish organizations and a new administration to crack down.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn in front of Columbia University's Butler Library, April 24, 2024. (ProudFarmerScholar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
December 8, 2024, 7:54 pm
What the co-chair of Columbia University’s antisemitism task force says people get wrong about the campus protests
Nick Lemann, dean emeritus of the university’s journalism school, sees a disconnect among parents, students, faculty, donors and the administration.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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