Judge and jury
February 1, 2012
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is the kind of teacher you wish you had for all your classes. Lively, avuncular, engaging, he makes a lot of constitutional legal theory go down in witty and enlightening chunks (which is more pleasant than it sounds). Read More
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‘Zero interest’ and a huge payoff
January 25, 2012
A self-described “deeply secular Jew” admits that “he had absolutely zero interest in ever visiting” Israel. And yet, writes Andrew Silow-Carroll, the trip he describes in The New York Times is exactly the kind of journey we should be encouraging for disaffected Jews. Read More
On the safe side
January 17, 2012
Of course we should worry about a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in northern New Jersey, writes Andrew Silow-Carroll. But if in our fear we ignore all the signs of Jewish acceptance and privilege in America, we’ll end up handing tremendous power to a malicious teen with a spray can. Read More
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Faith and football
January 11, 2012
“I’ll take a Bible-thumping Tim Tebow over a pistol-packing Plaxico Burress (especially now that Burress doesn’t play for my Giants),” writes Andrew Silow-Carroll. “But I wouldn’t want to live in a world where God plays favorites on Sunday afternoons.” Read More
Speak politics the Jewish way!
January 4, 2012
Will Romney pass the Gefilte Filter? How’s Obama’s Gribines Factor? And why did Gingrich Varnish the Kasha? Andrew Silow-Carroll coins some new phrases to describe the Jewish political climate. Read More
2011: Rhymes and misdemeanors
December 28, 2011
Andrew Silow-Carroll’s advice for 2012: Greet the year with fresh demeanor/And never mention Tony Weiner. Read More
Your money where your heart is
December 21, 2011
Tom Friedman’s poison pen notwithstanding, campaign donations are crucial to spreading the pro-Israel message. Activists do themselves no favors by pretending otherwise, writes Andrew Silow-Carroll. Read More
Unconventional wisdom
December 14, 2011
Rabbi Eric Yoffie was American Jewry’s Daniel, writes Andrew Silow-Carroll, boldly strolling into lions’ dens as diverse as Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University and the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America. Read More
Distant relations
December 7, 2011
An Israeli ad campaign urging its expats to come home bruised American-Jewish feelings. But it also suggested that Americans and Israelis are speaking different languages, writes Andrew Silow-Carroll, and that arguments over assimilation are stand-ins for deeper, touchier issues. Read More
Deconstructing ‘Gary’
November 30, 2011
Andrew Silow-Carroll tries his hand at writing a novel – well, a chapter, anyway. In the process he learns a lot about fiction writing, and a little bit about what it means to be God. Read More
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