Andrew Silverstein

New York based writer. Bylines: in @nytimes @Jdforward @washingtonpost and elsewhere

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During and after the Holocaust, @jdforward helped European Jews find relatives by running ads on their behalf.

I found 1000s of letters from ghetto residents, prisoners, war refugees, liberating soldiers, and survivors.

I set out to tell their stories.

https://t.co/19Z0hqc5Jh

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“The US was the goldene medine […] but it was closed,” 86-year-old writer Alicia Freilich told me. “Venezuela became our goldene medine.”

From exile, Alicia writes about Venezuela and reflects on her family’s incredible and tragic story. For @jdforward https://t.co/VxQtsrkFCV

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@CUJewsIsraelis @jdforward @UAW I'm the journalist of this Forward article from yesterday. Ynet took my reporting, including quotes from an unnamed source, and published their own version of the story in Hebrew without attribution or any nuance. Thanks for sharing my article.

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“It started out about wages and conditions, but it’s turned into Israel/Palestine.”

I talked to Breads Bakery workers about their union drive, and discovered a Columbia protest conection. (For @jdforward)

https://t.co/ZVLYXTtvvk

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@EYakoby It’s an Opinion piece from 2023 by a respected Jewish academic with a Hebrew name, Ilan.

I think you’re over-reacting.

[Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh]

My colleague @ASilversteinNY spoke to Zohran’s Mamdani’s Jewish constituents in Astoria.

Here is what they say about him becoming mayor and his positions on Israel.

https://t.co/BwPJc8h0jI

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You can read about how the Forward helped reunite families during and after the Holocaust here https://t.co/kpXFA87o0H

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Yesterday, I had the honor to share the stage (bimah) with concentration camp liberators at the @baltjc Yom HaShoah event. I presented about the @jdforward “Seeking Relatives” column.

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@mjchiusano Santos is despised and laughed out, but, as you so eloquently point out, he is a mirror of our society. He succeeded by projecting what people wanted to see.

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For the @JDForward, I wrote about how Trump is using a McCarthy-era antisemitic law to deport pro-Palestine students.
https://t.co/dcMKUlnznO

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Essential reading about what’s become a part of city life.

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Behind New York City's e-bike and moped boom is a little-known ex-delivery worker who has quietly built a micromobility empire. I spent a year looking into him and the freewheeling industry through which he rose. My last story for @StreetsblogNYC https://t.co/2Rny49DxMZ

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I decided I’m going to passively scroll, and rarely post elsewhere: https://t.co/XJDnyrkKPY

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@iscoe @NewYorker Congrats. And as a New York diner and New Yorker reader, I thank you!

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@hypersem @susqhb @jdforward LOL Cinnamon Babka is the real victim here!

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Trader Joe’s says its babkas come from a small kosher bakery in Brooklyn that grew out of a grandmother’s kitchen.

So I wondered: which bakery? The answer is surprising. I did a deep dive for @jdforward 🧵1/5

https://t.co/3nvRRqGYOU

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@koshergrmetmart If they still carried Cinnamon Babka, he’d get it, but he says it’s not the same.

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@AvrahamAdler Oh. When I google red and white German cookies what looks like Linzer tarts appear. Is that it?

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@susqhb @jdforward @hypersem Thank you. That’s a high standard

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@DovDukhovny @hannahofhameln @shabboshouse @jdforward Mass produced super market babka has its plusses and minuses. It’s cheaper, convenient, produces less food waste, and makes a kosher product available virtually everywhere.

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@YiddisheNaches @jdforward Ha. Unfortunately, none of the lawsuits had the recipe.

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@Jewish_Bookery I asked in a couple well known Frum Brooklyn bakeries, and they said they feel the crunch of cheaper Super Market kosher baked goods. Some bakeries also quietly sell mass produced breads and cakes.

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@gershon_JP Nice! Schick’s wasn’t just known for tasty Pesach treats, but they were very well trusted in the community. That’s why their brand name was initially sought after.