Andrew is a Senior Reporter for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and a writer, editor, podcaster and public speaker.
His 2021 podcast "Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story" was produced by Tablet Studios and Exploring Hate, a reporting initiative from New York's PBS affiliate WNET. It received national press coverage and contributed to a broader American rediscovery of the story of Father Coughlin and his fascist media demagoguery.
Formerly Andrew was the Editor of the Detroit Jewish News. Under his tenure, DJN received 13 awards from the Society for Professional Journalists-Detroit chapter and was the only religious news organization in 2020 to be selected as a Report For America host newsroom.
He has also held positions with the public media trade publication Current, the streaming service Kanopy, the Chicago International Film Festival, Washington City Paper, Government Executive magazine and NPR.
Andrew has received the Rias Berlin journalism fellowship, the Tent Creative Writing Fellowship, the Young Critic’s Workshop fellowship at Film Fest Ghent, the Bear River Writing Conference Fellowship and the Hopwood Award for short fiction.
His 2021 podcast "Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story" was produced by Tablet Studios and Exploring Hate, a reporting initiative from New York's PBS affiliate WNET. It received national press coverage and contributed to a broader American rediscovery of the story of Father Coughlin and his fascist media demagoguery.
Formerly Andrew was the Editor of the Detroit Jewish News. Under his tenure, DJN received 13 awards from the Society for Professional Journalists-Detroit chapter and was the only religious news organization in 2020 to be selected as a Report For America host newsroom.
He has also held positions with the public media trade publication Current, the streaming service Kanopy, the Chicago International Film Festival, Washington City Paper, Government Executive magazine and NPR.
Andrew has received the Rias Berlin journalism fellowship, the Tent Creative Writing Fellowship, the Young Critic’s Workshop fellowship at Film Fest Ghent, the Bear River Writing Conference Fellowship and the Hopwood Award for short fiction.
Works
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
At JTA, Andrew covers a range of topics including antisemitism, Israel discourse in America, Holocaust memory, Jews on college campuses, arts and culture, and what we like to refer to as "the Yikes beat."
At Stanford, a committee to address antisemitism is roiled by Jewish infighting
Virginia cultural festival says it won't hold a menorah lighting due to Israel-Hamas war
Why ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt is praising Elon Musk as advertisers flee X over antisemitism
Meet Bruce Friedman, the Jewish dad who got a version of Anne Frank's diary and hundreds of other books removed from his Florida school district
The Florida mom who got Amanda Gorman's poem restricted says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on 'woke' instruction
Florida high school pulls graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank's diary, saying it is 'not age appropriate'
American rabbis, wrestling with Israel's behavior, weigh different approaches from the pulpit
U of Vermont agrees to improve antisemitism training, ending federal case and capping a tumultuous year
Connecticut College students are in revolt after president's planned talk at Florida club with antisemitic and racist past
With 'Let It Be Morning' and 'Cinema Sabaya,' Israeli filmmakers are winning awards for portraying Palestinian stories
Alleging exclusion, Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University's Holocaust commemoration event
Texas school board that banned Anne Frank book invited Messianic 'rabbi' charged with sexual assault to open meeting with prayer
He'Brew maker Shmaltz Brewing relaunches with new owner: a rabbinical student
At Stanford, a committee to address antisemitism is roiled by Jewish infighting
Virginia cultural festival says it won't hold a menorah lighting due to Israel-Hamas war
Why ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt is praising Elon Musk as advertisers flee X over antisemitism
Meet Bruce Friedman, the Jewish dad who got a version of Anne Frank's diary and hundreds of other books removed from his Florida school district
The Florida mom who got Amanda Gorman's poem restricted says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on 'woke' instruction
Florida high school pulls graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank's diary, saying it is 'not age appropriate'
American rabbis, wrestling with Israel's behavior, weigh different approaches from the pulpit
U of Vermont agrees to improve antisemitism training, ending federal case and capping a tumultuous year
Connecticut College students are in revolt after president's planned talk at Florida club with antisemitic and racist past
With 'Let It Be Morning' and 'Cinema Sabaya,' Israeli filmmakers are winning awards for portraying Palestinian stories
Alleging exclusion, Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University's Holocaust commemoration event
Texas school board that banned Anne Frank book invited Messianic 'rabbi' charged with sexual assault to open meeting with prayer
He'Brew maker Shmaltz Brewing relaunches with new owner: a rabbinical student
Freelancing
From 2011 to 2020 Andrew wrote weekly film reviews for NPR.org, which are then syndicated across the public radio web network. You can find a complete back catalog of his reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Andrew has also contributed to NPR podcasts and broadcasts including "Morning Edition" and "Pop Culture Happy Hour." He was also a regular contributor to Pitchfork’s film website The Dissolve for the entirety of its two-year run, 2013-2015.
"Give Me Liberty" (NPR, 2019)
"Who Needs Social Realism?" (Jewish Currents, 2019)
"Bacurau" (The Economist, 2019)
Venice 2018: Can You Make A Non-Political Film About Politics? (No Film School, 2018)
“Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There” (Music & Literature, 2018)
“The Glass Castle” (Uproxx, 2017)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival coverage (IndieWire, 2017)
“Bleed For This” (Slate/Vulture, 2016)
“Nuts!” Director Penny Lane Interview (National Geographic, 2016)
Truly Inconvenient Truths: “The Island President” (Oscilloscope Musings, 2016)
Oscar-Winning Documentaries Available for Streaming (The New York Times, 2016)
‘Goodbye to Language’ doesn’t mean goodbye to comprehension (The Dissolve, 2015)
The French Comedy Too Controversial For America (The Forward, 2015)
Ctrl + Alt + Doc: A Year After Hitting Reset, AFI Docs Is Still In Transition (Washington City Paper, 2014)
Film Fest Ghent: Party Time in Hell (Photogenie, 2014)
"Frances Ha" and the Dangers of Post-Woody Allen-ism (Tablet, 2013)
“Red Hook Summer” (The Atlantic, 2012)
Audio
"The Zone of Interest" (Pop Culture Happy Hour, 2024)
Discussing the burning of Notre Dame (Morning Edition, 2019)
Interview: Venice Film Festival (Here & Now, 2018)
"The King": What Elvis Reveals About America (Here & Now, 2018)
“The 15:17 to Paris” and other films that cast real-life veterans (Here & Now, 2018)
Assessing the likely Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar nominees (Here & Now, 2017)
Current’s “The Pub” podcast: 100th episode: written, produced and hosted by me (Current, 2017)
Interviewed on “The Frame” for a story about the Writer’s Guild of America negotiations (KPCC, 2017)
Radio scripts for “Yale Climate Connections” (2016-2017)
TV Criticism
"My Brilliant Friend" (The Economist, 2018)
“Wormwood” (Vulture, 2017)
“Sherlock” (Vulture, 2015-2017)
“The OA” (Vulture, 2016)
“Baskets” (Vulture, 2016)
“Marseille” (Vulture, 2015)
Theater Criticism
“Die Hard: The Musical” (Chicago Reader, 2015)
“Freedom’s Song: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War” (Washington City Paper, 2015)
“The Tempest” (Washington City Paper, 2014)
Book Criticism
I am a regular appointed book critic for Michigan Alumnus magazine, where I review fiction and nonfiction offers by University of Michigan alums for the seasonal print publication.
“The Mothers” (Michigan Alumnus, 2016)
“Owen Gleiberman: Movie Freak” (Michigan Alumnus, 2016)
“Three and Out: Michigan and Rich Rodriguez in the Crucible of College Football” (NPR, 2012)
Feature Reporting
How Notre Dame, "Vast Symphony in Stone," Weaves Its Way Through Parisian History (NPR, 2019)
KCRW Berlin, One Year In (Current, 2018)
Insta-Lizzie (Michigan Alumnus, 2018)
Steve Bannon’s strange forays into public television (Current, 2017)
Amir Came Home (Michigan Alumnus, 2017)
No Label, No Problem (Michigan Alumnus, 2017)
Reporting from the Third Coast International Audio Festival (Current, 2016)
Traveling through the Minnesota State Fair with Chris Thile and “A Prairie Home Companion” (Current, 2016)
Lasers in Abraham Lincoln’s Petworth cottage (DCist, 2014)
A Tiny House Divided (Washington City Paper, 2014)
After Deepwater (Government Executive, 2012)
Other Writing
Published in “Speculative Fiction 2014: The Best of Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary” (Book Smugglers Publishing, 2015).
Published in “In the Name of Editorial Freedom: 125 Years of the Michigan Daily” (University of Michigan Press, 2015)
My essay for the book, “Cut to Michigan,” discusses the rise and fall of the state of Michigan’s tax incentives for filmmakers. It can only be read in print.
Opinion: “Let’s Clean Our Plates” (Washington Post, 2014)
