I am a New York-based writer. I broke the story that Congressman George Santos lied about his grandparents escaping the Holocaust.
In 2024, I won two New York Press Association Awards writing about migrant hotels and Israeli/Palestinian food. The previous year, I was named “Best Freelancer of the Year” by the American Jew Press Association and won a Wilbur Award.
My work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, the Forward, Jewish Currents, New York Magazine, The City, New York Daily News, El País, and National Geographic and is widely cited.
I am bilingual in Spanish and English.
Selected Articles:
Illegal Mopeds and Fake Names: Migrants Scrapte by in Underground Economy (New York Times 9/15/23)
Congressman-elect George Santos lied about his grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII (Forward 12/21/22)
A Palestinian-Israeli band was rock’s next big thing. Then came war. (Washington Post 4/1/24)
Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business… (The City 9/19/24)
Who was the model in the Levy’s Jewish rye ads? (Forward 2/14/22)
Is the legend of Murray’s Cheese only a myth? (The Forward 4/4/21)
Jerry Seinfeld and John Stewart ate hummus here – Cafe Feenjon (The Forward 11/2/21)
Music Inn recalls Greenwich Village folk past (The Forward 4/27/21)
Once the staple of New York politics, whatever happened to the knish? (The Forward 4/7/21)
New York loves their bodegas, but what are they officially? (Grubstreet 1/27/21)
Soy un guía del Bronx… (El País – Verne 7/24/19)
Geneological Research
My articles often rely on deep genealogical research. This includes breaking the story that George Santos’ grandparents were not Jewish Holocaust refugees; revealing the true story the founder of Murray’s Cheese; and identifying the Native model in the iconic Levy’s Rye Bread ads.
In addition, I do freelance genealogical work:
Casa Museo Zenobia Juan Ramón Jiménez: Found historical documents of the Nobel Prize Winning writer Juan Ramón Jiménez and his wife Zenobia during their years in the United States.
Contact me
Email me at: ASilversteinWrites[at]Gmail.com
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