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Oct
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Sep
A Boy Named David
by Symi Rom-Rymer
David, the recently released feature film directed by Joel Fendelman and written by Fendelman and Patrick Daly, sets...
17
Jul
Roma Life Today
Since the mid-1970s and early 1980s, Roma activists and groups such as the International Romani Union and Roma National Congress have worked to transform the scattered Roma into a cohesive political force. Nevertheless, the Roma remain fragmented and continue to face social exclusion, extreme poverty and discrimination.
17
Jul
Roma in the Holocaust
What Jews call the Holocaust, the Roma (also known as gypsies) call Porrajmos, their “devouring.” Between 220,000 and 500,000 Roma were murdered by Nazi Germany and its sympathizers during World War II. Despite the enormity of these numbers, the Roma experience during the Holocaust is not widely known, even among the Roma themselves.
28
Jun
Hate Speech in the Netherlands
by Symi Rom-Rymer
Last week, popular far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders was acquitted of all charges of inciting hatred against ...
17
Jun
Shuttering Yale's Center on Anti-Semitism
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Yale University announced yesterday that it is closing its Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semiti...
10
Jun
Is NPR Anti-Israel?
by Symi Rom-Rymer
It’s practically impossible for a news organization, especially one like NPR, that is considered left-of-center, to ...
23
May
Lars von Trier Acts Up…Again
By Symi Rom-Rymer
This past week at the Cannes International Film Festival, Danish film director and provocateur Lars von Trier announ...
13
May
Bosnian Jews and the Siege of Sarajevo
By Symi Rom-Rymer
People have wrestled with the question of what drives human beings to commit genocide since the end of the Holocaust...
05
May
Celebrating Bin Laden's Death
By Symi Rom-Rymer
When President Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden in the late hours of May 1st, the country breathed colle...