Judaism's Price
By Symi Rom-Rymer
I’ve never really thought about how expensive it is to be Jewish. I’m not talking about the cost of being culturally Jewish, but...
A Polish Education
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Across Poland, a new form of Jewish remembrance is taking place. Inmates from 10 different prisons are contributing their manpower to a country-wide...
Germany and Poland Revisited
By Symi Rom-Rymer
When Helen Thomas declared recently that Jews have no place in Israel and should go home to Germany and Poland, she unleashed a...
The Jews of Dothan
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Can you put a price on living in a Jewish community? Larry Blumberg of Dothan, Alabama hopes you can. Blumberg, a local businessman,...
Mardi Gras, Jazz, and Anne Rice Oy Vey!
By Symi Rom-Rymer
During a mini-vacation to New Orleans this past weekend, I unexpectedly stumbled across a little piece of matzo in my jambalaya.
It’s easy to...
New Angles/Old Topics
By Symi Rom-Rymer
The recent flotilla fiasco has unleashed a torrent of articles about Jews, Israel, Zionism, and any semi-related topic. Buried beneath the information overload,...
The Crime of Ignorance
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Last week, The Desert Sun, the local newspaper of Palm Springs, CA, ran an article about teenagers from La Quinta High School playing...
Good Jewish Fun
By Symi Rom-Rymer
With weather in the 90s and a three-day weekend to look forward to, it’s no time for a heavy post. So instead, here’s...
The French Railroad On Trial
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Reuters reported this week that 100 French and American plaintiffs are suing SNCF, the French national railroad company, for their role in transporting...
Fabulous, Feel-good, and Fatwa-Free
By Symi Rom-Rymer
When a Muslim and a Jew walk into a bar, it’s a joke. When a Muslim discovers he was born Jewish, it’s a...
An Anne Frank for the 21st Century
By Symi Rom-Rymer
For Yom Hashoah this year, PBS devoted a week to films with Jewish themes. Among its many offerings was a revised and “most...
Shtetl Life Reexamined
By Symi Rom-Rymer
A picture is worth a thousand words, so goes the old cliché. But as Alana Newhouse’s recently published New York Times article on...