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 co...
21
May
04
May
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 movie. ...
14
Apr
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 ...
15
Mar
The Jews of Modern Poland
By Symi Rom-Rymer
The New York Times recently published a piece recently about a former Polish neo-Nazi who discovered his Jewish root...
11
Mar
Oscar and the Jews
By Symi Rom-Rymer
This year’s Oscars brought us some surprises (Sandra Bullock), some truly painful dance sequences (I’m looking at you...
27
Jan
A Double Standard?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Michael Kimmelman’s recent article, “When Fear Turns Graphic,” offered a peek into the process behind making politic...
29
Dec
The Cat's Meow
By Symi Rom-Rymer
While perusing the bookshelves at Barnes and Nobel yesterday, I came across a wonderful graphic novel entitled The R...
22
Dec
A Declaration of War
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Well, the mystery is solved…sort of. The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign stolen from Auschwitz on December 18 has...
17
Dec
Do You Want to Friend Heino?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
"My name is Henio Zytomirski. I am seven-years-old. I live on 3 Szewska Street in Lublin.” So begins the profile of...
13
Nov
The Forward 50: 2008 Jews of the Year
By Jeremy Gillick
The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50.
Winners include Rahm...