21 May Uncategorized The French Railroad On Trial May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Reuters reported this week that 100 French and American plaintiffs are suing SNCF, the French national railroad co...Continue reading
04 May Uncategorized Fabulous, Feel-good, and Fatwa-Free May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram 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. ...Continue reading
14 Apr Uncategorized Shtetl Life Reexamined May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram 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 ...Continue reading
15 Mar Uncategorized The Jews of Modern Poland May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer The New York Times recently published a piece recently about a former Polish neo-Nazi who discovered his Jewish root...Continue reading
11 Mar Uncategorized Oscar and the Jews May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer This year’s Oscars brought us some surprises (Sandra Bullock), some truly painful dance sequences (I’m looking at you...Continue reading
27 Jan Latest A Double Standard? May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Michael Kimmelman’s recent article, “When Fear Turns Graphic,” offered a peek into the process behind making politic...Continue reading
29 Dec Latest The Cat's Meow May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer While perusing the bookshelves at Barnes and Nobel yesterday, I came across a wonderful graphic novel entitled The R...Continue reading
22 Dec Latest A Declaration of War May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Well, the mystery is solved…sort of. The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign stolen from Auschwitz on December 18 has...Continue reading
17 Dec Latest Do You Want to Friend Heino? May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram 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...Continue reading
13 Nov Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest, Misc, Religion The Forward 50: 2008 Jews of the Year May 8, 2012 By Jeremy Gillick 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Jeremy Gillick The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50. Winners include Rahm...Continue reading