07 Jan Latest, Politics Sects, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer A group of young Hasidic men hang out at the foot of the subway stairs at a station in Brooklyn, New York. Soon,...Continue reading
17 Dec Latest, Politics Learning the Right Lessons? May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer In a recent poll, 30% of Israeli Arabs, out of 700 questioned, don’t believe the Holocaust happened. As the Associa...Continue reading
10 Dec Latest, Politics People of the Book: Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer The story of Jewish Eastern European immigration is a familiar one. Even if one never had the chance to know their ...Continue reading
03 Dec Latest, Politics Why The Wikileaks Are Not All Bad May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Much of the discussion over the Wikileaks dump has focused on the negative impact of the released cables. But the...Continue reading
19 Nov Latest, Politics It's 1979, do you know where your Nazis are? May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer By 1948, World War II had been over for three years, yet hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced persons rem...Continue reading
12 Nov Latest, Politics When Twentysomethings Date May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Every documentary filmmaker fortunate enough to have a close relationship with his mother should include her in a ...Continue reading
04 Nov Latest, Politics At Sanity Rally, Sense Through Satire May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer In the weeks leading up to last Saturday’s Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, the medi...Continue reading
29 Oct Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest The Hidden Israel May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer A chubby young African boy dressed head-to-toe in an Israeli police officer’s uniform looks defiantly into the camer...Continue reading
22 Oct Culture, Latest, Religion Hasidim, Hipsters, and the New Crown Heights May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Symi Rom-Rymer Hasidim and Hipsters can’t be friends, so says conventional wisdom. But maybe they can eat together. At least that...Continue reading
14 Oct Arts & Culture, Culture, History, Latest It’s cheese! It’s mustard! It’s…a knish? July 27, 2015 By Symi Rom-Rymer 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer If you happened to be walking down Second Avenue in New York’s East Village last Sunday afternoon, you might have...Continue reading