07 Oct Latest, Politics Textbook Tussle May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer "No other country in the world, in its official curriculum, would treat the fact of its founding as a catastrophe," ...Continue reading
30 Sep Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest, Misc Boxing Gym May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Lord’s Gym, Austin, Texas: Thwack. Sssssss. Clang, clang, clang. Slapslapslapslap. In a small, white shingled...Continue reading
15 Sep Latest, Politics A Sukkah for the 21st Century May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer When I think about sukkahs—which I admit is not that often—it is rarely in architectural or even creative terms. As...Continue reading
03 Sep Latest, Politics A Film Unfinished July 27, 2017 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer In an East German archive, three reels of silent film lay untouched and forgotten amid the chaos of World War II...Continue reading
26 Aug Latest, Politics When Good Intentions Meet Reality May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer In a recent posting on the Washington Post's OnFaith blog, a Rabbi and law professor recount their experience on a j...Continue reading
24 Aug Latest, Politics When we talk about the Middle East May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer I think Thomas Friedman can read my mind. Just as I sat down to write this blog post, I came across a new op-ed of ...Continue reading
23 Jul Latest, Politics Judaism's Price May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram 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 cultura...Continue reading
15 Jul Latest, Politics A Polish Education May 19, 2021 By Symi Rom-Rymer 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer Across Poland, a new form of Jewish remembrance is taking place. Inmates from 10 different prisons are contributi...Continue reading
08 Jul Latest, Politics Germany and Poland Revisited May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer When Helen Thomas declared recently that Jews have no place in Israel and should go home to Germany and Poland, sh...Continue reading
02 Jul Latest, Politics The Jews of Dothan May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 5 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram 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...Continue reading