When we talk about the Middle East
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...
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...
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,...
TLV→IST: Flying Solo
By Zoe Fox
Last Monday, the Israeli Navy stopped a so-called “Freedom Flotilla” from breaking the Gaza blockade in a deadly encounter. Four days...
I Love A Parade
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Living in a large, multi-cultural city like New York, you get used to the ethnic parades that come through town. In early fall,...
Breaking the Silence
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Three thin little black books have been creating a firestorm of controversy in Israel recently. No, they have nothing to do sex scandals. ...
Paris Hilton says "shalom" to the shekel
By Michelle Albert and Talia Ran
In a bizarre twist that defies all sense, shiksa goddess Paris Hilton is mugging for an ad for the Israeli...
Now even Jewish grandmothers hate the Israeli Rabbinate
By Sarah Breger
Grandma is fighting back. The Center for Women’s Justice, the Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to upholding a woman’s right to just treatment in...
A Declaration of War
Well, the mystery is solved…sort of. The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign stolen from Auschwitz on December 18 has been recovered on the other side...
Women to Israeli government: no to back of the bus
By Sarah Breger
Last week's news of Nofrat Frenkel's arrest for wearing a Taalit at the Western Wall caused outrage among those concerned (and frustrated by)...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
A new children's book tells the story of how Max Yasgur, a Jewish dairy farmer in Bethel, NY, allowed half a million people...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
A new game show puts a rabbi, a priest, a Muslim imam and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists. Let...