About Symi Rom-Rymer
Reviewed: “Five Weddings And A Felony”
A review of Josh Freed’s documentary about navigating his way through modern dating. Read More
The Helen Thomas Travel Plan
When Helen Thomas declared that Jews have no place in Israel and should go home to Germany and Poland, she unleashed a current of outrage within the American Jewish community. How dare she suggest, they wondered, that Jews should return … Read More
Redesigning Birthright for the Next Decade
Since its founding in 1999, Taglit-Birthright Israel’s mandate has been to renew and strengthen the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. Over the past decade, it has proudly sent more than 200,000 young Jews from around the world on a … Read More
Do You Want to Friend This Dead Child?
"My name is Henio Zytomirski. I am seven-years-old. I live on 3 Szewska Street in Lublin." So begins the profile of Heino Zytomirski, a young addition to Facebook. Why should we care? Because Heino is dead-a young victim of the … Read More
How Do You “Love Israel”?
What does it mean to be ‘pro-Israel’ within the context of liberal Jewish thought? This is one of the most complex and frustrating questions that has dogged me since my return from the recent J Street conference. When this topic … Read More
