Jerome Roberts Jewishness - a young Jews problem today also
Jerome Roberts has always seemed completely at home with his Jewish background. Well, to the casual observer he has. From his parts in the thundering "Fiddler on the Roof" and right through a grand career under lights, he always seems to exude a confidence with his being a Jew and a strong, contented self assurance.But this perception is wrong, according to those who knew him well. His biographer, Amanda Vaill said Robbins told her in the 1970s when speaking about his Jewish background, "I laid my knife against it." And her conclusion is that his comfort with his Jewishness had "many modulations" through his life.The same need exists for a young Jew today. (And Robbins has been dead for more than 10 years.) A good jewish dating service can help young Jews find their identity and comfort in their Jewish backgrounds. But whatever they do they will have to do something, because there are pressures on Jews, and people and society often urge them to assimilate and forget their roots.