W. Jack Romberg

W. Jack Romberg retired as the rabbi of Temple Israel in Tallahassee, Florida in 2019. As a rabbi, he was deeply involved in the general community, interfaith programs and non-partisan community issues. In 2008, he served on the editorial staff of the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, and over the 18 years in Tallahassee wrote many editorials. In 2017, he constructed a special symphony concert and narrative based on music played by Jews in the ghetto of Terezin during the Holocaust. Before retiring, Rabbi Romberg decided to write the book A Doorway to Heroism: A decorated German-Jewish Soldier who became an American Hero, about Richard Stern, his great uncle.