Born in Philadelphia, J. Leonard Romm was a retired rabbi from Long Island, New York. He is the author of The Swastika on the Synagogue Door, a novel for young adults, and wrote numerous stories for children and young adults that have appeared in publications such World Over. Yehuda, as he was known to his Israeli friends, and his wife Diane made aliyah in 2001 and lived in Haifa.
J. Leonard Romm passed away on September 20, 2023