Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Nathan Guttman
By Nathan Guttman
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Fast Forward Seth Rich’s Family Turns To Public To Crowdsource Investigation
The parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich are resorting to crowdsourcing to keep the investigation into their son’s murder alive. The fundraising campaign aims to raise $200,000 to increase public awareness; hire investigators and forensic experts; and offer rewards for information. Rich was 27 when he was murdered next to his Washington,…
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Fast Forward Trump Woos Dershowitz At Mar-A-Lago Schmoozefest
Alan Dershowitz just wanted to have a relaxing weekend, and as luck had it, it happened to take place at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida club, referred to by the president as the “Winter White House.” And when at Mar-a-Lago, one can expect the president to drop by one’s table during dinner for a chat, especially…
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Fast Forward Gary Cohn Leads White House ‘New Yorker’ Wing Against Team Bannon
Entering its third month, the Trump White House in the middle of an internal power struggle that pits the populist wing led by Steve Bannon against and the “New York” wing led by Gary Cohn, and backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. A Washington Post weekend report details the inner tug of war and…
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Fast Forward Arizona Billboard Depicts Trump With Swastika Symbols
Artist Karen Fiorito is seriously committed to her anti-Trump protest: She’s put up picture of the president, flanked by nuclear mushrooms and two symbols that combine a swastika and a dollar sign, and spread it all over a huge billboard alongside Phoenix, Arizona’s Grand Avenue. Florito posted the sign on Friday; she says it will…
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News When Eric Greitens, Missouri’s First Jewish Governor, Eyed The White House
Eric Greitens was once a rising Jewish star in the Republican Party. Now he is fighting for his political survival — and his freedom — after being accused of sex assault by an ex-mistress in a damning April 2018 report by the state’s GOP-controlled legislature. On the weekend before his January 9 swearing-in ceremony, Eric…
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Fast Forward Three Senators Call On Trump To Investigate Gorka’s Immigration Papers
Three Democratic senators are calling on the administration to investigate whether President Trump’s counter-terrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka broke the law by not disclosing to immigration authorities that he was a member of a Hungarian Nazi-allied group. Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois, Ben Cardin from Maryland and Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to the Department…
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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt’s Kippah Went Missing, And The Israelis Were Baffled
President Trump’s adviser on international negotiations just concluded his first trip to the Middle East and won a round of praise from all sides, for his openness and inclusiveness in approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But some in the Israeli press and on social media noticed another fact: Greenblatt, who is Orthodox, showed up to his…
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Fast Forward Trump Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson To Honor Trump Troll Mark Cuban
Donald Trump’s No. 1 critic is about to get an award from Trump’s No. 1 donor. Mark Cuban, the Texas outspoken billionaire who had trolled Donald Trump on Twitter and made a point of sitting in the front row during presidential debates only to get under Trump’s skin, will be awarded later this month the…
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