Nathaniel Popper
By Nathaniel Popper
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News Younger Generation Looks To Take Over World (Jewish Congress)
With the future of the World Jewish Congress up for grabs in an election next month, a group of young leaders is making an unexpected bid for control by putting forward one of their own for president. The fresh candidate for the post of WJC president is Einat Wilf, a 36-year-old Harvard University graduate who…
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News America’s Muslims Get a Survey of Their Own
The Jewish and Muslim communities share many characteristics as minority religious groups in America — but until this week, American Muslims have had nothing like the Jewish population surveys that have documented the size and shape of the Jewish community for the past 40 years. That changed Tuesday when the Pew Research Center released what…
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News Votes on Iran Highlight Capitol Hill Divide
Washington – Attempts to limit President Bush’s ability to wage war against Iran were narrowly defeated in Congress last week, in a legislative debate that underscored differences between House Democrats and pro-Israel activists on Capitol Hill. The tussle revolved around two separate legislative amendments aimed at ruling out the possibility of the White House ordering…
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News Shoah Survivors Slam Museum’s Archive Plan
The transfer of millions of Holocaust-era documents to the United States Holocaust Memorial Mueum was supposed to be a great victory for justice, but it is instead becoming a cause for protest from survivors. The Holocaust museum was one of the main instigators for the release of documents from the Bad Arolsen archives in Germany,…
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News Kosher Slaughterhouse Hit With Lawsuits
Owners of the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse have been facing an organized revolt from workers who are unhappy with conditions at the factory — first in the form of a class-action lawsuit against the company, and more recently in a mass walkout by employees during regular working hours. The lawsuit and the walkouts are hitting…
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News Power Vacuum Exposes Rifts in WJCongress
The resignation of World Jewish Congress President Edgar Bronfman has left the influential organization in a state of chaos, with conflicting plans and statements emerging from different corners of the now headless body. Bronfman’s departure leaves the WJC without an obvious top decision-maker at the very moment when some of the biggest questions about the…
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News Rabbis Move Ahead With New Certification Plan
The Conservative synagogue movement is moving ahead with its plans to create a new ethically based certification system for kosher food in response to concerns about working conditions at the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse. At the annual meeting of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly, early this month, the gathering voted to endorse the five-person committee…
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News Bronfman Era Ends at World Jewish Congress
The president of the World Jewish Congress, Edgar Bronfman, resigned unexpectedly from his position Monday, ending one of the most prolific and controversial tenures in American Jewish communal leadership. Bronfman, an heir to the Seagram liquor fortune, announced his resignation in a meeting of the WJC’s steering committee at his personal office in Manhattan. The…
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