Nathaniel Popper
By Nathaniel Popper
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News Divorce Bill Leaves Feminists and Ultra-Orthodox in Bed Together
Marriage, or at least the struggle to escape it, can make for some strange bedfellows. Consider, for instance, new legislation introduced in the Maryland legislature this week that has been designed to help Jewish women get out of their religious marriages. The proposed bill raises a welter of constitutional and religious questions. In the process,…
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News Vegas ‘Boom’: Less Than Meets the Eye
The Las Vegas Jewish community, which has been touting itself in recent years as the fastest-growing community in America, is a good deal further down the list than generally supposed, according to a new demographic study. The study, commissioned by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, found that 200 Jews are moving to the desert…
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News Coffers Empty, Romania’s Synagogues Languish
Fagaras, Romania – M. Emenescu Street is a well-kept blacktop with a natural-food store and a Generali Insurance office, but this tidy scene is interrupted by a forlorn plot of real estate that houses Fagaras’s lone synagogue. Built in 1848, the synagogue today is a relic — a two-story gray structure surrounded by weeds, its…
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News Carter Wins Over Student Crowd at Brandeis, Receives Ovation
WALTHAM, Mass. – Jimmy Carter’s visit to Brandeis University this week was preceded by days of fresh controversy and recriminations, but when the former president came striding onto stage Tuesday, he played every part the Southern gentleman, charming the crowd of mostly Jewish students and winning a standing ovation in the end. Carter’s visit came…
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News Thou Shalt Not Work On Sabbath, But How About a JCC Workout?
In American society’s struggle to balance religious values and secular institutions, the defining battle has long been the so-called December Dilemma, when public institutions question how much Christmas celebration to let in. In the Jewish world, a more defining struggle is what might be called the Sabbath Struggle, faced by Jewish Community Centers across the…
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News O.U. Leader Being Pushed Out
The country’s largest Orthodox organization has begun searching for a new chief executive, despite the fact that the man currently filling the role has no desire to step down. “Obviously, a decision was made either not to renew my contract, or to reconsider my role at the organization,” said the current executive vice president of…
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Israel News Hat Trick: Two Goals and a Speaking Tour
Jewish professional athletes, especially Orthodox ones, may face stiff challenges breaking in, but they sure do get noticed fast. Exhibit A: Benjamin Rubin. The 17-year-old just made it onto a hockey team in a Canadian minor league that most Americans have never heard of. But two months in and Rubin’s already got speaking engagements in…
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News Refugees Sue Over Benefits Cutoff
A group of elderly and disabled refugees are suing the federal government for cutting off their Social Security benefits. For the past three years, a little-noticed provision from the 1997 welfare reform bill has meant that disabled and elderly refugees who do not receive citizenship within seven years of arriving in America are stripped of…
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