Nathaniel Popper
By Nathaniel Popper
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Israel News New Book Takes Issue With Spielberg’s ‘Munich’
Soon after watching an advance screening of Steven Spielberg’s new film, “Munich,” journalist Aaron Klein could barely conceal his amusement. “In the beginning it said it was inspired by real events — I think that’s the understatement of the year,” Klein said about Spielberg’s film, a recounting of the Israeli response to the murder of…
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News Hanukkah Menorahs Light Path for Nativity Displays
The Hanukkah menorah, valued by American Jews as a symbol of religious freedom, is becoming a rallying point for Christian activists seeking to put images of Jesus into the public square. In several recent cases, Christians have pointed to the erection of public menorahs as justifying their demand to put nativity displays on public property….
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News Boycotts Bloom as Religious Conservatives Wage Battle Over Christmas
Religious conservatives are waging a war against “the war against Christmas” — and depending on which critics you ask, the weapons of choice are unfair boycotts or coded anti-Jewish messages. The campaign seems to be driven mainly by Fox News commentators Bill O’Reilly and John Gibson, although Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson and others have joined…
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Israel News Bark de Triumph
With the aid of some high-wattage performers, Jewcy — the hip apparel line that has been slapping kitschy Jewish logos on T-shirts to great economic effect since 2002 — held its first ever Hanukkah benefit last weekend at a nightclub in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. Stars of stage and screen took turns exploring their Jewish identities…
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News Probe of Shul Group Had N.Y. Crimebuster’s Office in Tangles
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, renowned for his jousts with the titans of corporate America, recently saw his own office tied in knots and thrown into turmoil during a three-year investigation into a small Orthodox synagogue organization. The group, the National Council of Young Israel, came under scrutiny in 1999 after applying for a…
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News Officials Strategize Over Religious Right
At a meeting called to strategize about the political and cultural challenges posed by Christian conservative activists, Jewish communal officials disagreed about the extent of the problem. They left with no concrete plans or strategy. The meeting was convened by the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, who warned in a major policy…
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News Spitzer’s Office: We Found ‘Significant’ Problems At Young Israel
The office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was riven by an investigation of an Orthodox synagogue organization, but the one thing all members of the attorney general’s office agree on is that the office found “significant” problems at the synagogue organization that have not previously been disclosed publicly. Spitzer’s office began looking at…
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News Russia Said To Relent on Bid To Banish Top Moscow Rabbi
After a massive campaign launched by American Jewish organizations and at least three foreign governments, the Russian government appears to be relenting in its effort to block a leading rabbi from returning to the country. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who has been the chief rabbi of Moscow’s main synagogue for 15 years, was turned back at…
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