Nathaniel Popper
By Nathaniel Popper
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News New Labor Leaders Take a Page From History
If you want to see the movers and shakers behind the tumult in today’s labor movement, the place to be is Stephen Lerner and Marilyn Sneiderman’s modest home in Washington after sunset concludes Judaism’s holiest day of the year. For nearly 20 years now, the two longtime union officials have been holding an annual Yom…
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News End of Long Jewish Era for Garment Union
The annual commemoration of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist fire has long been a chance for the leaders of the old Jewish garment unions to come out and memorialize the Jewish roots of the labor movement. The commemoration went ahead as scheduled on March 27 — with the names of the 147 fire victims being read…
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News Advocacy Operations Spared Amid Crash
The plunging stock market and the Bernard Madoff scandal have ensured that ‘Help Wanted’ signs are a rarity in the Jewish communal world these days. In the past few weeks, some of the largest charities have slashed their staffs – most recently, it was the Union for Reform Judaism and the UJA-Federation of New York….
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News Why’s a Jewish Woman Running a Black Paper?
A Jewish editor would be an unusual presence at most black newspapers, but at few places more so than the famed Amsterdam News. For the past few decades, the weekly, Harlem-based publication has achieved notoriety in no small measure due to its frequent run-ins with Jewish antagonists. Those battles were often sparked by the paper’s…
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News In Downsizing Economy, Is There a Jewish Way To Lay Off?
Behind the headlines about the massive layoffs sweeping the Jewish world are experiences like that of Rochelle Mancini. Mancini worked at the American Jewish Congress for 23 years until December, when her employer learned that it had lost much of its endowment in the alleged Ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff. A few weeks later —…
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News Board Fight, Staff Cuts at Yiddish Center
A few weeks ago, the Jewish institute and archive known as YIVO hosted a public discussion about the financial downturn and the alleged misdeeds of Bernard Madoff. Now, YIVO is dealing with financial problems of its own. Following other Jewish organizations that have made cutbacks, YIVO this month fired five staff members. Among those laid…
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News Jewish Charities Look to Stimulus Bill To Stave Off Cuts
While the public’s eye has been trained on the money that Bernard Madoff allegedly swindled from Jewish organizations, most Jewish charities are fearfully watching another, much larger donor that is falling on hard times: the government. Jewish agencies such as nursing homes and community centers take in an estimated $10 billion each year from government…
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News Rubashkin Granted Bail in Iowa
A federal judge has ruled that Sholom Rubashkin, former CEO of the embattled kosher meat giant Agriprocessors, should be released from jail on bail after Orthodox rabbis staged a campaign on his behalf. Judge Linda Reade of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa ordered Rubashkin’s release January 29, on the…
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