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.
Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, has embarked on a new ad campaign after coming under fire for manufacturing and distributing the powerful opioid. The company, owned by the Sackler family, is arguing in the ads placed in major newspapers, that is is part of the solution, not of the problem. “We manufacture prescription opioids,” one…
Lee Zeldin may be one of Trump’s most loyal supporters in Congress. But the recent vote on Trump’s tax reform faced the New York Jewish Republican with a tough choice, between his party, and his constitutents. Zeldin went with his constituents, voting against the tax reform bill when it came to the House floor and…
It should have been an easy one. Ivanka Trump, like other top officials, took to the networks Thursday morning to celebrate the administration’s success in passing tax reform through congress. But speaking to Fox News from the White House front lawn, Ivanka managed to botch some of the plan’s key details. “I’m really looking forward…
The United States announced Wednesday a new round of sanctions under the Magnitsky Act which targets individuals involved in global human rights abuses and corruption. This year’s report, issued by the U.S. Treasury, adds, for the first time, an Israeli citizen to the list: Dan Gertler, a mining billionaire who made his fortune in the…
Sen. Al Franken’s upcoming resignation marks the end of an era: It will be the end of a nearly 40-year streak of Jews representing Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. First came Rudy Boschwitz, a Jewish Republican who won the 1978 election. He kept his seat in 1984 but lost it in 1990 to Democrat Paul…
William Atchinson, a 21-year-old gas station attendant, entered Aztec High School in northern New Mexico on December 7 disguised as a student. He embarked on a shooting spree which killed two students and injured several others, before killing himself. Atchinson did not give a reason for his actions, but it was later revealed that had…
Rep. John Conyers’ resignation from Congress following accusations of sexual misconduct created a race to replace him as the top-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic House caucus will decide this week between Jerry Nadler of New York and Zoe Lofgren of California, both vying for a position that has become pivotal in…
The Israeli city of Kiryat Yam does not usually come up in the context of international politics. But word of the small working-class town of 40,000 near Haifa recently made it to the desk of the President of the United States. The reason: Kiryat Yam’s mayor, David Even Tzur, named a park in the city…
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