Nathaniel Popper
By Nathaniel Popper
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Culture Foundation To Send Hebrew School Teachers to Israel
Phyllis Osher, who has been teaching Hebrew school students about Israel for years, has not been there herself since 1982. That will change in August, when Osher goes to Israel on a new program of the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, which will pay for 40 Hebrew and pre-school teachers to go to Israel for…
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News WJC Fights Publication Of Articles On Its Woes
The World Jewish Congress is fighting to block publication in Switzerland of a series of magazine articles that reportedly will contain damaging new allegations about the organization’s management and handling of funds. An Israeli-born Swiss journalist, Daniel Ganzfried, is scheduled to publish a series of articles in the Swiss newsmagazine Weltwoche, detailing what he calls…
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Culture Foundation To Send Hebrew School Teachers to Israel
Phyllis Osher, who has been teaching Hebrew school students about Israel for years, has not been there herself since 1982. That will change in August, when Osher goes to Israel on a new program of the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, which will pay for 40 Hebrew and pre-school teachers to go to Israel for…
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News Top Lawyer on Holocaust Restitution Cases Taking Flak Over Fee Request
The most respected legal strategist in the Swiss bank dispute has come under attack from other lawyers after requesting more than $4 million in fees — a sum that would make him the highest paid attorney to work on the case. The lawyer making the request, New York University law professor Burt Neuborne, gained respect…
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News Christian Donors Aid Needy Russian Jews
Christian organizations have traditionally been looked to for support of Israel, but one fund-raising organization has been putting increasing emphasis on urging evangelicals to help needy Jews in Russia. With a $2 million donation last month, the group, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, ended up supplying half as much to feed elderly Russian…
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News Abramoff Prompts Native American-Jewish Gathering
Jack Abramoff’s dealings with Native American tribes did not set the best model for cross-cultural communication between Indians and Jews, so a group of Californians came together last Sunday to create a better foundation. Twenty-one Indians and Jews came together for a wide-ranging discussion just five days after Abramoff pleaded guilty to defrauding four Indian…
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News Little Houses of Worship on the Prairie, Dwindling and Divided
The dwindling community of Jews in this small prairie city is split into two camps, with only one 81-year-old woman attempting to bridge the gap. Dorathea Polski spends her Friday nights moving between two religious services at St. Joseph’s two synagogues, praying and pushing for the two to finally merge. Polski starts with a 5:30…
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News Congress Approves School Voucher Bill
Opponents of school vouchers usually have Senator Ted Kennedy in their corner, but the groups found themselves at odds with the Massachusetts Democrat over a new hurricane relief program that will provide funding to private schools. With Kennedy’s sponsorship, Congress approved legislation last week that will provide $1.6 billion in funding to schools and colleges…
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