Nathaniel Popper
By Nathaniel Popper
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News Abbas Is Willing To Use Force Against Hamas, Adviser Says
RAMALLAH — Although the new Palestinian Authority chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, is publicly committed to ending attacks on Israel through agreements with groups such as Hamas, the authority is prepared to use force unilaterally if talks fail, a top Abbas adviser told the Forward. “For those factions who either are not willing to reach an agreement…
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Culture Teen Mags Put Hip Cover on Jewish Culture
The first 15,000 glossy copies of JVibe magazine shipped out to Jewish schools across the country this month. From the cover, Evan Taubenfeld, the dirty-blonde guitarist for pop singer Avril Lavigne, peers out coolly at teenage Jewish readers. The teen magazine is the latest product from the mini-media empire known as Jewish Family & Life,…
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Culture Judaic Studies Department Faces Cutbacks at Brandeis University
Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., has been the site of a series of aggrieved faculty and student meetings in recent weeks, after the dean of arts and sciences proposed cutting faculty from a number of programs, including the signature Near Eastern and Judaic studies department. Dean Adam Jaffe proposed the cuts to make room for…
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Israel News Bringing the Forgotten Sounds of the Past Back to Life
During a recent Friday night service, Natasha Hirschhorn introduced her congregation to a melody that she had newly arranged for the Sabbath prayers. It was the first time the spirited but mournful tune ever had been heard in Ansche Chesed, the Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where Hirschhorn serves as musical director. In…
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News Knesset Urges Raising Quota for Ethiopian Jews
Thousands of Ethiopians, languishing in two compounds, have won critical political support for their bid to immigrate to Israel. Half the members of Knesset are calling on the Israeli government to abolish, or at least significantly raise, its monthly quota on the number of Falash Mura that are allowed to come to Israel. The call…
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News Germany Is Moving To End Mass Immigration of Jews From Russia
The mass migration of Jews from the former Soviet Union to Germany likely will come to a swift end with the introduction of a new law drawn up by Germany’s 16-state governments. German authorities presented the new restrictions on Jewish immigration to Germany’s two national Jewish organizations last week. As put forth, the restrictions effectively…
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News Lawsuit Claims Firm Ruined Holiday Season
The ghost of Christmas past is haunting the IDT Corporation, which is being accused in a lawsuit of not giving its non-Jewish employees time off for Christian holidays. A lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court says the Newark, N.J.-based telecommunications company — started by Orthodox philanthropist Howard Jonas — discriminated against non-Jewish employees in…
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Israel News Espionage Charges Still Taint Army Engineer’s Career
In the mid-1990s, Army engineer David Tenenbaum noticed that the Army’s lightweight trucks, like the famous Humvee, were woefully lacking in protective armor. At his base in Michigan, Tenenbaum began researching new ways to protect the vehicles, but the project was cut short in 1997, when he was accused of being a spy for Israel….
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