Hasidic Jewish Actor Gives Up Role for Faith

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First he couldn't hold Natalie Portman's hand - and now a Williamsburg Hasidic Jew-turned-actor has to give up his chance to hit it big in a Hollywood movie.
Abe Karpen, 25, a married father of three, was cast as Portman's husband in "New York I Love You," a film composed of 12 short stories about love in the five boroughs.
"I am backing out of the movie," said Karpen, a kitchen cabinet salesman. "It's not acceptable in my community. It's a lot of pressure I am getting. They [the rabbis] didn't like the idea of a Hasidic guy playing in Hollywood.
"I have my kids in religious schools and the rabbi called me over yesterday and said in order for me to keep my kids in the school I have to do what they tell me and back out," Karpen said.

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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:50 pm

stupidest bullshit ever.

But if hasidics aren't even supposed to watch movies or tv, this fucking moron should have known it would cause controversy in his superstition club. No doubt he fucked up the production of that movie for accepting the role and then suddenly pulling out some time later.

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:20 am

well its not like the daily news reported i know soeone who knows him from school and is in constant in touch with him .. he inished his parts of the movie which wasnt much and no he didnt do much touching or other lovey dovey stuff that is normal in the movies the new york post wrote 1 thing and the daily snooze (news) wrote another ..lol


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