David Floyd Nesenoff (born 1960) is an American rabbi, independent
filmmaker, singer/songwriter of contemporary Jewish music, and
blogger. His short films have been shown at various festivals
including Sundance and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has
directed a full-length movie and was a principal in a film production
company.In the 1990s, he counseled youths who had committed bias
crimes.He gained national attention in June 2010 when he posted to his
website a video he had made of opinion columnist Helen Thomas making
controversial statements about Israel. Over the next several days, the
video went viral, Thomas resigned her job over this, and Nesenoff
received what he initially said were over 25,000 pieces of hate mail,
including several death threats.
filmmaker, singer/songwriter of contemporary Jewish music, and
blogger. His short films have been shown at various festivals
including Sundance and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has
directed a full-length movie and was a principal in a film production
company.In the 1990s, he counseled youths who had committed bias
crimes.He gained national attention in June 2010 when he posted to his
website a video he had made of opinion columnist Helen Thomas making
controversial statements about Israel. Over the next several days, the
video went viral, Thomas resigned her job over this, and Nesenoff
received what he initially said were over 25,000 pieces of hate mail,
including several death threats.
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