Nathanael Kapner

Nathanael Kapner
Born	Milton L. Kapner 5 September 1950 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Other names	Milton Kapner
Ethnicity	Jewish
Known for	Protesting the "War on Christmas"
Board member of	Brother Nathanael Foundation
Parent(s)	Solomon & Rebecca Kapner
Website	http://realjewnews.com

Milton Kapner (born September 5, 1950), more commonly known as Brother Nathanael Kapner, is an Orthodox Christian street protester, activist, and former monk who became famous for vocally opposing the "War on Christmas".

Background

Kapner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents on 5 September 1950. Although his parents were religious, they were also accepting of other ideas including Christianity, and he credits his parents listening to Ed Ames' recording of the Christmas carol "O Holy Night" with later inspiring his conversion to Christianity.

In the late 1960s, he joined a psychedelic rock band called Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers [1], but left the band after the violinist who he fell in love with refused to marry him. After leaving the band, Kapner started working as a salesman and became active in Jews for Jesus. In the late 1980s, he was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. He joined the Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline, Massachusetts as a novice, an experience he likened to a 1960s commune. He subsequently left to join another monastery.

In a video titled "Why I Left Judaism" posted by Kapner on YouTube in 2010, he relates the reasons for his conversion, stating that:

My two Jewish parents took me to Hebrew school when I was six years old This was in addition to attending Sabbath services every Friday evening and Saturday morning, which also included Sabbath school. You see, Jews educate their children from the cradle. Although I was steeped in yiddishkeit, that is, the Jewish experience, throughout my growing up years, my fondest memory was singing Christmas carols with my gentile friends. Every December we would go door-to-door throughout the neighborhood singing Christmas carols such as "Oh come all ye faithful" and "Silent Night."

One Christmas Eve, after finishing a rousing rendition of "Joy to the world", the man of the house came out from the living room to the front porch, pointed right at me, and said: "what's a Jew Boy like you singing Christmas carols??" Well, with tears gushing out in my eyes, I ran home, and I asked my father: "Dad, why don't Jews believe in Jesus Christ?" My dad answered, "Son, you can sing Christmas carols as much as you want, but one thing you got to remember: you were born a Jew, and you will die a Jew. Jesus Christ for the Gentiles, he is not for us."

..Soon after, my mother took me to my cousin's Bar Mitzvah. It was in an old synagogue; when we walked in I could just smell this musty smell, and I looked around there were Jewish stars everywhere, and I started getting sick. I wanted to vomit. I wanted to run out. My mother grabbed me, and after three hours of sitting through that service, I kept on saying to myself: "Judaism is a religion of death! Judaism is a religion of death!"

Activism

In 2005, after learning about Walmart's decision to replace "Merry Christmas" on its signs with "Happy Holidays", Kapner became enraged and asked the bishop to let him start a protest movement. The bishop refused and he ended up leaving the monastery and disrupting public settings with Christmas-themed protests, which in several cases led him into trouble with the law. Despite no longer being a monk, he still dresses like one. Kapner's protesting style is colorful, and he was once barred from a ski resort for dancing to James Brown's "I Feel Good" in the middle of a ski run. In response to his legal issues, Kapner has said "Now, as a salesman for Jesus Christ, I operate on a whole new corporate policy....I will go to jail for Christ. I'll take them all on, little old me with my cross."

The Chancery of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops has condemned Kapner's activism, saying that they are "saddened by the state of his soul" and have called on him to refrain from posting on the Internet and to lead a life of repentance.

In addition to protesting in favor of public Christmas celebrations, Kapner also protests against what he sees as Jewish control of the media and the government. However, he denies being an anti-Semite and says his criticism is limited to Zionism and the religion of Judaism only. On his "Real Jew News" website, Kapner identifies not Judaism but "Jewry" as the root cause of his "warning" about what is "Destroying Christianity Throughout The World."

He believes that the Mossad was behind 9/11, and says "The Jewish House Of Rothschild has been in control of the world for a very long time, their tentacles reaching into many aspects of our daily lives beginning with their global financial power."

Kapner has also advanced conspiracy theories regarding the closure of Dillon Dam Road. An image on the Brother Nathanael Foundation website appears of Kapner holding a sign stating "Jews are Anti-Christ"[2][3][4]. He is also a Holocaust revisionist.

External links

• Real Jew News, Kapner's website
• Kapner's channel on BitChute
• Kapner's channel on Brighteon
• Kapner's channel on Odysee
• Kapner's channel on Rumble