Aspiring actor and Hasidic Jew Abe Karpen has quit his role as Natalie Portman's husband in the film New York, I Love You under pressure from Hasidic rabbis, whose strict interpretation of Judaism forbids watching movies or TV.
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Aspiring actor and Hasidic Jew Abe Karpen has quit his role as Natalie Portman's husband in the film New York, I Love You under pressure from Hasidic rabbis, whose strict interpretation of Judaism forbids watching movies or TV.