Ari Feldman is a staff writer at the Forward. He covers Jewish religious organizations, synagogue life, anti-Semitism and the Orthodox world. If you have any tips, you can email him at feldman@forward.com. Follow him on Twitter @aefeldman.
Ari Feldman
By Ari Feldman
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Fast Forward FBI Director Reports That Neo-Nazis Are Working Together Across The Atlantic
Neo-Nazis considered to be domestic terrorism threats by the U.S. government are increasingly communicating and meeting with European hate groups, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, told Congress Wednesday. Speaking to the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray said that these meetings did not appear to be about organizing terrorist actions, but…
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Fast Forward Here’s Why One Of Giuliani’s Ukraine Contacts Called His Business ‘Fraud Guarantee’
If you start a fraud-insurance company in Florida, what might you call it? Fraud Protector, perhaps. Fraud Knight. Never-Fraud! Yet Lev Parnas, one of the Ukrainian associates of Rudy Giuliani, who has been implicated in the Ukraine imbroglio that led to the impeachment inquiry, came up with an unusual name for his fraud-insurance firm: Fraud…
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Fast Forward U.K. Rabbi To Congregation: Don’t Vote For Corbyn!
A prominent rabbi, writer and broadcaster in the U.K. has taken the unprecedented step of urging his congregation to vote against Labour in the country’s upcoming elections to push back against the party’s history of anti-Semitic rhetoric, even with Brexit on the horizon. The rabbi singled out the party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who has been…
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Fast Forward Celebrity Pathologist Believes Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Was A Homicide, Not Suicide
A pathologist who gained some celebrity as an expert in the O.J. Simpson murder trial believes that Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a homicide, not a suicide. His report contradicts the findings of New York City’s chief medical examiner, and returns to the question of whether suicide could have caused certain broken bones in Epstein’s neck….
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News Beto Won’t Stop Making Nazi Analogies. Why Aren’t Jews Mad Like They Were With AOC?
Beto O’Rourke seems to think he’s running for president in 1930s Europe. O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman trying to turn around dwindling poll numbers and back-of-the-pack fundraising reports, this week repeatedly compared President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to those employed by Adolf Hitler, a trope he has used off and on since at least April….
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News Here’s A List Of Events Around The Country Commemorating The Tree Of Life Shooting
This Sunday marks one year since the shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue in Pittsburgh, in which 11 people were killed. Anniversaries of deaths have great significance in Judaism. They are commonly called the _yahrzeit,_ a Yiddish word which simply means “the time of the year.” Jewish organizations across the country have organized…
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News Nearly All Jews See Rising Anti-Semitism. Here’s How We’ve Covered Its Growth.
For the first time, we have comprehensive national survey data about how American Jews feel about anti-Semitism. The American Jewish Committee, a nonprofit Jewish advocacy group, has polled Jewish opinion for decades. On the subject of anti-Semitism, they’ve traditionally just asked American Jews whether they are concerned, or whether it’s an important issue for the…
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Fast Forward Snoop Dogg, Smoker Of 81 Blunts A Day, To Shill For Israeli Cannabis Company
Snoop Dogg, the iconic West Coast rapper who has estimated his own weed intake at 81 blunts a day, will be the brand ambassador for an Israeli medical marijuana technology start-up. Seedo, founded in 2013, makes an indoor grow box for plants that can be meticulously controlled with an app. The box, which resembles a…
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