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 [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @aefeldman.
Ari Feldman
By Ari Feldman
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Fast Forward Palestinian Lawsuit Alleging Genocidal Plot From Adelson And Other Mega-Donors Revived
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a billion dollar lawsuit accusing Sheldon Adelson and other major pro-Israel donors’ participation in alleged war crimes may proceed, Reuters reported. The suit, brought by Palestinian and Palestinian-American plaintiffs, alleges that Adelson and the other defendants are co-conspirators in a plot to remove non-Jews from Israel’s occupied territories…
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News Despite Lull In Attacks, Some In Crown Heights Worry About New Cycle Of Violence
On a recent Thursday afternoon in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Orthodox Jewish men of all ages were rushing towards 770 Eastern Parkway, the headquarters of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement, for prayers. On their way, a few paused to speak about their frustration over a spike in assaults on Orthodox Jews in the neighborhood…
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Fast Forward Roger Stone May Have Bail Revoked After Threatening Instagram Post Of Jewish Judge
The federal judge in Roger Stone’s case may revoke his bail Thursday after Stone published an Instagram post that appeared to feature a crosshairs near the judge’s head, Talking Points Memo reported. Stone, a longtime Donald Trump associate, was arrested last month on charges that he communicated with Wikileaks on trying to secure a cache…
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Fast Forward Fringe YouTube Personality Shot By Security Guard After Filming Outside LA Synagogue
A fringe YouTube personality was shot by a Los Angeles synagogue’s security guard after she live-streamed herself standing in front of the gate to the building. Zhoie Perez, 45, was shot Thursday outside the Etz Jacob Torah Center after filming for several minutes a guard gripping a handgun in reaction to her presence. She was…
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News Jews Now Have A Faith-Based Alternative To Health Insurance. But It’s Risky.
Two years after Randy Mazie retired, he realized his family had a serious healthcare problem: His wife’s health insurance premiums had reached $1,400 a month. After some online research Mazie, who lives in Miami and used to run transportation for local public schools, found something he thought was a godsend: United Refuah HealthShare, a Jewish…
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Fast Forward Fox News Rejects Ad For Oscar-Nominated Short About American Nazism
Fox News will not air an ad for an Oscar-nominated documentary about American Nazism, the Hollywood Reporter reported. The 30-second ad, called “It Can Happen Here,” is for “A Night At The Garden,” a documentary short about a 1939 meeting of [the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization. That infamous meeting, which gathered 20,000 people…
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Fast Forward Lou Dobbs To Candace Owens: ‘Anybody Who Brings Up Hitler Loses’
Conservative activist Candace Owens half-heartedly walked back her controversial statements on Adolf Hitler, posted online last week, in an interview on Fox Business Monday. BuzzFeed News reported last Friday that Owens had invoked Hitler in responding to a question about nationalism, disputing that Hitler, who envisioned the Third Reich lasting for 1,000 years, could be…
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Fast Forward How An Israeli ‘Mossad For Hire’ Firm Manipulated A Small Town’s Local Election
Israeli private intelligence firms have been increasingly in the spotlight, revealed as the suppliers for Harvey Weinstein’s “army of spies” and as creators of apps that repressive regimes can use to spy on activists and journalists. Now, a New Yorker article is detailing how another firm — Psy-Group — used its intelligence expertise to manipulate…
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