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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News RNC mislabels ‘Judeo-Christian’ values rabbi giving opening blessing
Rabbi Aryeh Spero, president of a Jewish group that speaks out for America’s “Judeo-Christian ethos,” gave the opening blessing for the third night of the Republican National Convention, using biblical language and Jewish ideas to describe America’s birth, and what Republicans describe as its current existential threats. But if you were watching the RNC’s own…
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News Who is Lee Zeldin?
Rep. Lee Zeldin is a Republican congressman from Long Island, N.Y., who has positioned himself as a staunch political supporter of President Donald Trump and the standard bearer for Republican support of Israel. Zeldin is speaking in a primetime slot on Wednesday evening during the Republican National Convention. He is currently one of two Jewish…
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News Who is George Soros? And why is he the ‘boogeyman’ of the right?
Editor’s note: Almost every day, political figures and commentators on the right accuse George Soros of nefarious behavior. This week, the RNC removed a speaker due to her support for the QAnon conspiracy theory and assertion that George Soros is involved in a supposed Jewish cabal with designs to run the world. For context, the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Congressman writes ode to Maryland to replace Confederate anthem as state song
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Jewish member of Congress representing Maryland, has co-written an ode to the state in yet another attempt to replace the state’s official song, a pro-Confederate anthem written during the Civil War. The new song carries the same name as the old, “Maryland, My Maryland.” But whereas the older song starts with…
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Fast Forward Couple sues Jewish funeral home after learning their stillborn child was buried in mass grave
A Jewish couple in Philadelphia is suing a New Jersey funeral home after learning that their stillborn child was likely buried in a mass grave, without any markings, and without their consent. Julia Gross was in the 35th week of her pregnancy when her son’s heart stopped beating, according to a report in the Philadelphia…
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Fast Forward A gay Jewish couple had a daughter by surrogate. The State Department is suing to stop her becoming a citizen.
The State Department is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that said the United States must recognize the citizenship of the daughter of a gay Israeli-American couple, continuing the family’s legal battle to give the adopted children of same-sex couples the same right to U.S. citizenship as those of heterosexual couples. Roee and Adiel Kiviti are…
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News The frustration, hope and diversity of Minneapolis’ Black Jews
White Minnesotans liked to think their state was a progressive paradise — until it became the birthplace of America’s most powerful reckoning over racism since the Civil Rights era. Having been born and raised there myself, I grew up with the myth of Minnesotan exceptionalism: The state has welcomed immigrant communities from around the world….
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News Facebook banned stereotypes of Jewish global domination. Has the move satisfied Jewish groups?
What finally pushed Facebook to announce it would take down posts that make reference to Jewish control of the world, or that include “caricatures of black people in the form of blackface” — two forms of hate that are well over a century old? Was it the letter, sent August 5, from the attorneys general…
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