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 A Utah Jazz rookie and a Jewish female fan have a healing dialogue about Nick Cannon
An NBA rookie received criticism from a Jewish woman after he retweeted a message of support for Nick Cannon, the actor who made references to conspiracy theories of Jewish societal control in a recent episode of his podcast. So the rookie called the woman to apologize. Justin Wright-Foreman, point guard for the Utah Jazz NBA…
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Fast Forward NFL owner Daniel Snyder presided over toxic workplace filled with sexual harassment: report
Daniel Snyder, owner of the football team formerly known as the Washington Redskins, presided over a toxic workplace culture replete with sexual harassment, including from employees at the highest levels of the organization, according to a bombshell Washington Post report. The Post reported that “three former members of Snyder’s inner circle and two longtime members…
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News What’s behind the spate of anti-Semitism among Black celebrities?
Ice Cube. DeSean Jackson. Nick Cannon. Since June, these three Black public figures — an influential rapper, an NFL player and a beloved actor — have been called out for anti-Semitic social media posts or comments. Cannon’s scandal appeared to come to a close with an apology Wednesday, two days after he hosted a podcast…
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News ‘Training and sweating and bleeding’: American Jews learn how to shoot back at synagogue terrorists
Colonel Sharon Gat wants to put a gun-wielding terrorist response team in every synagogue in America. How? By training volunteers from the synagogue itself. His firm is launching the first organized effort to teach Jews across the country how to use guns to defend their congregations against shooters like the ones who perpetrated the attacks…
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News Rabbi who said Jews not ‘indigenous’ to Israel defended in open letter
After an assistant rabbi at a high-profile New York synagogue was called out by his own senior rabbi in public for tweeting that Jews do not count as indigenous people, hundreds of people signed an open letter in support of the junior rabbi’s right to express his views. On July 8, Rabbi Andrue “Andy” Kahn…
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Fast Forward Jewish NFL player: ‘My teammates have always been supportive and interested in my faith’
Mitchell Schwartz, a Jewish NFL player, responded Wednesday evening on Twitter to Philadelphia Eagles player DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic social media posts. Jackson shared an anti-Semitic statement attributed to Hitler on Instagram, leading to a wide backlash on social media. Jackson later defended his comments before ultimately apologizing. “Although in my personal experience my teammates have…
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson should be Trump’s VP, says racist, anti-Semitic David Duke
David Duke, a former presidential candidate and leader of the Klu Klux Klan, as well as a racist and anti-Semite, said in a series of tweets Wednesday evening that Fox News host Tucker Carlson should be President Trump’s running mate for the 2020 campaign. The comments came a day after Carlson was widely repudiated, including…
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News Are Jews ‘indigenous’ to Israel? One rabbi said ‘no’ on Twitter – and went viral.
A New York rabbi tweeted on Wednesday that Jews cannot be considered indigenous in any land, prompting a debate on Twitter over the meaning of indigenous identity and whether Jews can claim it. His tweet hit a nerve among Jews, some of whom tie their connection to Israel to extensive historical evidence of continuous Jewish…
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