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 An Orthodox synagogue and a Black church search for shared history with a walk through a once-integrated neighborhood
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in August, 2020. Half of the students in the Zoom class were from Liberty Grace Church of God, a Black Baptist church in Baltimore….
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News Nick Cannon and Public Enemy’s Professor Griff were both called antisemitic. Only one recovered.
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in September, 2020. In 1989, the rapper known as Professor Griff made anti-Jewish comments that derailed his career. More than 30 years later, when…
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News Brandeis U. Press and a historian split over how to talk about Jews and white supremacy
Marc Dollinger’s book, “Black Power, Jewish Politics,” sold more than expected in this year of racial reckoning, and by September, there were only 150 copies left. Since the police killing of George Floyd in May, Dollinger and his book have been in high demand in liberal Jewish communities grappling with structural racism. Dollinger, a historian…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court rules that government employees who infringe religious liberty can be held personally liable
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that people can obtain monetary damages directly from employees of the federal government when suing over infringement of the First Amendment right to religious liberty. The ruling responds to a case filed by several Muslim men who said that FBI officers placed them on a no-fly list because they…
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News Orthodox Jews are leaving Lakewood for a neighboring suburb. How much will they change it?
You won’t see any synagogues driving around Jackson, N.J. But they’re there — at least 15 of them, hidden inside unassuming houses on wooded lots, according to Tzvi Herman, an Orthodox resident of the town. Though invisible to passersby, the synagogues are signs of the sudden growth of the Orthodox community in this spacious south…
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News New data suggest Birthright effect on Jewish marriage, connection to Israel lasts up to 2 decades
New data from researchers at Brandeis University show that participants in the Birthright program that provides young adults free trips to Israel continue even up to two decades later to be more likely to marry other Jews, raise their children Jewish and have a strong attachment to Israel than their peers. The study, which compares…
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News Praying through the second wave: Expert advice on staying safe
This winter, a lot of observant Jews are going to become the frozen chosen. Here’s how Dr. Moshe Cohn, who lives in the Orthodox hub of Teaneck, N.J., got dressed for weekday prayers on a recent cold day: He wrapped his tefillin, the ritual leather straps, around his arm and head. Then he put on…
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News Why is Raphael Warnock’s Israel stance suddenly an issue in his Georgia Senate campaign?
The Israel positions of the Democratic candidate in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs came under scrutiny in the past week from both media organizations and his opponent despite his strong ties to the city’s Jewish community. Rev. Raphael Warnock leads the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the pulpit from which Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…
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