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
-
Fast Forward Jay-Z Revisits New Album’s Lyrics About Jews In NYT Interview
Jay-Z revisited his suggestive — and somewhat ambiguous — lyrics about Jews from his latest album in an interview with the New York Times. Responding to those who called the lyrics anti-Semitic, Jay-Z called that reaction “hypocritical.” “Only because it’s obvious the song is, like, ‘Do you want to be rich? Do what people got…
-
Fast Forward Randi Zuckerberg Skewers Alaska Air Over Passenger’s Sexually Charged Ranting
Randi Zuckerberg posted a scathing letter to Alaska Air on Twitter describing how a passenger on her flight harassed her and a colleague with sexually explicit ranting. The co-founder of Zuckerberg Media and sister of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailed the man’s lewd comments — and how the flight attendants simply brushed it…
-
Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Think Killing Net Neutrality Will Be Good For Them
Neo-Nazis think that the current government proposal to end net neutrality, sometimes called the “First Amendment of the internet,” will be to their benefit. Net neutrality means that web service providers like Comcast or Time Warner must treat and charge all websites the same regardless of content. The Federal Communications Commission is weighing whether to…
-
Fast Forward WATCH: Far Right Blogger Arrested After Grabbing Woman During Campus Speech
A far right blogger and conspiracy theorist was arrested Tuesday night after he grabbed a woman who protested his speech at the University of Connecticut, the New York Times reported. Lucian Wintrich, the Washington correspondent for the website The Gateway Pundit, chased the protester through a lecture hall after she appeared to grab a document…
-
Fast Forward Matt Lauer, Iconic NBC Anchor, Fired For ‘Inappropriate Sexual Behavior In The Workplace’
Matt Lauer, the world-famous host of NBC’s “Today” show, was fired for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace,” the New York Times reported. The firing was announced live on the air Wednesday morning, and in a memo to staff sent “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior…
-
Fast Forward The Journalist Who Told The World About Laquan McDonald Faces New Challenge
The journalist whose reporting led to Chicago police releasing the gruesome video of Laquan McDonald’s killing faces a new challenge over his sources, the New York Times reported. Jamie Kalven’s 2015 article about the number of times McDonald was shot by police — 16 times — created a firestorm in Chicago, leading to multiple resignations…
-
Fast Forward Sudanese Soccer Fans Appear To Celebrate Holocaust With Massive Hitler Banner
An anti-discrimination soccer network is investigating a Sudanese club after its supporters were seen holding a massive banner of Adolf Hitler and appearing to celebrate the Holocaust, the Mirror reported. FARE, an international network backed by major soccer institutions like FIFA, tweeted early Monday about the supporters of Al Hilal Omdurman, a major Sudanese team….
-
Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Takes Aim At 23andMe And Other Home DNA Testing Services
Senator Chuck Schumer called for more scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission on home DNA tests on Sunday, NBC News reported. He took aim at the kinds of tests sold by 23andMe and Ancestry.com. Schumer said that consumers who are buying the gifts at slashed prices for the holiday season may end up giving their…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
- 2
Culture Trump wants to honor Hannah Arendt in a ‘Garden of American Heroes.’ Is this a joke?
- 3
Fast Forward The invitation said, ‘No Jews.’ The response from campus officials, at least, was real.
- 4
News Why Zohran Mamdani believes he’ll win over Jewish voters, as Israel critic surges to second behind Cuomo in NYC mayoral race
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward The fires in Israel are under control — but debate is raging over their cause
-
Fast Forward Argentina declassifies more than 1,800 files on Nazi escape via ‘rat-lines’ to South America
-
Fast Forward Betar USA founder banned from World Zionist Congress over feud with Israeli firebrand Shai Davidai
-
News School Israel trip turns ‘terrifying’ for LA students attacked by Israeli teens
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
