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 Next Likely Chancellor Of Austria Called ‘Baby Hitler’
A German satirical magazine is under investigation after tweeting an image of Sebastian Kurz, an Austrian politician, with crosshairs over his heart next to the words, “Finally possible: Kill baby Hitler,” Politico.eu reported. The tweet was sent out by the magazine Titanic a day after Kurz’s party, the People’s Party, one the most vote in…
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Fast Forward In Hitler’s Olympics Stadium, A Soccer Team Kneels To Protest Racism
In the stadium where Adolph Hitler watched the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Berlin’s football club kneeled last week in solidarity with American pro football players protesting the national anthem. The symbolic protest, carried out before a game, is believed to be the first such protest by an entire sports team outside the U.S., the Comeback reported….
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Fast Forward Anne Frank Halloween Costume Yanked After Social Media Uproar
An online Halloween costume retailer has pulled an Anne Frank costume after an onslaught of criticism on social media. HalloweenCostumes.com is no longer showing its “Anne Frank costume for girls” on its European and American sites. In the product’s description, the company described Frank as a hero, writing that “we can always learn from the…
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Fast Forward Israel Scraps Plan For Database Of American Jewish Students
The Israeli government has suspended a plan to create a database of the names of all Jewish college students in the U.S., Haaretz reported. The plan was scuttled after Haaretz released an article detailing the controversial initiative. The company that was supposed to run the initiative, Mosaic United, is run by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora…
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News Does ‘Are You Jewish?’ Hasidic Outreach Build Identity — Or Push Secular Jews Further Away?
It is a sight familiar to anyone who takes public transit between Brooklyn and Manhattan in the early fall: a seasonal crush of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooding the city in order to bring the world one step closer to Messianic redemption. On street corners, on campus, on subway platforms and towing a sukkah on the back…
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Fast Forward Teacher Told Sixth Grade Students To Make ‘Colorful’ Nazi Mascot
A Georgia middle school teacher is under investigation after she tasked her students with creating a “colorful” mascot for a Nazi rally in 1935, the Atlanta Jewish Times reported. An official from the school says the assignment was an attempt to fulfill the state curriculum requirement that students learn about Nazi propaganda. “The year is…
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Fast Forward Former Cleveland Clinic Executive Pleads Guilty To $2.7M Fraud
A former Cleveland Clinic executive pleaded guilty this week to helping defraud the hospital out of $2.7 million, the Cleveland Jewish News reported. Gary Fingerhut was dismissed from his position as director of innovations in 2015 after the FBI alerted the hospital to his role in a massive fraud scheme. Authorities say that Fingerhut paid…
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Fast Forward Mosque Plan Sparks Backlash In London’s Jewiest Neighborhood
An Islamic group’s plan to build a mosque in a major center of London’s Jewish community has sparked outrage among Jewish residents — and outrage over the outrage — the Jewish Chronicle reported. The backlash began after a former concert venue in the Golders Green neighborhood was bought by the Center for Islamic Enlightening. A…
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