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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News How Natalie Grumet Stumbled Upon A Stranger Who Saved Her Life In Las Vegas Massacre
If Natalie Grumet had not sought refuge in the Tropicana Hotel after being shot in the Las Vegas massacre last week, she may not have escaped with her life. Grumet and her friend, who was also shot, happened to bang on the door of a laundry room where Dr. Larry Bohlen and his wife Laura,…
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Fast Forward Most Charlottesville Protesters Were New To White Supremacy: ADL
For many of the attendees of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlotteville in August, it was their first time associated publicly with white nationalism, according to a new analysis from the ADL’s Center on Extremism. Researchers also found that the attendees were overwhelmingly white men — less than 7% of protesters were women. The…
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Fast Forward How Stephen Miller Endures As Trump Whisperer Amid White House Turmoil
Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser to Donald Trump, has been a voice of “hard-charging conservatism” since his days as a high school firebrand in Santa Monica, California, the New York Times reported. He has gone from railing against his high school’s janitorial staff to helping pen Trump’s infamous “American carnage” speech. “I can hear Stephen’s…
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News Las Vegas Conspiracy Theory Spreads On Web — Fueled By Age-Old Anti-Semitic Tropes
In the hours after the Las Vegas shooting, conspiracy theorists wasted no time heading to internet enclaves of misinformation to weigh in. Commenters on Twitter, YouTube and certain internet forums variously asserted that gunman Stephen Paddock was a far-left activist or an Islamic State soldier — and that he “looked Jewish.” A string of YouTube…
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Fast Forward Natalie Grumet, Wounded Las Vegas Victim, Is Flown Home To California For Surgery
Natalie Grumet, who was shot in the face during the Las Vegas shooting on October 1, is being flown to a hospital in Southern California, where she lives with her husband. “The thing that I think is first and foremost in our minds is gratitude to God that Natalie is counted among the injured and…
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Fast Forward Hitler Painting Damaged By Screwdriver-Wielding Italian Man
An Italian man wielding a screwdriver attacked a painting by Adolf Hitler in an Italian museum, the BBC reported. The painting, on loan from a private collector, part of an exhibition called the “Museum of Madness” at the Museo di Salo, near Brescia, Italy. “The show about madness would not have been complete if it…
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Fast Forward Las Vegas Shooting Victim Regains Consciousness — Flashes OK Sign As Surgery Looms
Natalie Grumet, a Jewish breast cancer survivor who was shot in the head during Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, has regained consciousness. Her family members say that she is able to interact with them with hand signals and by writing. Grumet was standing next to her friend at the concert when Stephen Paddock…
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Fast Forward Actually, It Would Be Big News If Bernie Sanders And Larry David Weren’t Cousins
In the season premiere of the PBS’ show “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Larry David and Senator Bernie Sanders are told of their respective ancestries. David gained acclaim in 2015 for doing a “spot-on” impression of the senator, a performance made easier by the widely remarked-upon fact that David shares Sanders’…
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