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 Meet The Israeli Star Of The NBA Draft — He’ s Not Quite Jewish
He may not be Jewish, and he may not live in Israel, but we’ll take it: tomorrow T.J. Leaf will become the second Israeli-born player drafted to the NBA, the only one since Omri Casspi 2009. Leaf is expected to go in the middle of the first round of the draft, which is being held…
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Fast Forward Support For Israel On Campus Drops By ‘Devastating’ 27%: Study
The Brand Israel Group, a coalition of volunteer advertising and marketing specialists, has released a survey that shows a significant decrease in Israel’s approval rating among Americans. “The future of America no longer believe that Israel shares their values. This is huge! Devastating,” Fern Oppenheim, a co-founder of BIG, told The Times of Israel. While…
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Fast Forward Is Saudi Arabia’s Youthful New ‘King In Waiting’ Good For Israel?
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was recently given the title by his father, the current king of Saudi Arabia, is being lauded in some corners as an ‘ally of Israel.’ Though only 31 years old, bin Salman was put next in line for the throne at a time when the kingdom is consolidating its…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Rabbis and Iran Imams Agree On One Thing: Zumba Is Very, Very Bad
Iran generated headlines around the world last week and sparked a vicious backlash after its government did the unthinkable: they made Zumba illegal. But, as Haaretz points out, the Muslim clerics who hope to purge Iran of “Zumba and any harmonious movement or body-shaking instruction” might find sympathy among their sworn enemies: ultra-Orthodox rabbis. Four…
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Fast Forward Torched Lower East Side Synagogue May Face The Wrecking Ball
A board member of the historic Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue, which was ravaged by a fire in May, has filed a request to demolish at least part of the structure, according to DNAInfo. A spokesperson for the Landmarks Preservation Commission said that the request did not specify if all or only certain parts of the…
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Fast Forward California College Trustees Kill Student Pro-BDS Resolution
The Board of Trustees of Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges in California, recently struck down a pro-BDS budget provision passed by the student government in April. The provision, which passed by a 20-0 vote with 4 abstentions, banned cooperation with “corporations and organizations associated with the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories,” The trustees…
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Books Messianic Jewish Publisher Sparks Ultra-Orthodox Anger at Israeli Book Week
An ultra-Orthodox group filed a complaint with Jerusalem police after HaGefen, a Messianic Jewish publisher, offered a new translation of the Bible to teenagers at Israel’s annual Hebrew Book Week. Yad L’Achim, a prominent activist group that has been known for harassing Christian missionaries to Israel and voicing opposition to Arab-Israeli marriages, complained that the…
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Fast Forward Sekulow Hits Cable News Circuit Hard For Trump
Jay Sekulow, the Jewish-born lawyer who has spent his career advocating for the Christian right and recently joined President Trump’s legal defense team, hit the cable news circuit hard on Sunday. On Fox News, on MSNBC, on CNN, and on CBS, Sekulow stumped for the Trump defense campaign, claiming that Trump was not under investigation…
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