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 Ivanka Calls Judaism One Of ‘Three Largest World Religions’ — Wrong!
Ivanka Trump’s humblebrag backfired on Monday morning when she incorrectly said that Judaism was one of the world’s three largest religions. Trump gracefully sidestepped a possibly-insensitive question from “Fox & Friends” co-host Gretchen Carlson on what it was like “as a convert to be there in Israel and to meet with [Prime Minister] Netanyahu” while…
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Culture Anti-Semitism Goes Missing In Julian Assange Doc
Look at how they look at him, Julian Assange’s cadre of cyber vigilantes. In a private home in Norfolk, in livery cabs with Daniel Ellsberg in the passenger seat, in windowless rooms in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, members of Assange’s Wikileaks organization fawn over him and defer to him, give him the floor first…
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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg Pretty Disappointed To Hear That SpaceX Flubbed Another Rocket Launch
SpaceX lost another rocket on Thursday when its Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, FL. (There were no people around the launch pad when the explosion occurred, and no people have been hurt in any SpaceX explosions.) Check this out: WATCH: Dramatic video captures SpaceX explosion at Cape Canaveral, destroying…
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News Philadelphia Mayor Quickly Condemns Cop’s ‘Offensive’ Nazi Tattoo
Jim Kenney, the mayor of Philadelphia, has released a statement thoroughly condemning the tattoo of a Nazi-style eagle displayed on the forearm of a Philadelphia policeman. “I find it incredibly offensive, and I know many others do as well,” Kenney said in a statement. “This image is particularly offensive to our WWII veterans who fought…
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News Jewish Seniors Get Payments From ‘Greedy’ Brooklyn Developer — at Last
Seniors in a Brooklyn assisted living facility are finally receiving their settlement money from a prominent developer, DNAinfo reported. Hayma Deitsch, a real estate developer who is turning Prospect Park Residence, on Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, into luxury apartments, completed the payment of $3.35 million to five elderly women who refused to leave their…
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News The NFL’s Brothers Schwartz Tackle Their Jewish Upbringing In A New Memoir
The giant, Jewish, professional-football playing brothers Geoff and Mitch Schwartz are publishing a memoir: Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith. They have been in the NFL at the same time since the 2012 season, and have played against each other a few times. They were raised in a Conservative…
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The Schmooze Corey Feldman Hears Beyond-the-Grave Message from Co-Star Corey Haim About Abuse
Hollywood’s famous two Coreys made an emotional TV reunion of sorts — if you believe in people talking from beyond the grave. Corey Feldman, best known for his roles in classic ’80s movies like “Stand By Me,” “The Goonies” and “Gremlins,” believes he heard a poignant message from his late friend and co-star Corey Haim…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Jr. Retweets the ‘Neo-Nazi Movement’s Favorite Academic’
Donald Trump Jr. retweeted Kevin MacDonald, a retired psychology professor that the Southern Poverty Law Center has called “the neo-Nazi movement’s favorite academic.” On Monday evening, MacDonald retweeted a post from Megyn Kelly, who was quoting political pundit and attorney David Wohl on Hillary Clinton’s alleged use of the State Department as a “business partner”…
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