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 Turtles Painted With Swastikas Found In Washington State Park
Multiple turtles were seen this week with swastikas painted on their shells in a park in the southern Seattle metropolitan area. So far, efforts to capture the turtles so their shells can be cleaned and they can be given a health check-up have been unsuccessful, according to local news outlets. “We made an attempt to…
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Fast Forward After Halloween, Grave Digger Finds 60-Year-Old Remains Dug Up In Jewish Cemetery
Police are investigating an incident in which a 61-year-old grave in a Jewish cemetery was dug up in Hartford, Connecticut, possibly on Halloween. The incident occurred in the cemetery of Agudas Achim, a 130-year-old Orthodox congregation, and was discovered on Wednesday November 6. “We look this way, we see a big pile of dirt, we’re…
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Fast Forward Leader Of Colorado Synagogue Targeted By White Supremacist Wants Guns In Sanctuary
The president of the Pueblo, Col., synagogue that was targeted by a white supremacist hoping to bomb the building, is voicing his support for guns in the sanctuary. Mike Atlas-Acuna, president of Temple Emanuel, has told reporters in recent days that he thinks it’s “crazy” for congregants not to arm themselves. “We already have armed…
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News This Torah Was Dropped Off At A Va. Thrift Store Can You Help Us Find Where It Came From?
A couple hundred bucks can get you a variety of things on Goodwill’s online store: Tory Burch boots; a metal detector; a Burberry duffle; a collection of Furbies. Oh, and a Torah. Until Tuesday, you could bid for a scroll — sacred, if tattered — at ShopGoodwill.com. First listed at $200, bidders quickly pushed the…
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Fast Forward Scorned By Trump, Lev Parnas Flips, Will Speak To Impeachment Investigators
Hell hath no fury like a Ukrainian scorned. Lev Parnas, one of the Ukrainian associates of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has agreed to begin talks with House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry, and is accusing Trump of falsely denying that he had ever met Parnas. Parnas had resisted speaking to House investigators, but…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Is Engaged To Katie Waldman, Defender Of Trump Border Policies
Senior White House Adviser Stephen Miller is getting engaged to Katie Waldman, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary. News of their relationship first broke in September, when Waldman, 28, took on the role. Before that, she worked as the communications director for Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), and before that as deputy press secretary for the…
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Fast Forward White Supremacist Arrested For Plot To Blow Up Colorado Synagogue
The FBI arrested a white supremacist Friday when he met with undercover agents to plan a bombing of the Temple Emanuel synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. The man, Richard Holzer, 27, was charged with one count of attempting to obstruct religious exercise by force using explosives and fire, Denver 7 ABC reported. According to a criminal…
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News After 150 Years, Two Reform Congregations Come Back Together In Baltimore
In 1842, members of one of the first synagogues in Maryland broke away after a rebuke from their rabbi, an Orthodox hardliner who was deeply troubled by secularism among American Jews. He decried their use of Masonic rituals at Jewish funerals — in effect, idol worship. So they formed their own synagogue, Har Sinai Congregation….
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