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 feldman@forward.com. Follow him on Twitter @aefeldman.
Ari Feldman
By Ari Feldman
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News Here’s The Connection Between Israel’s Biggest Company And The Opioid Epidemic
The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries — Israel’s largest company — has been summoned to the U.S. to make a deal in the massive opioid litigation. Teva is one of several pharmaceutical giants defending lawsuits over their involvement in the opioid epidemic, which has taken on global proportions and kills, on average, 130 Americans…
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Fast Forward Who Were The Two Bystanders Killed By Thwarted Synagogue Shooter In Halle?
The man who tried to kill Jews at prayer over Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany, was unable to enter the synagogue: It was locked. So the man, an avowed white nationalist, turned his gun on bystanders, killing two people. The two victims of the #Halle attack on Yom Kippur have been identified as 40-year-old Jana…
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News A Jewish Republican’s All In For Trump. The Strategy’s Got Rewards — And Risks
Congressman Lee Zeldin is a Republican in the very blue state of New York. The Jewish politician won a third term in the House by only four points in 2018. Yet Zeldin has seized the spotlight in the season of impeachment by defending Donald Trump — reviled by liberals — and criticizing the Jewish Democrat…
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Fast Forward Jewish Inmate’s Execution Stayed — Six Days Before He Was Supposed To Die
Less than a week before he was scheduled to die, a Jewish death row inmate in Texas has received a stay of execution from the state’s criminal appeals court, which cited the prisoner’s accusations of anti-Semitism against the judge who sentenced him. Randy Halprin was a member of the Texas 7, a group of inmates…
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Fast Forward British Student Suspended For Tinder Profile Picture Of Sleeping Jewish Man
A British student has been suspended following complaints that one of his Tinder profile pictures featured a sleeping Jewish man. The picture, taken on London’s “Tube” subway system, features the student making the “hang loose” gesture with his one hand while leaning over toward a sleeping Orthodox man. In the picture, a small Palestinian flag…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner, With Mulvaney, Said To Guide Trump Impeachment Defense Strategy
Jared Kushner is one of two senior White House officials leading Donald Trump’s defense strategy against the growing impeachment inquiry, according to reports. Administration officials who spoke to CNN said that Kusher, one of Trump’s senior advisers as well as his son-in-law, is working alongside White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney in handling the…
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Fast Forward Max Rose, Once On The Fence, Comes Out In Favor Of Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) is supporting the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s conduct in a call with the president of Ukraine, Politico reported. Rose is a moderate Democrat elected in a predominantly Republican district in 2018’s “blue wave” that swept Democrats into power in the House. Even so, Trump won his congressional district by…
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff Is Target Of Trumps’ Insults And Conspiracy Theories As Impeachment Inquiry Grows
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has emerged as Donald Trump’s main punching bag as the impeachment inquiry mounts, the Daily Beast reported. Trump called Schiff a “fraud” and a “lowlife” and suggested that Schiff had helped write the whistleblower complaint that led to public awareness of a call between Trump and the president of Ukraine in…
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