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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Fast Forward Alt-Right Pepe The Frog Symbol Appears In Hong Kong Protests – But Not As Hate Symbol
By the middle of the frenetic summer of 2016, the alt-right had become a term on everyone’s lips. The Forward published a list of must-know terms and symbols used by the alt-right for its cultural warfare on liberal ideals and racial diversity. At the bottom of that list: Pepe the Frog, an uncannily part-human-part-frog cartoon…
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News Will Jeffrey Epstein Get A Jewish Burial, Despite His Crimes And Sins?
Updated 9:40 a.m. When a Jew dies, it swiftly sets in motion a succession of ancient customs, often carried out by the local community. The body is guarded until burial. A special group — called a “holy society” in Hebrew — prepares the body for burial in a custom called the tahara, the purification. Prayers…
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Fast Forward Les Wexner Accuses Jeffrey Epstein Of Misappropriating ‘Vast Sums Of Money’
Fashion retail mogul and philanthropist Les Wexner said in a letter Wednesday that his former financial broker Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with sex trafficking last month, had “misappropriated vast sums of money” from him and his family. In the letter, Wexner condemned Epstein’s alleged sexual relationships with minor girls. In an email to supporters…
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson Calls White Supremacy A ‘Hoax,’ ‘Not A Real Problem In America’
Days after a man posted a white supremacist screed to the internet before going to kill 22 people and injure 24 others in an El Paso Walmart frequented primarily by Latinx people and Hispanic Americans, Tucker Carlson said on his Fox News show that white supremacy is a “hoax,” the Washington Post first reported. In…
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News Epstein Ties Trigger Debate Over Ethics Of Wexner Foundation’s Importance
A fraught email exchange posted to Facebook has highlighted one New York yeshiva’s initial attempts to discuss a difficult question: What do Jewish organizations do about the Wexner Foundation? The Wexner Foundation was created by Les Wexner, the real estate mogul who funneled $200 million to the sex trafficking financier Jeffrey Epstein. It has been…
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Fast Forward Jewish Summer Camp Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Reopened Under New York’s New Law
Two men are reopening a civil suit against the organization that runs the national Ramah chain of Conservative Jewish sleep-away camps, alleging that they suffered sexual abuse and that the camp’s administration covered up the abuse. (Disclosure: The law firm representing the plaintiffs is using the Forward’s website and email subscriber list to advertise this…
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News Jeffrey Epstein Gave $500K To A Jewish School — The One His Lawyer’s Kids Went To
The elite Jewish school that received a $500,000 donation from Jeffrey Epstein had a unique connection to the mysterious financier charged for sex trafficking of minor girls. The lawyer responsible for getting Epstein his “deal of a lifetime” sent his children to that very school, and was a leader in that community. In October 2007,…
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Fast Forward Jeffrey Epstein Donated Half A Million Dollars To Elite Orthodox School
An elite Jewish prep school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side accepted a half million dollar donation from a foundation funded by Jeffrey Epstein. In February 2008, an Epstein foundation — the C.O.U.Q. Foundation — gave Ramaz $500,000. Epstein pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an investigation into allegations that he solicited sexual favors from minors…
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