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 Measles Outbreak Surpasses 25-Year-Old Record, Challenging The Virus’ Status As ‘Eliminated’
In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared measles “eliminated,” putting the disease in the same category as smallpox and polio. That meant that, according to the CDC, there had been an “absence of continuous disease transmission for greater than 12 months.” Now, that status is on the verge of being revoked….
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israeli Man Mocks Sheldon Adelson On Street, Calls Him Homophobic Slur
An Israeli man mocked the Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson with an anti-gay insult when he saw him on the street in Israel. The man, Barak Cohen, who posted a video of the encounter to Facebook, jeered at Adelson from a few feet away as a member of Adelson’s entourage tried to get the man to…
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Fast Forward ‘Hitler Is Coming’: Anti-Semitic Message Scrawled On Brooklyn Jewish Children’s Museum
(JTA) — A note reading “Hitler is coming” was found on a billboard designed for comments by visitors to the Brooklyn Jewish Children’s Museum. Police are investigating the note, left Thursday, as a hate crime, a spokesperson told the New York Post. Visitors alerted police to the anti-Semitic note at the Crown Heights museum. The…
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Fast Forward The First Word Of The Day At The Scripps Spelling Bee Was ‘Yiddishkeit’
The first word posed in competition this morning on the first day of the storied Scripps National Spelling Bee was “yiddishkeit,” a beloved phrase from Yiddish that sums up Ashkenazi Jewish culture in a manner akin to the term Americana. More technically, the word means “Jewish character or quality,” “Jewish way of life” or “Jewishness,”…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Synagogue Killer’s Lawyers Say The FBI Is Meddling With Witnesses
Lawyers for the man who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last October are saying that FBI agents are meddling with witnesses as they prepare for the man’s trial, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The defense team, led by Judy Clarke — who has represented the man who shot Arizona Congresswoman…
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Fast Forward Remembering Berel Raskin The Fishmonger, An Icon Of Hasidic Crown Heights For Decades
Sholom Ber Raskin — a.k.a. Schlomo, a.k.a. Berel — legendary fishmonger to Hasidic Crown Heights for over 65 years, died on Saturday at the age of 84, Chabad.org reported in an obituary. Raskin was born in Leningrad in 1934, as government authorities had begun to strangle Jewish observance across Soviet Russia. When Raskin was six,…
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Fast Forward Meet Amy Eshleman, Wife Of Chicago’s New Mayor Lori Lightfoot
In April Chicago elected a new mayor: Lori Lightfoot, the first black woman to lead the third-largest city in the country. In several appearances, most notably at her victory party and her recent swearing-in, she was joined by her wife, Amy Eshleman. So who is Amy? Eshleman and Lightfoot have been together for 16 years,…
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Fast Forward Sackler Family-Owned Pharma Empire Pushed Opioid Painkillers In Italy Through Bribes: Report
Purdue Pharma, the pharmaceutical company owned by the Sackler family that lied about the addictiveness of its drugs and fueled a national health crisis that has claimed 400,000 lives, is currently the subject of over 2,000 lawsuits in the U.S. The company can now add Italy to its list of woes, as detailed in a…
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