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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News 52 Iraqi Jews Were Killed By The Secret Police. 50 Years Later, Their Descendants Come Forward.
The men in the back asked for silence, and then one began to read the names of the Iraqi Jews killed half a century ago. There were 52 in all: nine hanged in a public square after a show trial in 1969, the rest disappeared by the secret police. The hangings were a de facto…
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Fast Forward Yes, Bernie Sanders And Chuck Schumer Do Look Like Muppets — The Crabby Ones
Did you know that Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer bear more than a passing resemblance to the Muppets characters Statler and Waldorf? Now you do. Ok does no one else see it pic.twitter.com/aNUPpXW3Ei — Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 5, 2019 Business Insider politics reporter Joe Perticone noticed the similarities in a recent tweet, prompting a…
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News Crown Heights Jews Feel ‘Invisible’ As Anti-Semitic Attacks Persist
Just before 1 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, a 22-year-old man was sucker-punched while speaking on the phone in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. A few minutes earlier, a 51-year-old man nearby was knocked down and beaten. Neither had anything stolen from them. Both were Jewish. The twin attacks, from the same group of three assailants, make…
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Fast Forward Hitler Meme — Yes, That One — Ignites Controversy In Dallas Mayoral Race
A video meme featuring Adolf Hitler has stirred up Dallas’ mayoral race, the Dallas Morning News reported. The video, created with the website “Caption Generator,” depicts the current Dallas mayor as Hitler and several mayoral candidates as Nazis, discussing the race. The video is the scene from the 2004 German film “Downfall” in which Hitler…
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Fast Forward Meet The Nice Jewish Boy Who Called Howard Schultz An ‘Egotistical Billionaire A****e’
The man who heckled Howard Schultz, the ex-Starbucks CEO and possible presidential candidate, is a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn. He spoke with Gothamist about his history of heckling,, his belief in the power of heckling and his tried and true heckling method. Andy Ratto, an activist, called out Schultz during the latter’s appearance at…
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Fast Forward RBG Death Conspiracy Theories From QAnon Encouraged By Sebastian Gorka
Former White House advisor Sebastian Gorka is encouraging conspiracy theories that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is either dying or dead, the Daily Beast reported. Ginsburg has cancelled public appearances since undergoing surgery to remove cancerous growths in her lungs. The filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated documentary “RBG” told CNN last week that they spoke…
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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg: Teens Who Downloaded Controversial App ‘Consented’
Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview Wednesday that teenagers who downloaded a controversial data collection program created by Facebook knew what they were downloading, Gizmodo reported. The program, created by Facebook’s market research team, was marketed to — and downloaded by — users as young as 13, TechCrunch reported. Once downloaded onto a user’s phone,…
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Fast Forward Chris Christie Roasts Jared Kushner’s Dad, Calls His Crimes ‘Disgusting, Loathsome’ In New Book
In a news segment promoting his new memoir “Let Me Finish,” Chris Christie said that the offense committed by Charles Kushner, Jared’s father, was “One of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted,” the Washington Post reported. Charles famously videotaped his own brother-in-law having sex with a hired sex worker, and tried to use…
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Yiddish „מײַן זינגען אויף ייִדיש האָט גאָרנישט צו טאָן מיט נאָסטאַלגיע““My singing in Yiddish has nothing to do with nostalgia“
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