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 Stephen Miller Pushes New Curbs On Immigrants — Ignoring His Own Jewish Family’s History
Once upon a time, a man named Wolf Lieb Glotzer fled anti-Semitism in current-day Belarus and found himself in American coal country. Glotzer’s enterprising sons also joined him in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Before long, they Anglicized their names and opened Glosser Bros. Department Store. Like so many immigrants before and since, the family became known as…
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News Liberal Rabbis Increasingly Support Officiating Weddings With Non-Jewish Clergy
Rabbi Lev Baesh has co-officiated a wedding with a Native American chief on the shores of Lake Michigan. He conducted Paris’ first Catholic-Jewish ceremony. One time, he stood under the chuppah with a Hindu pandit; another, with a Shiite cleric. Things finally got tricky with an evangelical preacher — who’d been asked by the Jewish…
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News This Louisville Synagogue Is Desperate Not To Be A Landmark
When Anshei Sfard became a local landmark, its congregation despaired. In March, the Louisville Landmarks Commission voted 5-4 to preserve the 70-year-old building, the last non-Hasidic Orthodox synagogue in the state. The vote came after nearly two-and-a-half hours of testimony. A primer on mid-century modern architecture was offered. The synagogue’s lawyer argued that the building…
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News Popular Minneapolis Rabbi Charged In Underage Sex Sting
A popular Minneapolis rabbi known for his student outreach work is facing charges stemming from a child sex sting conducted by Minnesota law enforcement in January and early February. Rabbi Aryeh Cohen was arrested February 1, after exchanging messages with a federal agent posing as a 15-year-old for over a week, according to the criminal…
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News Rabbi Will Do Interfaith Weddings – If The Kids Are Jewish
After mulling over the controversial question for three decades, Rabbi Joe Black has changed his mind. The leader of the largest Reform congregation in the Denver is now conducting interfaith wedding ceremonies. In a letter and sermon to his synagogue, Temple Emanuel, in May, Black said that he could not in good conscience turn away…
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News Why Was A ‘Righteous Gentile’ Turned Away From The Cemetery He’s Trying To Save?
Richard Levin, a reproductive surgeon in Louisville, Kentucky, has been researching his family history for over two decades. Several years ago, he uncovered the name of a relative — the brother of his great-great-grandmother — in New York City archives. But Levin’s busy schedule kept him from going to the relative’s grave in the dilapidated…
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News Predator Taught At Elite Jewish School A Decade Later Than First Reported
An educator convicted of molesting a child and accused of molesting at least three others worked at a Jewish school in New York for longer than the school initially reported, the Forward has learned. SAR Academy, a prestigious Modern Orthodox day school, sent a letter to parents in January stating that Stanley Rosenfeld was their…
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News JTS Made $100M In A Development Deal. Will It Give Some Money To Its Neighbors?
In 2015, Union Theological Seminary, a venerable Protestant institution in Manhattan, announced it would be opening up its campus to luxury condominium development to help pay for $125 million worth of repairs and upgrades. In late 2017, after prodding from a local community group, the school pledged $5 million to help keep local residents from…
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