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 Soros Foundations To Leave Hungary After Anti-Semitic Campaign
George Soros’ charitable foundations announced Tuesday that they are leaving Hungary, the New York Times reported. The Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist has been the target of sustained anti-Semitic rhetoric by Hungary’s Prime Minister, Victor Orban. Orban, an avowed nationalist and critic of Western Europe’s embrace of refugees, blamed Soros for much of the country’s economic…
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Israel News The Jerusalem Embassy Ceremony Is A Huge Gift From Trump To Evangelicals
For Donald Trump, the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem is a political victory. Big day for Israel. Congratulations! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018 But for evangelical Christians and some Jews, it is chiefly a religious victory. Monday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new embassy put Trump’s most loyal constituency —…
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Fast Forward Self-Described ‘New Hitler’ Sent Date 65K Texts After One Date
An Arizona woman who called herself the “new Hitler” sent over 65,000 texts in one year to a man she met on a first date, the New York Post reported. Jacqueline Ades was arrested Tuesday and charged with stalking, threatening and harassing a man from the Phoenix area. Authorities said that after her arrest they…
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News Is Jordan Peterson Enabling Jew Hatred?
Editor’s Note, May 14, 1:08 p.m.: The original version of this article featured an illustration juxtaposing Jordan Peterson’s image with that of Hitler. In the eyes of many, the art equated Peterson and Hitler, which was not our intent. We were trying to convey Peterson’s intellectual interest in the phenomena of Hitler and the Holocaust….
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News 10 Years After Postville, Sholom Rubashkin Is Free — And Backing Prison Reform
On May 12, 2008, government agents raided a massive kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa. Within days, over 300 undocumented workers at the plant had been sentenced to five months in prison, followed by deportation. One of the plant’s managers, Sholom Rubashkin, was eventually sentenced to 27 years in prison for financial fraud. But in December…
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Fast Forward Will A Sheldon Adelson Hotel Host The Trump-Kim Summit?
The Trump administration announced Thursday that the summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will happen in Singapore. That has opened up the possibility that the summit could happen at a hotel owned by Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson. Adelson’s international Sands corporation unveiled the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore in 2010. At the…
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News Is Vaping More ‘Kosher’ Than Smoking? Rabbis Say It’s Complicated.
Walk into Drop Juice, an e-cigarette store in Brooklyn, and you’ll hear customers asking the normal questions about vapor, oils and battery packs — in Yiddish. The store is located next to a yeshiva in one of Williamsburg’s ultra-Orthodox sections. Virtually of its customers are Hasidic, according to Moses, the manager. They buy his products,…
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Fast Forward Ohio Congress Candidate’s Campaign Sign Vandalized With Swastika
A Jewish candidate for Congress from Ohio said Monday that one of his campaign signs had been spray painted with a swastika, WBNS reported. Lawrence Cohen is one of 10 candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Ohio’s 12th district. He works as an accountant and has worked with the IRS. Cohen told the Forward…
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