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 Starbucks Drops ADL After Pressure From Women’s March
Starbucks has dropped the Anti-Defamation League as a participant in its racial sensitivity training following pressure from Women’s March activists, POLITICO reported. The training, scheduled for May 29, was announced after two black men were arrested for loitering in a Philadelphia Starbucks. Videos of the incident were widely shared on social media, leading to criticism…
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Fast Forward Refinery Owned By Billionaire Trump Buddy Gets EPA Waiver
A refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn — a close confidant of Donald Trump — received a government waiver to avoid spending millions to comply with government regulations, Reuters reported. Icahn was a special adviser to the president before stepping down last year amid questions over ethics breaches related to his activity in the White…
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Fast Forward Two Of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Pals Are Holding Up The VA’s Digital Transformation
Officials at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs are furious over the involvement of two Mar-a-Lago regulars in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs $16 billion digital transformation, POLITICO reported. Dr. Bruce Moskowitz is a Florida internist. Ike Perlmutter is an Israeli-American businessman and the chairman of Marvel Entertainment. Both have been involved in recent calls with…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Met With Russian Lawyer Now Known To Be Close To Kremlin
Jared Kushner was part of a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer at which the lawyer offered documents that she said would incriminate Hillary Clinton. Now, the New York Times is reporting that the lawyer, Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, has much closer ties to the Kremlin than previously disclosed. The revelations are renewing attention on…
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Fast Forward Half Of American Adults Believe In God ‘As Described In The Bible’
A new study from the Pew Research Center has found that while one in ten American adults say they do not believe in any higher power, a slim majority say they believe in God “as described in the bible.” The study of 4,700 U.S. adults, released Thursday, follows up on research documenting the declining interest…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Prison Reform Bill Blocked In House By Senate Heavyweights
The House GOP prison reform bill backed by Jared Kushner lost ground in the house after the House Judiciary Committee ditched their plans to vote on it Wednesday, POLITICO reported. The vote on the bill, one of the only bipartisan pieces of legislature in the pipeline in Congress, was postponed after two major senators intervened….
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Fast Forward Why Did Steve Mnuchin Lie About Watching The Eclipse?
Did Steve Mnuchin take an expensive, taxpayer-funded trip to Fort Knox to view the solar eclipse? That seems more likely after documents obtained by Think Progress show Mnuchin and his wife viewing the eclipse — after he said he had no plans to watch it. At the time, Mnuchin laughed off the notion that he…
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Fast Forward Treasury Says It Will Ease Sanctions On Major Firm If It Cuts Ties With Jewish Oligarch
The U.S. Treasury announced Tuesday it was easing sanctions on a major Russian aluminum firm — and said it would do away with the sanctions altogether if the firm cut ties with Russian Jewish oligarch Oleg Deripaska, POLITICO reported. The firm, Rusal, is the second-largest aluminum producer in the world. Deripaska, 50, is the company’s…
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