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 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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Fast Forward Can Rahm Emanuel Win Another Term As Chicago Mayor?
Rahm Emanuel is facing one of the toughest battles in his nearly three-decade career in politics: his bid for a third term as mayor of Chicago, POLITICO reported. Emanuel has been pilloried for raising taxes and pursuing policies that some say have disadvantaged the city’s poorer residents. He still lives under a cloud of suspicion…
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Israel News Genesis Prize Founders Make Cameo In Steele Dossier About Trump’s Russia Ties
The Russian billionaires behind the Israeli award that Natalie Portman snubbed last week are mentioned in the controversial Steele dossier, which details alleged connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan, who fund the $1 million annual Genesis Prize, are listed in the intelligence package compiled by former British…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Dad: I Pushed Him To Make Disastrous Fifth Ave Deal
Charles Kushner, Jared Kushner’s father, said that he pushed Jared to make what by many accounts was a disastrous purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue, a massive property for which the Kushner family business owes a massive, billion-dollar mortgage, Politico reported. “I pushed Jared to do the deal,” the elder Kushner told CNN in an interview…
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Fast Forward Is Trump’s Sleepy Eyes Jibe At Chuck Todd Anti-Semitic?
Is “sleepy eyes” Donald Trump’s latest anti-Semitic dog whistle to the white supremacists and neo-Nazis? That’s what the Washington Post is asking in a column after Trump tweeted the insult of Chuck Todd, the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” program on Monday. Trump is a famous user of belittling nicknames and monikers for rivals…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Group Burns Massive Swastika After Georgia Protest
Two dozen neo-Nazi protesters flooded a small Georgia town outside Atlanta with law enforcement Saturday, before retreating to a hillside to burn a massive swastika and rune symbol, the New York Times reported. The group, the National Socialist Movement, obtained a permit to demonstrate in Newnan, Ga., last month. Over 700 law enforcement agents from…
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Fast Forward Rosenstein Is Protecting Mueller At All Costs. Will It Change The Justice Dept?
Rod Rosenstein, in defending the independence of Robert S. Mueller’s investigation, could be threatening the independence of the Department of Justice, the New York Times reported. Rosenstein, the deputy director of DOJ, has walked a fine line over the past two weeks. There have been ample rumors coming out of the White House that Donald…
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Fast Forward When Kimba Wood, The Judge On Michael Cohen’s Case, Celebrated A Circumcision
Michael Cohen is asking Judge Kimba Wood to suppress legal documents related to his relationship with Donald Trump in his trial over payments to the pornographic actress Stormy Daniels. Wood, a federal judge, has certainly seen lighter moments in her time on the bench. In 2010, Wood gave a Jewish defense attorney the day off…
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