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 Trump Tower Fire Kills Art Dealer Who Trump Called ‘Crazy Jew’
Donald Trump called the man who died in a fire at the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York a “crazy Jew” over two decades ago, the New York Daily News reported. Todd Brassner, an art dealer, was a longtime resident of Trump Tower — but he couldn’t wait to get out. He had…
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Fast Forward Anti-Soros Campaign Gives Viktor Orban’s Party A Supermajority In Hungary
Viktor Orban, leader of Hungary’s far-right Fidesz party was reelected prime minster after his party won a supermajority in Hungary’s parliament, the Washington Post reported. The vote was widely seen as a referendum on the status of democracy in Europe, especially with Orban already having been in power for two terms. Now, with two-thirds of…
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News 23andMe’s World Cup Campaign Leaves Ashkenazi Jews A Bit Nowhere
In the wake of the United States’ failure to qualify for the World Cup, which will be held in Russia, 23andMe has announced a new partnership with FOX Sports that will try to get fans pumped up by encouraging them to root for the country of their ancestors. It sure is nice to feel genetic…
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Fast Forward Heirs To Holocaust Victim Awarded Ownership Of Paintings Stolen By Nazis
A judge awarded ownership of two paintings by Egon Schiele that were looted by Nazis to the descendants of their owner, the BBC reported. Judge Charles Ramos, in New York, gave ownership of the paintings to the the descendants of Fritz Grunbaum, a Jewish Austrian performer and playwright who died in the Dachau prison camp….
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Fast Forward Soon-To-Be-Married Orthodox Couple Killed In Fiery Car Crash Near JFK
A recently engaged Orthodox couple were among the victims of a fiery car crash near New York’s JFK airport that injured seven other people Wednesday night, the New York Daily News reported. Yisroel Levin, 21, of Brooklyn, and Elisheva Kaplan, 20, of Queens, were driving on a foggy road when their sedan was caught in…
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Fast Forward Facebook Erased Mark Zuckerberg’s Messages From Other Users’ Inboxes
Facebook deleted Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook messages to other Facebook users from their chat history, Tech Crunch reported. Normally, you can’t delete messages you’ve already sent to other Facebook users. But Facebook deleted Zuckerberg’s messages, so that users’ chat history with Zuckerberg shows just one side of the conversation. Facebook said it changed Zuckerberg’s Messenger settings…
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Fast Forward Lawsuit May Force Daily Stormer, Neo-Nazi Website, To Reveal Funding Sources
The Daily Stormer, Andrew Anglin’s neo-Nazi website, may be forced to reveal its funding sources in an ongoing libel lawsuit, the Daily Beast reported. Anglin, whose whereabouts are unknown, is trying to dodge two lawsuits related to his website. One concerns a Jewish woman in Whitefish, Montana. Anglin urged his online followers to harass and…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Norwegian Ambassador Compares Critics Of Israel To Nazi Collaborators
Israel’s ambassador to Norway compared critics of Israel to Nazi collaborators in comments on Facebook, the Washington Post reported. Raphael Schutz made the comments under his post about recent clashes on Israel’s border with Gaza. Video footage shows Israeli snipers shooting unarmed Palestinian protesters with live ammunition. In a post published Saturday, Schutz claimed that…
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