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.
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By Ari Feldman
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Fast Forward Parkland Sheriff Scott Israel At Center Of Alt-Right Hoax After Shooting
Sheriff Scott Israel, of Parkland, Florida, has found himself at the center of a hoax perpetuated by the far right, POLITICO reported. Israel came into the national spotlight after the shooting, which left 17 people dead. Israel’s police department has been accused of ignoring the warning signs that the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was a threat….
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Fast Forward Jeffrey Toobin Goes After Alan Dershowitz On CNN: ‘What Happened To You?’
Legal expert Jeffrey Toobin clashed with his former law professor, Alan Dershowitz, during Anderson Cooper’s CNN show Wednesday evening. Dershowitz is a famous defense attorney who taught Toobin as a professor at Harvard University’s law school. Their tense exchange came as they were both discussing the legal necessity of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into…
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News Some Jews Do Love To Shoot — Just Not On Shabbat
On Saturday, the March for Our Lives, a gun protest march organized in part by teenage survivors of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, will take place in cities across the country. Plenty of Jews will be in attendance — some of Parkland’s strongest voices since the shooting have been Jewish survivors and parents of those…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Secret Raid On Syria’s North Korean-Made Nuclear Reactor
The operation was codenamed “Outside The Box,” and for 11 years Israeli officials kept a tight lid of secrecy around the bombing. POLITICO published a story about the raid, which is only now being confirmed by Israeli officials. The Israeli air force bombed an unmarked building in Syria on September 6, 2007. Both the Mossad…
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Fast Forward Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Fights On CNN With Trump’s Lawyer’s Lawyer
The lawyer of Stormy Daniels, the former porn actress suing Donald Trump, and a lawyer for Donald Trump’s lawyer got into it on live TV last night. Michael Avenatti, who is representing Stormy Daniels, traded barbs with Arthur Schwartz, who is representing Michael Cohen. Cohen is Trump’s longtime personal lawyer — his signature is on…
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News Ultra-Orthodox Anti-Vaxxers Push Yeshivas To Admit Unvaccinated Students
Jews have been associated with the medical profession for more than 1,000 years. The “physician’s prayer,” which decorates the walls of countless doctors of all faiths, is popularly believed to have been written by Maimonides, a 12th-century rabbi. Five hundred years ago, Jews comprised half the doctors in Europe and less than 1% of the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: More Anti-Semitic Comments From D.C. Lawmaker Who Thinks Jews Control Weather
Trayon White, the Washington, D.C., council member who came under fire yesterday for posting that a recent winter storm was due to the “Rothschilds controlling the climate” was found to have made earlier anti-Semitic statements, the Washington Post reported. The comments came during a meeting of many top D.C. officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser. “There’s…
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Fast Forward Engine Failure Forces Javanka’s Trump-Owned Helicopter To The Ground
Engine malfunction forced a helicpter carrying Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to the ground last week, law enforcement officials told CNN. The couple was flying from Washington, D.C. to New York when on the engines on their twin-engine helicopter, owned by the Trump Organiation, failed, forcing a quick landing. The couple ended up taking a…
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