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 Hitler’s Bulletproof Nazi Limo Spotted In Superrich Seattle Suburb
An armor-plated Mercedes-Benz limousine that Adolph Hitler used for parades was spotted last month in a superrich Seattle suburb that is home to Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, the Seattle Times reported. The five-ton limo, one of only 88 ever produced, was parked briefly on the streets of Medina, Washington, while likely en route to…
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Fast Forward VA Chief Responds To Staff Mutiny With An Armed Guard Outside His Office
David Shulkin, the Veterans Affairs Secretary, only meets with a few select staff members he trusts. His faith in his senior staff has eroded so much, there is now an armed guard outside his executive office, the Washington Post reported. Shulkin has by many accounts notched several wins at the VA during the first year…
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Fast Forward Tattoo Artist’s White Supremacist Sympathies Exposed When Readers Scrutinize Article
A Pittsburgh freelancer hid her profile subject’s swastika tattoo and connections to white supremacist circles, according to a statement on the article issued by its editor. The article, by Kim Rutt, was published by the Pittsburgh City Paper, an alternative weekly. Rutt profiled several female tattoo artists in Pittsburgh for the weekly’s first cover story…
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Fast Forward Sam Nunberg Thinks His Media Blitz ‘Made For Good TV’
Sam Nunberg, the former Trump campaign aide who railed against his boss on multiple cable news shows Monday, told the New York Times that he is proud of his performance. “I do believe that Donald Trump and Roger Stone are right: No publicity is bad publicity,” he said, referring also to the political operative who…
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Fast Forward Jewish Parkland Survivors Launch Movement For Parents To Pledge No To Guns
Two Jewish survivors of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, are launching a parallel gun reform movement to #NeverAgain, the New Yorker reported. Adam Buchwald and Zach Hibshman are both 17, and they’re hoping to get kids across the country to have their parents sign a contract that they’ll “vote for leaders who put kids’ safety…
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Fast Forward Montrealers Wear Yellow Badges To Protest Jewish School Buses
A group of Montreal citizens is using square yellow badges to protest the presence of private Jewish school buses in their neighborhood, sparking outrage in the city, the Times-Colonist reported. Ginette Chartre, a representative for the protesting Montrealers, refused to stop wearing the badges even after being told they evoked the yellow stars the Nazis…
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Fast Forward Aung San Suu Kyi Stripped Of Holocaust Museum Prize
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has stripped Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of its prestigious human rights award named for Elie Wiesel over Aun San Suu Kyi’s silence in the face of Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the New York Times reported. Aung San Suu Kyi, the political leader of Myanmar, was…
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Fast Forward 23andMe Can Now Test Your DNA For Breast Cancer Risk
23andMe recently received FDA approval to inform customers of its popular mail-in DNA tests about their risk for breast cancer, the Atlantic reported. 23andMe is the first company to get federal approval for a direct-to-consumer genetic cancer risk test. The FDA sanctioned 23andMe’s request to tell customers whether they have mutations on the genes BRCA-1…
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