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 Carl Icahn Dumped Millions In Stock Tied To Steel Before Trump’s Tariffs Announcement
Trump confidant and billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn got a lucky break on a conspicuous trading decision last week, ThinkProgress reported. SEC filings from February 22 show that Icahn dumped a million shares of an American company that relies heavily on use of steel imports — roughly a week before Donald Trump announced a planned…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Sculpture Of Harvey Weinstein’s ‘Casting Couch’ Unveiled In Hollywood
A gold-plated statue of Harvey Weinstein sitting on his “casting couch” — bathrobe-clad, gripping his Oscar — has arrived in Hollywood ahead of the Oscars, Page Six reported. The sculpture is a collaboration between the artist Plastic Jesus and Joshua “Ginger” Monroe, who is best known for crafting the statue of a naked Donald Trump…
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Fast Forward White House Calligrapher Has Higher Security Clearance Than Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner now has a lower security clearance than the White House calligrapher, CNN reported. Kushner’s temporary “top secret” security clearance was recently downgraded to only “secret.” Approximately 1,363,483 other people in government have top secret security clearance. The White House’s official calligrapher, who creates invitations and place-setting cards for official dinners, is among those…
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Fast Forward The White Nationalists Are Amateurs, According To An Undercover Journalist
Vegas Tenold, a Norwegian journalist, spent over seven years embedded in different white nationalist groups, and his new book tells of living in a hateful mishmash of outcasts that is barely holding itself together. In an interview with Vice, Tenold explained why he thinks membership in white nationalist organizations is appealing — and why their…
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Fast Forward Sanders Campaign Settles FEC Suit Over Illegal Donations From Australians
The Federal Elections Commission ruled that Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign illegally received foreign donations with the help of Australian volunteers, Bloomberg Government reported. Australians underwritten by the Australian Labor Party worked for Sanders’ campaign, receiving over $24,000 total for airfare and stipends. The campaign workers were apparently only present for the New Hampshire primary. The…
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News Evangelicals Love Queen Esther — And It Explains Why They Stick With Trump
Donald Trump is a modern American man, one of the most powerful people in the world, thrice married and not known for his meekness. The heroine of the Purim story, Esther, was an orphaned Jewess from ancient Persia plucked out of obscurity to be queen, remembered for her courage to speak truth to power. Hardly…
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Fast Forward Parkland Gunman Had Swastikas Etched Onto His AR-15 Magazines
The teenage gunman who stormed the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, killing 17 people, had swastikas etched into his AR-15 bullet magazines, CBS reported. Cruz is facing 17 counts of premeditated murder. CBS’ source — a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into the shooting — also said that Cruz had 180 rounds…
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Fast Forward Does Chuck Schumer Know What ‘Netflix And Chill’ Really Means?
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tweeted Tuesday evening about the dangers that ending Net Neutrality poses to the enshrined millennial pastime of “Netflix and chill,” prompting mocking tweets from all sides of the political spectrum. In several tweets, Schumer tried to explain how Net Neutrality, which enshrines similar data speeds across all web streaming…
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