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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Fast Forward YouTube Won’t Ban Neo-Nazi Group Linked To Blaze Bernstein’s Murder
YouTube refuses to take down videos made by the neo-Nazi militia group Atomwaffen, the Daily Beast reported. Atomwaffen has cells in over two-dozen states, and has been linked to (multiple murders over the past year.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/atomwaffen-nazi-murder-bomb-plot_us_5a70825ae4b00d0de2240328) One of it’s members, Sam Woodward, has been accused of murdering Blaze Bernstein, a Jewish teenager from California. The group…
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Fast Forward Ex-Male Stripper To Eric Greitens: I Also Did Crime You’re Accused Of. Pardon Me.
Eric Greitens is the embattled governor of Missouri, fighting charges that he surreptitiously recorded a woman he was having an affair with without her consent. Now an ex-male stripper accused of the same crime is requesting a pardon from Greitens, the Washington Post reported. The ex-male stripper is Paul Henfried, who was convicted nearly two…
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Fast Forward Simon Wiesenthal Center Mulls Travel Advisory To Jews Going To Poland
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights non-profit, is mulling posting a travel advisory for Jews going to Poland in the wake of an international controversy over a Holocaust rhetoric law, the Jewish Chronicle reported. “We would take such action with great reluctance. We are not enemies of Poland,” the group said in a statement….
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Fast Forward Parkland School Shooting Survivors Travel To NYC For Chabad Youth Summit
Three students who survived the shooting earlier this month at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida traveled to New York City over the weekend to take part in Chabad’s annual youth festival, the New York Post reported. The students were part of roughly 2,500 teenagers who attended Chabad’s CTeen meeting, held in Brooklyn. The…
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News How The Rabbis Of Parkland Cope With Torrents Of Tears — And Prepare For The Next Shooting
Around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14, Rabbi Shuey Biston received an email alert from the Broward County Sheriff’s Department: All chaplains in the area were to report to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shortly after arriving, Biston found out why. Biston waited with parents he knew through Chabad of Parkland, where he is director…
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Fast Forward ‘Hunting Hitler’ Show Accidentally Reveals Face Of Nazi War Criminal’s Grandson
The History Channel tv show “Hunting Hitler” accidentally revealed the face of a Nazi war criminal’s grandson, the New York Daily News reported. During a recap of the interview during the show, footage from the interview was shown that did not blur the man’s face, as it had been when the interview was first shown….
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Fast Forward Swastikas Carved Into Car Windows In Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Neighborhood
Police are investigating two swastikas carved into the passenger side windows of two cars in a heavily Hasidic neighborhood of Brooklyn, ABC7 reported. A Lexus and a Ford were found with damage late Wednesday night on a quiet street in Borough Park. The swastikas are being investigated as a possible bias crime. Contact Ari Feldman…
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Fast Forward German Figure Skater Pummeled On Twitter For Using ‘Schindler’s List’ Song
Nicole Schott, a German figure skater, was roundly criticized on Twitter for skating to a song from the score of the famous Holocaust movie “Schindler’s List,” the New York Daily News reported. Dozens of tweets about the performance quickly put the movie’s title on Twitter’s list of trending topics When you realize a German ice…
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