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 PenceFence: Female Reporters Were Kept Behind Men During Pence’s Kotel Visit
Female reporters reacted with frustration on Tuesday after they were fenced behind their male counterparts while covering Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The press pool, set up on a raised platform overlooking the Western Wall and the stone square in front of it, was divided in half: Male reporters,…
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Fast Forward Yasir Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Attempts For Decades
“If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This was one of the reasons given by many people in Israel familiar with the government’s long-standing efforts to find and assassinate Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. A New York Times article details how Israeli intelligence and its military…
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Fast Forward One Of The Last Mysterious Fragments Of Dead Sea Scrolls Translated
Some of the last remaining obscure fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been decoded — and it looks like the original author made a mistake, the BBC reported. Israeli researchers at Haifa University worked more than a year to piece together small fragments of what is considered the oldest copy of the bible ever…
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Fast Forward Barry And Honey Sherman Murdered By Multiple People: Private Investigators
Private investigators believe that Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered by multiple killers, the CBC reported. The billionaire philanthropists were found hanging from a balcony by their pool in what was initially rumored to be a murder-suicide. A source with direct knowledge of the private investigation — funded by the children of the Shermans —…
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Fast Forward Matt Lauer Kicked Out Of House In The Hamptons
Matt Lauer has been kicked out of his house in the Hamptons by his wife, Page Six reported. The disgraced Today Show anchor was fired in late November after it was reported that he had sexually harassed multiple women while at NBC. A “well-placed source” told Page Six that Annette Roque, Lauer’s wife, forced him…
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Fast Forward LA Times CEO Spread ‘Frat House’ Culture At Businesses He Led
Ross Levinsohn, CEO and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, has been followed for two decades by allegations of sexual harassment and fostering sexually inappropriate work cultures, NPR reported Thursday. The report, based on dozens of interviews with former colleagues and court records from sexual harassment suits, details a pattern of Levinsohn objectifying women he…
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Fast Forward Two Jewish Orgs To Offer Genetics Screening Counseling For Newlyweds
Two companies that focus on supporting Jewish couples have partnered to offer genetic screening tests to newlyweds with at least one Jewish partner, eJewish Philanthropy reported. JScreen is a not-for-profit that provides health counseling and genetic screening tests for Jews. Honeymoon Israel provides trips to Israel for newlywed couples with at least one Jewish partner….
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Fast Forward 2008 Mumbai Bombings’ Youngest Jewish Survivor Finally Comes Home
Moshe Holtzberg was an infant when Pakistani terrorists shot his parents and four other Jews in a Mumbai Jewish community center. Now, at nine years old, he’s returned to Mumbai to dedicate the space as a “living memorial” to his parents, the Times of Israel reported. Surrounded by parents and dignitaries — and the nanny…
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