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 Georgina Chapman Gets Eight-Figure Settlement In Divorce From Harvey Weinstein
Georgina Chapman received an eight-figure settlement in her divorce from Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer accused of serial sexual assault, Page Six reported. The deal, reportedly worth between $15 and $20 million, was signed at the end of 2017. According to sources, the negotiations nearly ended, which would have led to a public divorce…
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Fast Forward Gov. Eric Greitens Admits Affair — Accused Of Blackmailing Mistress With S&M Pic
Eric Greitens, the Republican governor of Missouri, admitted Wednesday to having an extramarital affair after a CBS affiliate St. Louis reported that Greitens had tried to blackmail his mistress with a picture showing her bound, blindfolded and partly undressed. KMOV 4 obtained a recording of Greitens’ former hairdresser confessing the affair — from 2015 —…
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Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. To access the series, click here. The victim Ira Tobolowsky was a respected civil lawyer who lived and worked in Dallas. The Tobolowsky family is well-known in the city, which…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner And Huma Abedin Will Settle Divorce Out Of Court
An attorney for Huma Abedin filed paperwork Wednesday in court signed by her and Anthony Weiner agreeing to withdraw their divorce suit, the New York Post reported. The judge promptly announced their case “discontinued.” “In order to ensure the proceedings have a minimal impact on their child, the parties have decided to finalize their divorce…
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Fast Forward Blaire White Is A Transgender YouTuber On The Trump Train
Blaire White is a popular conservative YouTube personality with 360,000 subscribers. Her bio says she “create[s] videos making fun of ideologues and cultural marxism” — a far-right term of art for undesirable Jewish cultural influence. Several times a month she posts videos with names like “Fat Acceptance Is Stupid” and “The Most Racist Black Man…
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Fast Forward Jacqueline Kent Cooke: I Said ‘Trying To Get Through’ — Not ‘Jew’
Jacqueline Kent Cooke was arrested on New Year’s Eve for slamming her glass purse into the head of a Jewish lawyer after telling him, his wife, his 90-year-old mother and four daughters, “Hurry up, you Jew.” But now, Cooke is saying the drunken brawl initiated by her words was a total misunderstanding: She actually said,…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Personal Lawyer Sues Fusion GPS And Buzzfeed Over Russia Dossier
President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer filed defamation suits against Buzzfeed and Fusion GPS over the publication of the infamous Steele dossier, the New York Times reported. Michael Cohen filed separate suits against Fusion GPS and Buzzfeed. The dossier, compiled by Christopher Steele, a British spy, for the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, describes Cohen…
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News Who Murdered These Jewish Snowbirds In Their Florida Condo?
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. Click here to access the rest of the series. David “Donny” Pichosky and Rochelle Wise found each other late in life, marrying in 2009 when they were both in their…
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