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 Maggie Haberman, Superstar New York Times Reporter, Prays On Airplanes
Maggie Haberman has a bit of a thing for Kabbalah, as she revealed in an interview published by the Atlantic. Speaking with the Atlantic’s editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, Haberman discussed the hamsas she wears — and her habit of praying on airplanes. When asked if she was “Kabbalistic,” Haberman, the New York Times’ star reporter on…
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Fast Forward Friends Mourn Jewish Families Killed In Costa Rica Plane Crash
The Steinberg family of Scarsdale, New York, was wiped out in a plane crash Sunday in Costa Rica. Five other American tourists and the two pilots were also killed. Now, friends of the families are trying to pick up the pieces. Jonah Gray, 18, was the best friend of William Steinberg, the middle child, since…
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Fast Forward Israelis Say Pence’s Trip To Israel ‘Not On Our Schedule’
Israeli officials are saying that Vice President Mike Pence has indefinitely postponed a planned January trip to Israel, the Times of Israel reported. But Pence’s office is saying that the trip has simply not been scheduled. On Monday, Israel published a list of foreign governmental leaders visiting the country during January. Pence’s name was not…
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Fast Forward Florida Family, ‘Full Of Life,’ Were Onboard Doomed Plane In Costa Rica
Two Jewish families were onboard a doomed single-engine plane in Costa Rica that crashed shortly after takeoff. The two families were killed, along with their guide and the plane’s two pilots. There were no survivors. The Weiss family, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was Mitchell and Leslie Weiss, both doctors, and their children, Hannah, 19, and…
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Fast Forward Paul Nehlen Tweeted About A Fake Mossad Twitter Account – Unironically
Paul Nehlen tweeted screen-grabs of a Twitter account professing itself to be run by the Mossad, with the message “I notice things @FBI.” Something he didn’t notice: The account is a parody. Nehlen, a Wisconsin businessman running to unseat House Majority Leader Paul Ryan, has consistently made anti-Semitic statements and referenced anti-Semitic books and other…
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Fast Forward Dozens Wounded As Thousands Of Palestinians Protest Donald Trump
Over 50 people were injured in clashes with Israeli military during a “day of rage” protest in Gaza against President Donald Trump, Reuters reported. Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza and the West Bank to protest Trump’s decision this month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Protesters in Gaza chanted,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Forced NBA To Scrub ‘Occupied’ From Palestine Listing
Israel’s minister for sports and culture recently pressured the National Basketball Association to delete the word “occupied” from a listing for the “Palestinian Territories,” the Guardian reported. The designation was on a part of the NBA’s site listing countries in a pop-up menu for a poll of favorite players. Representatives for the NBA say the…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor And Inventor Of Kosher ‘Meals On Wheels’ Program Dies
Yehoshua Hershkovitz, who started the first kosher “Meals On Wheels” program out of his Brooklyn kitchen, died Monday, the New York Times reported. He was 92. In 1975, Hershkovitz founded Tomche Shabbos (“supporters of the Sabbath”) out of his home in Borough Park. Though he was a postal clerk, he was concerned that his neighbor,…
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