Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.
Daniel J. Solomon
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Israel News Israeli Couple Wins Right To Get Grandchild — Using Dead Son’s Sperm
After a protracted legal battle, an Israeli couple won the right to produce a grandchild using the sperm of their son, who died in a car crash while serving in the Israeli Navy four years ago. Irit and Asher Shahar plan to use a donor egg and surrogate mother to produce a son or daughter…
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News Charities Lean More on Donations From the Wealthiest — Jewish Groups Included
Giving in the United States is more than ever a rich person’s sport, finds a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies. And Jewish charities aren’t immune to the trend, according to nonprofit consultant and fundraiser Avrum Lapin. “The growth of inequality is mirrored in philanthropy,” one of the report’s authors, Chuck Collins, told…
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News Branded a ‘Filty Jewess,’ Erin Schrode Lashes Out at Alt-Right as ‘Modern-Day Nazis’
Erin Schrode has a message for the “alt-right” – she’s not going to take it anymore and she thinks the group’s name is bogus. “I am done with the term ‘Alt-Right’ for those who are effectively modern-day Nazis and Ku Klux Klan, for those who attack me personally with unspeakable, unabating venom, for those who…
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Fast Forward Harvard to Host Steve Bannon, Former Breitbart Chief, Incoming Trump Adviser
Harvard will host Steve Bannon, an alumnus of its business school, at a conference this week for its Kennedy School of Government, according to a reportin the Harvard Crimson. Bannon, Donald Trump’s incoming chief White House strategist, might participate in a panel discussion or sit for an interview at the event, scheduled for Thursday and…
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News White Nationalist Richard Spencer to Speak at Texas A&M
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who coined the term ‘alt-right,’ will speak at an event in December on the campus of Texas A&M, according to a report in the Texas Tribune. Spencer, who calls for the founding of a white “ethnostate,” will headline an event on campus, after an invitation from a former student at…
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News Did CNN Make Alt-Right Normal With ‘Are Jews Human’ Banner — or Warn of Dangerous Reality?
Critics reacted on Monday night after CNN displayed an on-air headline seen as pandering to white nationalists and supremacists, stirring concern that the “alt-right” could be mainstreamed or normalized. “Alt-right founder questions whether Jews are human,” the text read, while anchor Jim Sciutto discussed with two guests a Washington, D.C. ‘alt-right’ conference at which one…
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Fast Forward Did Ann Coulter Defend American Nazis in This Tweet?
Ann Coulter used Twitter Monday to compare Nazis favorably to African-American activist Al Sharpton, adding another tweet to a string that have generated immediate backlash. Total # of deaths connected to American Nazi Party in last quarter century: ZERO; Total # of deaths connected to Al Sharpton: 9 I know of. — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter)…
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Fast Forward David Duke Targets NYC Mayor for His Torah and Prayer Shawl
David Duke wants President-elect Donald Trump to go after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the white supremacist wrote tweeted on November 25. The mayor of NYC, Bill de Blasio (born Warren Wilhelm Jr.), is one disrespectful/hateful man – Sure hope Trump puts him in his place.#MAGA pic.twitter.com/HpZzWsi6AG — David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) November 18,…
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