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
By Daniel J. Solomon
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Fast Forward Charlie Hebdo Cartoon Praises Hurricane Harvey For ‘Drowning Neo-Nazis’ Of Texas
Charlie Hebdo published an inflammatory cover this week praising God for having “drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas” with the onset of Hurricane Harvey. The headline, posted on Facebook ahead of Wednesday publication, read: “God exists, he drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas.” The cartoon on the front shows people drowning amid Nazi flags. The…
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Fast Forward Oxford Prof Resigns After Finding Out School Named For Trump Donor
Bo Rothstein resigned from his endowed professorship in government at Oxford University after learning that his school had been named in honor of a supporter of President Trump who had donated tens of millions of British pounds to the institution. “I’ve never had so much applause in my life,” said Rothstein, a Swedish-Jewish political scientist…
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Fast Forward Queens Man Rips Down Nazi Display In Apartment Building
A Queens man ripped down a strange World War II commemorative display in the lobby of a Queens apartment building, following long years in which the montage rankled those who lived there. “Someone had to do something, and it’s a real shame that it took this long for anybody to do anything,” local activist Jeff…
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Fast Forward Man Caught Wearing Swastika Chain On New York Subway
It’s not only in Charlottesville that neo-Nazis are feeling emboldened to walk around sporting their hate in the light of day. A concerned citizen snapped a photo Monday of a creep in Queens wearing a Nazi necklace – with a swastika on it – inside the Queensborough Plaza station of the New York City subway….
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Fast Forward Financier Plunges To Death From Fourth Floor On Upper East Side
An Upper East Side woman leapt to her death in a harrowing incident on Monday morning, in the usually tranquil Manhattan neighborhood. Lindsay Jacoby jumped from the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment on Henderson Place after a career as a Wall Street recruiter, working for JPMorgan and Citigroup, the New York Post reported. “It was…
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Fast Forward Zabars Heiress Makes Leap From Lox To Vintage Couture
Rachel Zabar has gone from serving up caviar at her family’s famous Upper West Side grocery store to selling vintage clothes to the stars. That’s according to a Sunday profile in The New York Times that takes a look at the Jewish grocery store heiress’ masterful move into the competitive world of second-hand clothes dealing….
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Fast Forward Manhattan Church Tagged With Swastika In Hate Attack
A swastika was found written in marker on the entrance to an Upper West Side church last Wednesday, in an incident that the New York Police Department is investigating as a hate crime. The Nazi insignia was discovered at the entrance to St. Paul and St. Andrew Church, a United Methodist institution, by two pastors…
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Fast Forward Is David Shulkin Trump’s Most Popular Cabinet Member?
David Shulkin is winning plaudits from across the aisle for his work remaking the Veterans Affairs administration and revamping healthcare for former soldiers. “What motivates me and what motivates Dr. Shulkin is the same, to provide the best care to veterans,” Tennessee Republican representative Phil Roe told Politico. “I don’t know whether he’s a Republican…
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