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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News It’s Jewish Judge vs. Jewish Judge: Posner Bad-Mouths Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Federal judges tend to have a strict sense of professionalism, commenting on and overruling each others’ verdicts with all due respect. But Richard Posner, the crotchety and loquacious jurist on the federal appeals court in Chicago, had no gumption about bad-mouthing his colleagues – even his fellow Jews — on the Supreme Court. At a…
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Breaking News Is Boris Epshteyn the First Face of Trump TV?
Since the launch of his presidential campaign last year, Donald Trump has taken over the cable news airwaves. Almost ubiquitous as the man himself, Trump spokesman Boris Epshteyn has made more than 100 television appearances for the candidate. Epshteyn, a Russian-Jewish immigrant and a 34-year-old attorney and Republican, might also be as controversial as his…
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Breaking News WATCH: Can This Cute Lesbian Couple Swing North Carolina?
The presidential election could turn on North Carolina. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are pouring millions into the state and surrogates are blanketing the state with rallies. But could Lennie Gerber and Pearl Berlin be the Democrats’ secret weapon? The Human Rights Campaign is pulling out the elderly lesbian couple, in hopes their heartwarming…
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The Schmooze Amy Schumer Lands in Hot Water After Beyonce Parody Video
Amy Schumer is being accused of culture appropriation and disrespecting Beyonce, pop’s reigning queen. Schumer, along with friends Wanda Sykes, Joan Cusack and Goldie Hawn, made a parody video of Beyonce’s recent single, “Formation,” a song that takes a provocative look at police brutality against African-Americans and includes references to the Black Panthers and Hurricane…
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Breaking News Facebook Co-Founder Dustin Moskovitz Gives $35M to Hillary Clinton and Demcrats
Democrats might have found their white knight — a Jewish billionaire who came out of nowhere to write eight-figure checks for their candidates and causes. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has forked over $35 million to Hillary Clinton and allies. But party officials fear he might dump them once the threat of Donald Trump is off…
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Breaking News Baltimore Poised To Elect First Orthodox City Councilmember
Baltimore has a rich Jewish history that stretches back to the colonial era. Next month will mark a milestone when it is expected to elect its first Orthodox Jew to the City Council. As the November election approaches, , Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer, a 20-something businessman, Sabbath observer, and father of one is the overwhelming favorite…
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News WATCH: Trump Backers Hurl Actual Nazi Slur at ‘Lying Press’
When Pat Buchanan ran for president more than two decades ago, attacking gays, feminists, liberals, single mothers in his famous “Culture War” speech, the late political humorist Molly Ivins joshed that the address sounded better “in the original German.” In this strange election season, her quip has traveled the distance from ribbing to reality. For…
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Breaking News Bill Clinton Warns of Trump, Urges Florida Jews to Get Out and Vote
No one knows tikkun olam, or “repairing the world” like Bubba, right? Former President Bill Clinton invoked that spirit — and something much more scary — to urge Florida Jews to stick to their Democratic Party roots and vote en masse for Hillary Clinton. He connected Hillary Clinton’s call for a more inclusive country, embodied…
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