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 Liberals Worried as Sheryl Sandberg Eyed for Treasury Secretary
Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook chief operating officer and women’s empowerment advocate, could be leaning in too far for some in the Democratic Party’s liberal base, according to a report in Politico. Rumored to be a top pick for Treasury Secretary in a potential Clinton administration, she is turning heads among many lefties who see her…
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Culture Takin’ The A Train to the Forgotten ‘Jews of Harlem’
THE JEWS OF HARLEM: THE RISE, DECLINE, AND REVIVAL OF A JEWISH COMMUNITY By Jeffrey S. Gurock NYU Press, 320 pages, $35 There was once an area in Manhattan where few Jews — and almost no whites — settled, that area beneath Morningside Heights, past Central Park, above 96th Street on the East Side: Harlem….
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The Schmooze What’s It Like to Make Out With Gal Gadot — and Zack Galifanakis?
What’s it like to kiss Israeli super model Gal Gadot and comedian Zach Galifianakis? Actress Isla Fisher knows, and Thursday night she dished about it to Jimmy Kimmel on his late show. “Miss Israel, she is beautiful,” Fisher kvelled about Gadot, who costars with her in the new comedy film “Keeping Up With the Joneses.”…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders to Coke, Pepsi: I’m No Soda Shill
Coke and Pepsi are feeling the Bern this week, and not in a good way. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders demanded in a cease and desist letter that the behemoth corporations stop using him in their ads against soda taxes in San Francisco and Oakland. “Advertising from the American Beverage Association that implies that I oppose…
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Fast Forward David Duke Makes It to Primetime for Louisiana Senate Debate — at Black College
After Wednesday’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, it might have seemed that we wouldn’t see the likes of it for a long time. But two weeks from now, Louisiana white supremacist and long-shot Senate candidate David Duke will take the debate stage with five of his rivals. After the story broke Thursday, Duke…
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Israel News WATCH: Tens of Thousands Thank God for Harvest at Western Wall
Coming after the High Holidays, Sukkot – the Jewish festival of the harvest – is for most a low key affair. But not so for the crowd of worshipers who gathered Wednesday in front of the Western Wall for a holiday prayer session. Numbering in the tens of thousands, the group congregated to recite a…
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Israel News Israelis Might Soon Get Their Pot at the Prescription Counter
If Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has his way, Israelis might soon be able to get pot along with their aspirin at the local drugstore. Pending regulations from the Health Ministry, Israel’s biggest pharmacy conglomerate will dispense medical marijuana at its hundreds of locations, according to a report in Ha’aretz. Israel currently allows sick people to…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman Helps Russ Feingold Rake In Cash for Tight Wisconsin Senate Fight
Hollywood’s a long way from Wisconsin, but as Russ Feingold, a former senator, fights to regain his old seat, he’s successfully bringing in some big guns from the entertainment industry, reported D.C. news site Roll Call. On October 18, comedian and actress Sarah Silverman sent a fundraising e-mail to the Democrat’s backers asking them to…
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