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 Animal Rights Group Presses Fight Against Kapparot as Yom Kippur Approaches
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, makeshift chicken coops appear on the streets and sidewalks of Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods like Borough Park and Williamsburg, dedicated to the ritual sacrifice of chickens for atonement in a centuries old practice known as kapparot, or kaporos. After campaigning against the practice for years, the Alliance to End Chickens…
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News Deadly Hurricane Matthew Sends Jews Fleeing for Shabbat on Swathe of Atlantic Coast
On Friday, October 7, Shabbat was approaching — and off the coast of Florida and Georgia, so was Hurricane Matthew, the category 3 storm called a “monster” by Florida’s governor, Rick Scott. Which is why instead of putting out the prayer books and ironing their best clothes in preparation for Jewish day of rest, congregations…
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The Schmooze 6 Ways To Get Right With God This Yom Kippur
With Yom Kippur approaching, some might be thinking about how to get right with God. And over time a vast compendium of traditions have built up around the holy day in pursuit of just that. As we gear up for the big fast next Wednesday, here’s a selection of six of those customs, none of…
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News Will French Chief Rabbi’s Death Heal Split Over Gays?
Joseph Sitruk, the former chief rabbi of France who died in September, was a towering figure to his country’s Jewish community. Serving for two decades — between 1987 and 2008 — in the top clerical post, the Tunisian-born Sitruk gained a reputation for his charisma, friendliness to Orthodox and Sephardic teachings and engagement with the…
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The Schmooze Daniel Radcliffe Worth Almost $100 Million—and He’s Giving Back
Daniel Radcliffe, the “Harry Potter” star and heart-throb, might just have enough to buy Hogwarts, according to reports this week that he’s worth almost $100 million. “I’m very grateful for it, because having money means you don’t have to worry about it, which is a very lovely freedom to have. It also gives me immense…
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News Jason Kander’s Got Broadway in His Blood — and He’s Running for Senate From Missouri
The United States Senate has lots of outsized Jewish personalities, from Al Franken to Chuck Schumer to Bernie Sanders. If the polls in Missouri’s Senate race keep narrowing, their ranks might grow next January with the addition of Jason Kander, the young Democratic challenger who’s running close to Republican incumbent Roy Blunt. The Real Clear…
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The Schmooze WATCH: First Look at Natalie Portman as Jackie O in Upcoming Biopic
Natalie Portman will be donning that infamous pink dress in the new Jackie Kennedy biopic (appropriately titled “Jackie”) that’s hitting the screen in December. Portman seems to have turned in another deft performance, telling the story of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and Jackie Kennedy’s life afterward from the cultural icon’s point of view. In the…
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News Rodney Dangerfield Finally ‘Gets Some Respect’ With Mural in Queens Neighborhood
Rodney Dangerfield, who got “no respect” in life, got some after death. A mural dedicated to the late marquee comic was unveiled in his Kew Gardens, Queens neighborhood. Designed by Italian artist Francesca Robicci and appearing on the back wall of an area movie theater, the mural pictures the comedian, with rumpled suit and puckered…
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