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 World’s Oldest Man – And Holocaust Survivor – Dies At 114
Yisrael Kristal, a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust to immigrate to Israel and become the world’s oldest man, died on Friday at the ripe age of 114. Kristal’s more-than-a-century of life were marked by tragedy. Born in Poland, he lost his first wife and their two children to the Holocaust – after the children…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish Champagne,’ AKA Seltzer, Sees Its Popularity Bubble
Seltzer has long been a Jewish beverage of choice, from the saloons of the Lower East Side to the Shabbat tables of today. And it looks like America is catching on, as seltzer consumption hits a new record. According to NPR’s Morning Edition, Americans last year downed 170 million gallons of the fizz drink (“sparkling…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Drops Luxury Redevelopment Plan For Historic Palestinian Village
Jerusalem’s city government has set aside plans to redevelop the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta, with its historic stone homes, into a luxury development featuring 200 McMansions. “The plan has been taken off the agenda so that it can undergo additional professional consideration,” the municipality said in a statement after a planning committee turned down…
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Fast Forward Bibi Releases His Inner Trump, Ripping Into Media ‘Witch Hunt’
As a financial scandal threatens the continued reign of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister, is he going full Trump? As the premier attacks the media and rallies his base, some say the answer is yes. Bibi released his inner Trump at a rally last night to shore up his support as possible indictments await…
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Fast Forward CNN Fires Commentator Jeffrey Lord For Tweeting ‘Sieg Heil’
CNN fired pro-Trump commentator Jeffrey Lord on Thursday after he tweeted the Nazi slogan “Sieg Heil” and mocked the liberal organization Media Matters as “fascist.” “Nazi salutes are indefensible,” a cable spokesman said. “Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.” Lord, who was an aide in the Reagan administration, has been a high-visibility pundit…
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Fast Forward Israel Once Tried To Turn North Korea Into A Friend
More than two decades ago, as Israel sought peace with Palestinians and Arab states, it also sought to thaw its relationship with North Korea — an effort that diplomats claim might have succeeded had the Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, not intervened. According to the Times of Israel, five Israeli diplomats traveled to Pyongyang in 1992…
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Fast Forward Critics Ask Manchester University To Remove Holocaust Denier Books From Library
Jewish students and faculty at Manchester University in Great Britain are demanding that the institution remove books by the Holocaust denier David Irving from its library — a request that the college has denied on free speech grounds. “Leaving Irving’s books on open display is a threat to the safety of Jewish students and staff…
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Fast Forward Lieberman Defends Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ North Korea Threat
Former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman is defending President Trump’s hot rhetoric against North Korea, saying that it might not be the worst thing to use martial words against the nuclear-armed totalitarian regime. “I know that President Trump’s words were strong, but I’m not upset about them because we’ve tried for years and years, really decades,…
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