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 Businessman Hopes To Reboot Grossinger’s Borscht Belt Resort
More than three decades after it shuttered, Catskills resort Grossinger’s could reopen as a hotel, spa and conference center. Louis Cappelli, who owns the property, is applying for it to be designated a “brownfield,” a first step to securing funds to rehabilitate the property as a glamorous getaway, he told The New York Times. Cappelli…
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Fast Forward ACLU Sues D.C. Metro For PETA, Milo Yiannopoulos Ads
What do Milo Yiannopoulos and the animal rights group PETA have in common? Not much, but both are coming together in a lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority — commonly known as “Metro” — which prohibited them for advertising on the D.C. subway. What’s more, the American Civil Liberties Union is spearheading the…
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Fast Forward Fox News’ Seth Rich Reports Could Hurt Parent Company’s Mega-Merger Deal
Allegations that Fox News colluded with the Trump White House to promote conspiracy theories about the death of a former Democratic National Committee staffer could have global implications, with British media regulators reportedly looking into the matter as they review parent company News Corp.’s bid to take full control of the British TV company Sky….
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Fast Forward ‘West Wing’ Alum Josh Malina Calls Trump Voters Stupid
Josh Malina, the Jewish actor who rose to celebrity on the “West Wing,” has taken a swipe at Trump voters, in a missive that might have been considered a gaffe in the Bartlet White House. If you’re one of the stupid cocks who voted for this stupid cock, do you not feel like a stupid…
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Breaking News Populist Stephen Miller Lives In A Luxury Condo Complex Partly Owned By Qatar
Stephen Miller blasted a CNN reporter last week for his “cosmopolitan” bias, but the White House adviser looks like a consummate cosmopolite in his own right since the revelation that he lives in a luxury Washington, D.C., complex partly owned by a foreign government. Miller’s apartment is part of the CityCenterDC complex, a sleek new…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren Comes Out Against Senate Anti-BDS Bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced on Monday that she would oppose the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, becoming the latest Democrat to ditch the legislation over free speech concerns. “I do not support the boycott, I think the boycott is wrong,” the Massachusetts Democrat said at a town hall meeting, referring to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement…
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Fast Forward Mega-Lawyer Lisa Bloom Repping Clients Accusing Usher Of Giving Them Herpes
Mega-lawyer Lisa Bloom held a press conference on Monday with a woman accusing the rap star Usher of having exposed her to genital herpes without fair warning. With Bloom standing next to her, Quantasia Sharpton said that Usher picked her out of a crowd at a concert to proposition her for sex. She said that…
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Fast Forward Sen. Blumenthal: Trump’s Obsession With Me Is A Distraction From Russia
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said on Tuesday that President Trump’s continued Twitter ire against him was intended as a distraction from the Russia investigation and the work of special counsel Robert Mueller. “It’s really not about me,” Blumenthal said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I have no idea what’s in the president’s head, but I can…
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