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 Steve Jobs’ Widow Buying The Atlantic Magazine
Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, will acquire majority ownership of the Alantic Media Company as David Bradley sells off most of his share in the venerable institution. “Against the odds, The Atlantic is prospering,” wrote Bradley wrote in a memo on the sale. “While I will stay at the helm…
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Fast Forward Swastikas And Homophobic Graffiti Scrawled In Queens Park
The New York Police Department is looking for vandals who scrawled swastikas and anti-gay graffiti on rocks and trees in Queens’ Forest Park after the graffiti was discovered on Sunday. “The graffiti was discovered by Parks staff on Sunday evening, and was promptly painted over,” a spokeswoman for the New York City Parks Department told…
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Fast Forward Kushner Firm In $70K Food Fight With Brooklyn Italian Restaurant
Jared Kushner’s real estate firm is tied up in a legal fight with a Brooklyn Italian eatery that claims the company has failed to upkeep the property and cost the restaurant business. The owners of La Nonna, located on 184 Kent Avenue in hipster Williamsburg, started withholding their rent to Kushner Co. back in February…
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Fast Forward Scaramucci Goes Biblical On Reince Priebus — And There’s No Happy Ending To That Story
Anthony Scaramucci comparing his relationship with the chief of staff Reince Preibus to the Biblical one between Cain and Abel — and we all know how well that worked out. “If you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds. We have had differences. When I said we were brothers from…
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Fast Forward Shabbat Terror Family Invites Public To Bris Of Surviving Grandson
Only a few days after three relatives were slaughtered in a terrorist home invasion, the Salomon family is inviting the Israeli public to attend the circumcision of a newborn whose birth they were celebrating when the attack occurred. Three people were killed in the Friday night attack sparked by tensions over worship at Jerusalem’s Temple…
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Fast Forward Ben Shapiro Praises Trump’s Ban On ‘Transgenders’ In The Military
Ben Shapiro endorsed President Trump’s planned ban on transgender people serving in the military, branding them for what he called a “severe mental illness.” “It was a bad policy because it made the entire army, entire military change its policies to basically fit the needs of a very small contingent people who unfortunately suffer from…
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Fast Forward David Horowitz Isn’t Happy With Trump’s Attack On Sessions
David Horowitz, the far-right publisher and pundit, cautioned President Trump against ripping into Attorney General Jeff Sessions – another rebuke from the president’s base over his public anger at Sessions. I have to confess, I’m really distressed by Trump’s shabby treatment of Sessions. — David Horowitz (@horowitz39) July 25, 2017 Everything hinges on Trump’s success….
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Fast Forward SlutWalk Organizer Seems To Ease Off ‘Zionist’ Ban
After the heads of the Chicago SlutWalk announced they would ban “Zionist symbols” in solidarity with the city’s Dyke March, the organization appears to be easing off that position, with a chief organizer telling the Algemeiner that the demonstration will be inclusive. “Just come with good intentions of participating in a demonstration that’s about supporting…
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