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 Upper West Side Judaica Store Slated To Close
A much-beloved 83-year-old Manhattan Judaica store is set to close down in the near future, with the owner citing the high rent and the effect of Internet book sales as his reasons. “I can’t afford the rent and the Internet,” owner Yaakov Saltzer told the West Side Rag. His store, which he bought in the…
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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Tech Staffer Arrested Trying To Flee Country
A technology worker in Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office was arrested at the airport on Tuesday, as he attempted to flee the country to Pakistan, amid a bank fraud investigation. The feds nabbed Imran Awan at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. as he prepared to board a flight to Lahore, Pakistan, reported Politico. Charged in…
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Fast Forward Bannon Brings Coulter To White House To Hector Trump
Ann Coulter is not happy with President Trump, and she has taken some harsh words to the president himself – with the help of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. According to a report in the New York Times, the right-wing provocateur met with the president a few weeks ago and urged him to re-focus…
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Fast Forward Rosenstein Praises Trump — Gets Chilly Reception From NAACP
Rod Rosenstein, the top Justice Department official who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller, stuck close to President Trump’s line on Tuesday, praising the new leader’s policies in a speech to the NAACP. “In President Trump’s inaugural address, he said that Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families and good jobs…
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Fast Forward Kushner Real Estate Firm Cuts Corners On New York Paperwork For Tenants
Jared Kushner basically used the time-honored “I forgot” excuse when it came to a few pesky meetings with Russian operatiives. Kushner Companies, the real estate firm linked to the presidential son-in-law has encountered some paperwork difficulties of its own – running afoul for having failed to register as rent-stabilized units that the corporation got a…
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Fast Forward Evangelicals Say ‘Just Like God’ To Give Us Jared And Ivanka
Jared Kushner received an assist from some unexpected friends amid the scandal over his connections to Russia – a bevy of evangelical Christian leaders. “It’s just like God to use a young Jewish couple to help Christians in the United States, defend their rights, and secure their religious freedom for now, and for subsequent generations,”…
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Fast Forward Three Israelis Killed In West Bank Terror Home Invasion
Three Israelis were killed Friday night in the West Bank settlement of Halamish, after a Palestinian assailant broke into a family home, stabbing them to death and leaving another person in serious medical condition. According to initial reports, the victims were a man in his 40s, a man in his 60s and a woman in…
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Fast Forward Hamptons Beat-Down Of Jewelers’ Son Shown In Photos
Photos have come out of the bloodied nose of Avery Arjang, the 18-year-old son of Manhattan jewelers who was punched in the face at a Hamptons gala by magazine magnate Michael Loeb. The pictures, released by the New York Post and taken at a hospital after the beat-down, show Arjang’s nose bandaged, with blood on…
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