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 ‘Alt-Lite’ Furious With ADL Over ‘Hate Speech’ List
Far right-wing personalities are attacking the Anti-Defamation League after the civil rights organization included them them on a “hate speech” list. Several white nationalists and conspiracy theorists pushed back at the ADL’s branding them “alt-lite,” accusing the group of instigating violence against them for backing President Trump. “The ADL is trying to get my family…
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Fast Forward Don’t Let The Juice Loose, Says Ron Goldman’s Father
As O.J. Simpson tries for early release after being imprisoned for armed robbery, the father of murder victim Ron Goldman insisted the ex-football star should not get out of prison anytime soon. “What’s troubling to me is not only him but the whole system that gives second chances to violent felons, for that matter anyone…
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Fast Forward Tech Billionaire Evan Spiegel Parties On Yacht In Europe As Stock Hits Cold Snap
Evan Spiegel, the 27-year-old founder of Snapchat, is rubbing many of the company’s investors the wrong way, sailing on the Mediterranean Sea as the firm’s stock does a nose-dive. “Where are the shareholders’ yachts?” a disgruntled shareholder in the company told the New York Post’s Page Six. “Evan is chilling on the coast while Snap…
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Fast Forward Could Ivanka Trump Get Swept Up In Russia Scandal?
Ivanka Trump could finally get ensnared in the Russia scandal, with almost two dozen House Democrats sending a letter to the FBI asking if she knew about husband Jared Kushner’s meetings with Kremlin-linked officials and failed to disclose that information on her application for a security clearance. “We are concerned that Ivanka Trump may have…
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Fast Forward Israeli Student Faces Charges For Stealing Auschwitz Artifacts For College Art Project
An Israeli art student is in hot water after she admitted stealing artifacts from Auschwitz for a senior art project. Rotem Bides, 27, a student at Beit Berl College in Kfar Saba, told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that she stole the objects, including glass shards and soup bowls, in the course of six trips to…
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Fast Forward Linda Sarsour Blasts Tapper As ‘Alt-Right’ In Twitter Spat
Jake Tapper and Linda Sarsour got into a heated Twitter war, as the CNN anchor raised concerns about some of the Muslim civil rights activist’s previous statements — and she hit back by branding him part of the “alt-right.” The controversy began after the anti-Trump Women’s March, of which Sarsour is a national co-chair, tweeted out…
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News ‘Alt-Right’ Celebrity Milo Yiannopoulos Re-emerges After Pedophilia Comments
Back in February, it looked like Milo Yiannopoulos’s career was toast. After winning fame on the strength of President Trump’s campaign, the right-wing provocateur suffered a succession of setbacks after it was revealed that he once defended pederasty: He lost a book deal, a coveted speaking slot and his post at Breitbart News in one…
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Fast Forward Hamptons Money Man Punches Out Son Of Manhattan Jewelers At Charity Party
A rich Manhattan investor allegedly broke the nose of the teenage son of A-list Manhattan jewelers after his Hamptons charity party went awry. Michael Loeb, 62, is accused of having beaten up 18-year-old Avery Arjang, the son of gem-smiths Edi Arjang and Margo Manhattan, after one of Arjang’s friends got drunk at a party held…
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