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 French Jewish Lawmaker Stirs Controversy With Hebrew Prayers — And Focus On Israel
Meyer Habib, who represents in the French Parliament nationals living abroad in eight countries including Israel, stirred a controversy this week after he gave a victory speech in which he thanked God and prayed in Hebrew. “I can’t stop myself from thanking you and also thanking the All Powerful, because while we are in a…
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Fast Forward Trump Snipes At Jon Ossoff On Twitter As Georgia Votes
As voters in the Atlanta suburbs cast votes in a closely watched special election pitting Democrat Jon Ossoff against Republican Karen Handel, President Trump is endorsing her and blasting him in a series of tweets. Big day tomorrow in Georgia and South Carolina. ObamaCare is dead. Dems want to raise taxes big! They can only…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Jr. Takes To Twitter Over Israel Terror Attack
Donald Trump Jr. led a Twitter campaign to push the BBC to change a headline on a story about a weekend terror attack in Israel, blasting the venerable news organization for what he and other Israel advocates said was bias. So nice of @BBC to take down their ridiculous tweet from this morn. If they…
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Fast Forward GOP Official Says Congressman’s Shooting Will ‘Win Us’ Race Against Jon Ossoff
As Jon Ossoff races to a close finish in the special election for a Georgia House seat, one Republican official says the upstart’s chances will be thwarted by last week’s shooting against congressional Republicans. “I think the shooting is going to win this election for us,” Brad Carver, the party chair in the state’s 11th…
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Fast Forward Feinstein Wants Comey To Testify Again — And Is Threatening To Subpoena Him
Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn’t think former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony last week was conclusive — so she wants him to return to the Senate to answer more questions about his firing and about policies at the agency he once led. “The committee needs to have an opportunity to question the attorney general about…
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Fast Forward Republicans Panic As Polls Show Ossoff Pulling Upset
As politicos eagerly anticipate the results in Georgia’s House special election on Tuesday, internal Republican surveys are causing GOP indigestion as they point to an unlikely victory by Democrat Jon Ossoff. Polls commissioned by right-wing groups show Ossoff up several points on GOP opopnent Karen Handel in the historically-red district, Politico reported Friday. An Ossoff…
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Fast Forward Milo Yiannopoulos’ Book Might Be More ‘Boring’ Than ‘Dangerous’
Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos doesn’t have much to crow about. At least, that’s according to BuzzFeed, which acquired an exclusive early draft of his forthcoming memoir “Dangerous.” According to BuzzFeed, the book draft contains little about Yiannopoulos’ personal life, his role in last year’s presidential campaign or even his work at Breitbart, where he was…
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Fast Forward Was Rosenstein The One Who Launched Obstruction Of Justice Inquiry Into Trump?
Washington, D.C. was riveted Wednesday as news broke that President Trump was under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice over his firing of ex-FBI Director James Comey and other actions in the Russia probe. But the most intriguing tidbit? Rod Rosenstein might have ordered the obstruction probe. The investigation into…
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