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 Bannon Scores Big Win In Trump’s Withdrawal From Paris Deal
As President Trump reportedly prepares to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, much of the credit for the move belongs to Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist said to have corralled the president into an exit. According to Politico, Bannon and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt have maneuvered for months…
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Fast Forward Filipino Strongman Uses Monica Lewinsky To Push Back Against Chelsea Clinton
After Chelsea Clinton criticized him for making a rape joke, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte hit back at her – with a riff about Monica Lewinsky. “I will tell her, when your father, the President of the United States, was screwing Lewinsky… the girl there in White House, how did you feel? Did you slam your…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Beaten For Defending Jewish Couple On Subway
Jean Wolfman was left with a cut to the head that required 10 stitches to close after stepping in to prevent a group of subway dancers from harassing an older Jewish couple. According to Wolfman, the dancers started menacing an older man and his wife after the man did not tip them after they did…
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Fast Forward Covfefe? Al Franken Says Trump’s Cryptic Tweet Is Yiddish For ‘Bedtime’
President Trump’s early morning tweet about “covfefe” got many in the media guessing about what the indecipherable typo referred to. But it was no mystery to Al Franken – who humorously interpreted the nonsense word as Yiddish. “A covfefe is a Yiddish term for ‘I got to go to bed now,’” the comedian-turned-Minnesota senator joshed…
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Fast Forward Hannity Promises ‘Sooner Than Later’ Return To Seth Rich Conspiracy
Sean Hannity was roundly condemned for fanning conspiracy theories about the death of Seth Rich, even after the Fox News Channel retracted a story about supposed links between the slain Democratic National Committee staffer and Wikileaks. Now, after pledging to stay away from the fake news, Hannity is back at it, with more erroneous claims…
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Fast Forward Russian Billionaire Who Kidnapped Dad Ensnared In Israel Corruption Probe
Another Israeli corruption scandal has honed in on another billionaire. According to Haaretz, an inquiry into Interior Minister Arye Deri’s finances by police has led to the questioning of Michael Mirilashvili, a Russian-Israeli billionaire. Mirilashvili funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Mifalot Simha, a charity suspected to have siphoned off funds to Deri, who…
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News The Ancient Art Of Jewish Storytelling Gets A Reboot, In Podcasts And Classes
David Arfa’s walks in the woods might seem like an ordinary embrace of the outdoors. But those hikes – on which he leads groups of children – actually form part of a venerable Jewish tradition. Arfa, who lives in western Massachusetts, identifies as a maggid, a religious storyteller common across Eastern Europe, especially in the…
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Fast Forward L.A. Review: Forward’s Gorka Coverage Shows Splits In American Jewry
The Forward’s reporting of Sebastian Gorka’s ties to a neo-Nazi nationalist group in Hungary has kicked off a raucous debate in the American Jewish community. A recent essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books by Jacob Labendz takes the measure of the discussion — and according to him, the Forward came out ahead of…
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