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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News Mikvah In Boston Suburb Dedicated To Terror Victim Ezra Schwartz
Religious leaders, family members and politicians gathered in the Boston suburb of Sharon on Sunday to mark the groundbreaking of construction on a new mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) in honor of local terror victim Ezra Schwartz. Named Mikvah Mei Ezra (Mikvah Helping Waters), the new bath is part of a renovation project at the Mikvah…
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Fast Forward Pizza Hut Apologizes For Joking About Palestinian Hunger Strike
Pizza Hut is facing calls for a boycott after its Israel branch mocked Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti for breaking his prison hunger strike with a candy bar and some cookies. “Barghouti: If you’re going to break the strike, isn’t pizza better?” Pizza Hut in Israel tweeted, showing footage from the Israel Prison Service showing Barghouti…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Show 5th Graders How To Kill Palestinian Attackers
Israeli police taught elementary school students how to kill Palestinian terrorists as part of an event on Monday highlighting police-community relations in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Hasharon. Using a dummy, police officers used active fire to demonstrate how to take down an assailant armed with a knife and then verify that the assailant…
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Fast Forward Meat-Cleaver Wielding Man Threatens To Butcher London Jews
A man armed with a meat cleaver threatened to kill Jews at a kosher meat store in the northwest London neighborhood of Stamford Hill on Tuesday – in what might have been a case of workplace violence. “Where is the boss, I will kill him!” the 61-year-old man is said to have screamed upon entering…
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Fast Forward Meet Nicole Kushner, Jared’s Visa-Hawking Sister
Nicole Kushner – the sister of Jared Kushner – was mostly on the sidelines until this week, when her attempt to raise real estate capital in China raised concerns about corruption and self-dealing. It’s a first for her – before now her brother Joshua and father Charles have gotten more attention as relatives of Jared….
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Fast Forward Trump Will Skip Yad Vashem On Israel Visit
President Trump might skip a stop to Yad Vashem while visiting Israel later this month as part of his first foreign trip as president. That’s just one of the surprises in the itinerary, reported by Israel’s Channel 2 on Tuesday. Another is that Trump will travel to Bethlehem rather than Ramallah to meet with Palestinian…
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Fast Forward David Shulkin Leads The Veterans Administration — And Is Still A Doctor On Call
Go into one of the veterans hospitals in Washington, D.C. and the doctor who is seeing you might be a Cabinet secretary. David Shulkin, the veterans’ affairs department head, is apparently still treating patients as he attempts to reform the huge bureaucracy he runs. “Sometimes leaders get disconnected from their organizations,” Dr. Shulkin, who was…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn’s ‘Worst Landlord’ Jailed For $450K Bribery And Threats
Herman Epstein, a notorious Brooklyn slumlord, was sentenced to up to six years in prison after being found guilty of bribing city officials to avoid making necessary repairs — and threatening tenants to force them to move. He even told one tenant he would spread rumors about her engaging in incest if she didn’t get…
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