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 Ivanka Trump Targeted By Breitbart In ‘Blame The Jews’ For Syria Story
The “alt-right” has been casting blame on Jews within the Trump White House for last week’s air strike against Syria. That narrative seemed to be popular Monday over at Breitbart, which reported the president ordered the strike at the behest of his daughter Ivanka Trump. Citing a story in Britain’s far-right Daily Express, Breitbart raised…
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Fast Forward NYC Man Fights Grocery Store Employees With Umbrella Over Cherry Pie
A man on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was charged with robbery following a grocery store brawl sparked by his attempt to steal a slice of packaged cherry pie, police said. According to authorities, 37-year-old Jonah Parsoff walked into the Key Food branch at 92nd Street, and tried to walk off with a piece of Entenmann’s…
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Fast Forward Wildenstein Mansion Sells For $79.5 Million On Manhattan’s East Side
David Wildenstein, the New York art heir, has finally settled on a buyer for his priciest-in-Manhattan townhouse, capping a years-long search for a buyer. According to the Real Deal, the property – located between Fifth and Madison Avenues on East 64th Street – went to a Chinese conglomerate for $79.5 million, shattering previous records for…
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Fast Forward Richard Spencer Glitter-Bombed At White House Protest Against Syria Strike
Richard Spencer’s Washington, D.C. protest against President Trump’s airstrike in Syria drew a crowd – including a heavy contingent of counter-protesters out to make the white nationalist’s day miserable. “We want walls, not war,” the Spencer group was said to have repeated, before it was encircled by a group of counter-protesters. The two sides traded…
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News Hero Firefighter Who Rescued Brooklyn Man Honored At First FDNY Seder
With matzo and grape juice, scores of New York City firefighters gathered to celebrate the department’s first-ever Passover Seder — and honor a Jewish hero. Andrew Scharf, 29, was honored for his daring March 5 rescue of Ubeaka McKinney, whom he pulled from the third story of his burning apartment complex in the Brownsville section…
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Fast Forward Israeli Holocaust Survivor Returns Nazi-Looted Art To American Survivor
It’s not a normal story of art stolen by the Nazis being restored to its rightful owners. When it comes to Max Liebermann’s “Basket Weavers,” the unwitting Israeli purchaser of the looted painting was himself a Holocaust survivor, as was the American to whom it was returned this week. “This was not a legal case…
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Fast Forward First Genetic Disease Screening Kit For Consumers Gets FDA Approval
23andMe, the genetic testing service co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, has won landmark approval to administer tests for risk of developing 10 hereditary illnesses. In a new ruling, the Food and Drug Administration reversed its 2013 decision to deny the company approval. Included among the conditions it screens are Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, celiac disease and…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Activists Sacrifice Lamb In First Passover Reenactment
Before the destruction of the Second Temple, the priests of old would sacrifice a lamb on the occasion of Passover. More than two millennia later, Israeli activists seeking access to the present-day Temple Mount – where some hope to erect a Third Temple – are re-enacting the ritual for the first time by slaughtering a…
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