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 Breitbart Expansion in Europe Blocked by Domain-Gobbling Activists
As far-right leaders vie for power in France and Germany in the coming months, Breitbart was planning an expansion to those countries which might be fertile ground for its message. But that’s run into a minor snag: the domain names that Breitbart might use have been gobbled up by those opposed to its mission. “When…
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Fast Forward Man Reading from Anti-Semitic Tract Pushes Jewish Woman on NYC Train
A woman was attacked Monday night while riding the New York City subway in Manhattan, as a man shoved her, called her a “dirty Jew” and screamed “Heil the Hitler Youth.” The incident was said to have occurred when the woman was on the C Train on West 23rd Street, with the assailant reading aloud…
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Fast Forward Goldman Sachs Alum Gary Cohn Touts Bank Regulation Rollback
Goldman Sachs alum Gary Cohn, head of President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council, is planning a weakening of financial regulations via executive order. Executive orders set to be issued on Friday would direct regulatory agencies to review new rules adopted under the Dodd-Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the financial sector that was passed after…
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News EXPLAINED: The Disturbing Back Story Behind Donald Trump’s Jew-Free Holocaust Statement
Additional information about the White House’s Holocaust Remembrance Day statement continues to dribble out more than a week after the message, which omitted any mention of the event’s Jewish victims, was delivered by President Donald Trump. At the time, Jewish groups across the political spectrum condemned the statement, but nobody knew its backstory. Now, we…
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Fast Forward Richard Spencer: By My Definition, Jews Aren’t ‘European,’ or ‘White’
Richard Spencer has decided to put American Jews on the couch, and he’s ready to reveal his session notes: Jews are not European and don’t want to assimilate to white people in the United States. Maybe he should share his thoughts with rabbis and communal leaders, who fret about intermarriage and disengagement from Jewish communal…
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Fast Forward Its Sanders vs. Cruz, With Tapper as the Referee, on Obamacare
It’s the debate that never happened during the election season, but next week former presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz will throw down in a CNN town-hall meeting on the future of Obamacare. Moderated by chief political correspondent Jake Tapper, the debate will take place in front of a live audience next Tuesday at…
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Fast Forward As Promised, Jared Kushner Sells Off Stake in Manhattan Office Tower
Jared Kushner has sold his stake in his family’s office tower and business headquarters in midtown Manhattan, as part of his promised effort to avoid conflicts of interest while serving as a White House senior adviser. “Mr. Kushner’s ownership interests were sold using a third-party appraisal for fair market value to a family trust, of…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Al Franken Claps Back at Ted Cruz Over Attorney General Nominee
Al Franken savaged Ted Cruz on Wednesday, as the two participated in a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Jeff Sessions’ nomination for attorney general. “Let’s talk about who is trying to impugn the record of another senator,” Franken said, responding to Cruz’s claim that Franken was smearing Sessions in disputing the Alabama senator’s record on…
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