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 WATCH: Widow Blasts Steve Mnuchin for Evicting Her From Home in Political Ad
As Steve Mnuchin prepares for his Thursday confirmation hearings to become secretary of the Treasury, the Goldman Sachs alum has a powerful new detractor: a widow in Oregon who blames him for the foreclosure on her home. “We did everything the bank asked. They lied to us and took our home anyway,” said Linda Fraser,…
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Fast Forward Trump Taps Jewish Developer Pals for Help on Infrastructure
President-elect Donald Trump will add two more businessmen to his Washington, D.C. inner circle, picking fellow New York developers Richard LeFrak and Steven Roth to help oversee his infrastructure spending plan. “They’re pros,” the incoming leader said about the two men, speaking to the Wall Street Journal. “That’s what they do. All their lives, they…
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Culture Will ‘Candide’ Help NYC Opera’s ‘Garden Grow?’
Candide might have been an idiot. But the New York City Opera was no fool to stage the operetta, which closed on Sunday after a two-week run. Voltaire’s novella is well suited to light opera, a madcap satire on 18th century Europe. And the work of composer Leonard Bernstein, librettist Hugh Wheeler, producer Harold Prince…
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News Will ‘Stiff’ Treasury Pick Steve Mnuchin Make It Through Confirmation?
Steve Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Treasury Department, might be headed for some trouble at his Thursday confirmation hearing. According to gossip from the transition team, Mnuchin came off as “uneven and stiff” in prep sessions, leading handlers to bring in extra help ahead of the Senate appearance. Those unnamed sources, speaking…
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Fast Forward WATCH: $15M-a-Year YouTube Celebrity Posts ‘Death to All Jews’ Video
A YouTube celebrity known as PewDiePie is being forced to apologize after posting a clip in which two Indian men are seen dancing while holding up a sign that reads to “Death to All Jews.” “I am sorry. I didn’t think they would actually do it. I feel partially responsible,” said the Swedish PewDiePie (real…
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Fast Forward Scalper Losing ‘Yu-u-u-ge’ Money on Trump Inauguration Tickets
President-elect Donald Trump is so unpopular that he’s putting scalpers out of business. “Nobody wants to buy them,” Yossi Rosenberg, 36, told The New York Daily News, grousing about his inability to sell at a profit the pair of tickets he bought for $700. “It looks like I’m stuck with them, I might even have…
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Fast Forward ‘Swastika’ Boot Manufacturer Blames Chinese Factory for Nazi Footprint
Conal International Trading is passing the buck after feeling the heat for work boots that leave an imprint that closely resembles a swastika. The firm blamed a Chinese subcontractor for what it called a production error. “We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and the public,” it said in a…
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Fast Forward John Yarmuth Becomes Third Jewish Congressman To Boycott Trump Inauguration
Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth became the third Jewish House Democrat to announce he would boycott Friday’s inauguration after a spat between the incoming leader and civil rights icon John Lewis. “For the last ten weeks, President-elect Trump has continually denigrated the office of the President by using his bully pulpit for insult and ridicule,” he…
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