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 French Jews Mark Second Anniversary of Kosher Market Attack
French Jews this week commemorated the second anniversary of the Hyper Cacher shooting, remembering the four victims who lost their lives during an al-Qaeda assault on the Paris kosher supermarket. “I believe that we’ll never forget what happened here. When we cross the threshold, we remember that on that Friday, it could have been us,”…
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Fast Forward Are You America’s Next Top Dreidel Spinner?
How long can you keep a dreidel in the air for? If you’re a fan of the Hanukkah trinket, then you might be the right person to compete in Major League Dreidel’s search for “America’s Next Top Dreidel Spinner.” “Over the next two weeks, we are organizing an impromptu 21 city tour for Major League…
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News Why Jared Kushner Might Not (But Almost Definitely Will) Get White House Job
After picking out a house and synagogue in Washington, D.C., it’s now official that President-elect Donald Trump wants Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, to serve as a senior adviser in the new administration. But is there anything that could torpedo his pick? And what’s he got going for him, in terms of getting and keeping the…
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Fast Forward New York Pro-Palestinian Leader Celebrates Truck-Ram Terror Attack
Students for Justice in Palestine leader Nerdeen Kiswani posted on Facebook cheering a truck-ramming terror attack that took the lives of four Israeli soldiers — a move that drew condemnation from some Jewish advocates. “While Palestinian and ‘allies’ in the West scramble to condemn, apologize, explain, hide, rationalize, etc what happened this morning, Palestinians in…
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Fast Forward Rome Is Almost Ready To Open Its Ancient Jewish Catacombs
Soon, when Americans head to Rome, there will be a new archaeological treasure to check out among the city’s varied offerings — underground burial chambers containing the remains of Jews from the Roman Empire. “There is a world to be discovered down there,” Claudio Procaccio, cultural director for the city’s Jewish community, told the Wall…
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News 4 Things About Jamie Gorelick, the Die-Hard Clintonista Who’s Jared Kushner’s Ethics Lawyer
Attorney Jamie Gorelick, who served as deputy attorney general under former President Bill Clinton, is representing Jared Kushner as he enters the White House as senior advisor to his father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump. Gorelick’s job representing Kushner is about as unconventional as her client’s new role — the WilmerHale partner was a significant contributor to…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sends Handwritten Note to Girl Who Dressed Up as Her
When her friends decided to don Batman and Wonder Woman costumes for “Super Hero” day at school, Michele Threefoot had a different idea — instead dressing up as her role model, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After her mom posted the photo to Facebook — complete with black robe, hair done in a bun…
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Fast Forward Hard-Right German Holocaust Deniers Tour Yad Vashem
What’s it like to go on a tour of Israel with far-righters who deny the Holocaust, but love Israel because it knows how to deal with the “Muslim problem?” Wait no longer, because an undercover reporter from Neon Magazine did that, traveling with individuals from the fringe on a trip last year to the Jewish…
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