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 Jewish Couple Gets Nazi Letter After Hanging ‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign
After Sonya and Michael Franklin hung up a “Black Lives Matter” sign outside their Rockville, Maryland, home, the Jewish couple received an anti-Semitic threat letter and saw their property vandalized. “It has come to our attention that you support the black terror group that is ant-white and anti-police,” the letter pinned to their windshield read….
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Fast Forward WATCH: National Geographic Casts Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein
National Geographic has released a trailer of its new scripted series about Albert Einstein and other great American minds. Einstein devoted his life to the clean and elegant expression of complicated ideas, from the relativity of time to the constantly expanding nature of the universe. But his own history was a series of twists and…
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News Israel’s Netanyahu Blows Off Illegal Cigar Charges
As Israeli police grill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over gifts of cigars and champagne from billionaire friend Arnon Milchan, Netanyahu’s lawyer Yehuda Weinroth blew off the charges. “Any reasonable person knows that there is nothing remotely criminal involved when a close friend gives his friend a gift of cigars,” the attorney told the Times of…
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News Israeli Nightlife Icon Found Strangled in Manhattan Home
Savyon Zabar, an Israeli-born club operator and fixture of New York gay nightlife, was found strangled in his uptown apartment Wednesday morning, in what New York police have ruled a homicide. “He was really well known,” Carlos Arenas, who used to work the door at one of the clubs that Zabar managed and promoted, told…
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Fast Forward Emerging From Coma, Israeli Man Learns of Wife’s Tragic Death in Berlin Market Attack
An Israeli left comatose after being gravely injured in last month’s terrorist attack at a Berlin Christmas market awoke from his sleep this week only to learn that his wife had died in the incident. “Dalia was the love of my life,” Rami Elyakim said of his wife, talking to the Israeli Walla news site….
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Fast Forward What’s the Most Popular Jewish Bible Name?
Which names from the Jewish Bible are most popular? If you were ever wondering, the folks at Kveller have made a convenient map and list to illustrate that, using data on names for infant boys taken from the Social Security Administration. As their map shows, “Noah” is the runaway favorite, with Flood survivor namesakes topping…
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News Swastikas Found on Stanford Campus and in Surrounding Area
Several swastikas have reportedly been found scrawled on the campus of Stanford University and the surrounding neighborhood of Palo Alto, California. “We do not know exactly when it occurred since the university has been on winter break closure since December 21st until today (Wednesday),” Bill Larson, a spokesman for the campus police, told the San…
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News Israel’s Envoy Set To Come in From Cold With Trump in White House
Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador in Washington, stands to gain much when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20. A longtime fan of the newly minted leader of the free world, Dermer is likely to be a guest of honor at the White House after enduring a chilly relationship with President Obama. “He likely…
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