Dave Goldiner is the Forward’s director of digital media. Dave is a veteran journalist who has spent two decades working at newspapers in the United States and Africa. A native New Yorker, Goldiner wrote for the New York Daily News, where he covered some of the biggest stories of our time, including the attacks of September 11, along with thousands of stories of hope and heartbreak. He also studied and worked in Southern Africa and has written for publications in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He holds masters degrees in journalism and public administration from Columbia University. Dave can be reached at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner
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Fast Forward ‘SNL’ Mocks Jared Kushner Over White House Battle For Trump’s Heart
Jared Kushner can’t win for losing — at least on ‘SNL’ Host Jimmy Fallon played the presidential son-in-law wearing the infamous bullet-proof vest that he wore during his trip to Iraq — and made fun of his apparently winning battle for the ear of President Trump. In the show’s cold opening, Kushner and Steve Bannon…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Sean Spicer Explains Passover On ‘SNL’ — It’s Like The Jewish Easter
You thought real-life Sean Spicer was making gaffes that drive Jews crazy? You should see Melissa McCarthy playing him on “Saturday Night Live.” Skewering the embattled White House press secretary, McCarthy called Passover the “Jewish Easter” and made a hilarious apology for his bizarre comments about the Holocaust. “I know they’re not really called the…
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Fast Forward Professor Who Predicted Trump Win Now Says He’ll Be Impeached
Allan Lichtman was virtually alone among political pundits in foretelling President Trump’s upset win in the 2016 elections. Now the American University professor is making an even more daring prediction: He says Trump will be impeached. “My ‘next big prediction’: after winning the presidency, he (will) be impeached,” Lichtman writes in the foreword of his…
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Fast Forward Mark Wainberg, Trailblazing AIDS Researcher, Dies In Florida Swimming Accident
Mark Wainberg, a trailblazing Canadian AIDS researcher, reportedly died Tuesday while swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Florida. He was 71. Wainberg, who lived in Montreal, was swimming Tuesday with his family when he started struggling with heavy surf and rip currents, Bal Harbour police chief Miguel De La Rosa said, according the the…
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Fast Forward Germany To Sean Spicer: ‘Nothing Good’ Comes From Nazi Comparisons
Germany has some pretty obvious advice for Sean Spicer: Don’t go there. The spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the chorus denouncing the White House press secretary for his comments on Hitler and chemical weapons, saying it’s never smart to make Nazi comparisons. “Any comparison of current situations with Nazi crimes leads to nothing good,”…
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Fast Forward New York City Kept Silent On Dangers Of Circumcision Rite For Years
New York City knew of the dangers of a controversial circumcision rite for six years before warning Jewish parents, the Daily News reported. The health department was first notified in 1999 of an infant being sickened by the practice known as metzizah b’peh, in which the mohel orally sucks blood from the infant’s penis. Six…
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Fast Forward Politico Called Anti-Semitic For Accusing Chabad In Trump’s Russia Scandal
A tangled web of relationships ties Donald Trump and his associates to Vladimir Putin’s Russia — and Chabad appears to be right in the middle of them. The Hasidic movement forged an unlikely alliance with the Russian strongman two decades ago just as Trump and others close to him were pursuing a series of lucrative…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Allied Group ‘Really Proud’ Of Controversial Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka
Leaders of a Hungarian far-right wing group that colloborated with the Nazis said they were “proud” to see controversial White House aide Sebastian Gorka wearing the group’s medal — and political allies and rivals alike said they believe he is a member of the group. “When he appeared on U.S. television … with the medal ……
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