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 goldiner@forward.com, or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner
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Fast Forward Rabbi Marvin Hier Bombarded With Anti-Semitic Messages After Trump Inauguration Blessing
Rabbi Marvin Hier was bombarded with anti-Semitic messages after delivering an invocation at President Trump’s inauguration. After the prayer on Friday afternoon, the 77-year-old leader of the Simon Wiesenthal Center received hundreds of racist and anti-Semitic messages, the Times of Israel reported. Some called to “light the Jew on fire,” or claimed “the Jew put…
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Fast Forward Philip Roth Calls Trump an Ignorant Con Man With ‘Vocabulary of 77 Words’
Novelist Philip Roth has lashed out at President Trump as an ignorant “con man” who could do untold damage to the country. The retired “Portnoy’s Complaint” author told the New Yorker that Trump makes other polarizing Republicans like Richard Nixon and George W. Bush look angelic by comparison. “Trump is ignorant of government, of history,…
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Fast Forward The Israeli Stylist Who Put the ‘Wow’ in Melania Trump’s Inauguration Hairdo
Her chic hairdo — with an unusual swept-up look — came courtesy of longtime Israeli stylist Mordechai Alvow, who has styled Trump’s hair for over a decade. Alvow told Us weekly that he let his client’s classic blue outfit dictate his approach to her hair. “The outfit had beautiful tailoring, including a super high collar…
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Fast Forward Steve Cohen Becomes Second Jewish Lawmaker To Boycott Trump Inauguration
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) has announced he will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, joining a growing list of Democrats who are staying away from the shindig amid the incoming president’s war of words with civil rights icon John Lewis. Cohen said he would skip the inauguration due to “un-presidential remarks” made by Trump. He added…
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Fast Forward Australia Mayor With Jewish Roots Shuns Synagogue in Israel Feud
An Australian mayor whose father’s family is Jewish is under fire for boycotting an annual synagogue event because of what he called Israel’s “illegal” and provocative policies. Peter Abelson, the mayor of Mosman, near Sydney, said he wouldn’t go to the new year event at the Great Synagogue in Sydney because of Jewish support for…
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Fast Forward Be Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s Neighbors — for Just $5.75M
Want to live around the corner for first daughter Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner (not to mention the Obama family)? A mini-mansion in the prestigious Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. just hit the market for a cool $5.75 million. The three-story Federal-style home boasts six bedrooms, five full bathrooms, four fireplaces, a formal dining room…
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Fast Forward CIA Chief Slams Trump for ‘Outrageous’ Nazi Jibe
CIA Director John Brennan branded President-elect Donald Trump as “outrageous” for comparing the American intelligence community to Nazi Germany. “What I do find outrageous is equating intelligence community with Nazi Germany,” Brennan said on Fox News Sunday. “I do take great umbrage at that.” Brennan, who is leaving his post when Trump takes office, also…
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Fast Forward Did This Concentration Camp Pendant Belong to Anne Frank’s Cousin?
A pendant found at the Sobibor Nazi death camp in Poland may have belonged to a doomed relative of famed diarist Anne Frank. The tiny unique pendant was dropped by its owner or someone in possession of the jewelry on the “Pathway to Heaven,” the path along which Jewish victims were forced to walk to…
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