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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Theater Purim in Paris: Rachel Félix and the Paradox of French Anti-Semitism
Paris is crammed with sites of Jewish interest. While some are obvious — the shops on the Rue des Rosiers or the Holocaust memorial at Drancy — others come as more of a surprise. The Comédie-Française belongs to this latter group. The nation’s oldest state theater, founded in the 17th century under the aegis of…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka Makes Dumbest Tweet Yet About Harvey Weinstein — And ‘Pence Rules’
Sebastian Gorka had some unsolicited words of advice for Harvey Weinstein after the Hollywood producer’s fall from grace this week over a slew of articles detailing decades of allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Gorka, who as ousted from his post on the White House’s National Security Council in August, was referring to news reports…
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Fast Forward Bella Abzug Could Get Manhattan Corner Named For Her
Bella Abzug, the legendary New York congresswoman whose career in Washington, D.C. heralded the arrival of the women’s movement into the nation’s halls of power, could get a street corner named after her in the West Village neighborhood where she spent much of her adult life. “She was ardently committed to the people and the…
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Fast Forward Football Star Julian Edelman Will Read Children’s Book At JCC
Julian Edelman, the New England Patriots wide receiver, has been benched for the rest of the football season due to an injury but that’s not stopping him from inspiring children with his new story-book. Edelman is set to read from his new children’s book, “Flying High,” on Tuesday to a group of kids at the…
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Fast Forward David Duke Red-Baits (((Communist))) Forward After New York Times Story
David Duke was not pleased after the New York Times praised the Forward for its dogged coverage of the rise of anti-Semitism and the “alt-right.” The former Ku Klux Klan leader accused this media organization of being “communist” in a tweet sent after the article appeared. Founded as a (((communist))) newspaper too. You left that…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Plan Sukkot Protest At Trump Tower Over Immigration
A group of rabbis is planning on staging a Sukkot-themed protest against the administration’s immigration policies outside Trump Tower on Monday. T’ruah, the rabbinic human rights organization, will erect a sukkah in front of President Trump’s residence on Monday morning in attempt to demonstrate how the administration’s decision to ban refugees and immigrants from certain…
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Fast Forward Kushner Co. Is Really Trying To Unload This Brooklyn Brownstone
Kushner Companies is lowering its expectations – and its price – on a ultra-luxury townhouse in Brooklyn Heights that it’s hoping to flip a seven-figure profit. The property, a 20-foot-wide brownstone with 7,000 square feet of living space, had been on the market for $11.25 million until a recent change in brokers – with the…
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Fast Forward Las Vegas Mayor: ‘Israel Lives With This Every Day’
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, the city’s Jewish mayor said that she might look to Israel for ideas on how to proceed on safety and security in the future. “Israel has lived with this every single day since 1948,” said the mayor, Carolyn Goodman, in comments to the Times of Israel. “I…
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