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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Fast Forward How Can You Help Houston After Hurricane Harvey?
After Hurricane Harvey put Houston and much of east Texas underwater, Americans are wondering what they can do to help. Here’s a short list of national charities that are on the ground in the disaster zone and that have been highly-rated by Charity Navigator, a Web site that assesses how well charities are run. Houston…
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Fast Forward Israeli Lawmakers Visit South Africa In Landmark Visit
A group of Knesset members visited South Africa this week to meet with the country’s politicians and Jewish community – a first that comes amid tensions between the Jewish state and the African country. “The delegation’s visit and meetings with the Jewish community dealt with the ties that bind the Jewish people worldwide, including Israel…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Says Synagogue Fired Him For Welcoming Nonwhite Members
The rabbi of a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the New York suburb of Yonkers is filing an anti-discrimination complaint against his own synagogue board, alleging that they punished him for welcoming nonwhite families to the synagogue. Rabbi Rigoberto Emmanuel Vinas filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Lincoln Park Jewish Center, the…
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Fast Forward Town Won’t Remove Swastika From Park Because Of Its ‘Historical Significance’
A Canadian town is getting heat for refusing to remove or cover up a swastika on display in a public park. The swastika, emblazoned on the anchor of a Nazi-er ship recovered about 25 years ago under Canadian shores, sits in a park at the center of Pointe-des-Cascades, a French-speaking town in Quebec. Corey Fleischer,…
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Fast Forward Kushner Co. Gets Dumped By New York PR Firm
Risa Heller, the high-powered New York public relations maven, is no longer representing the Kushner Companies, the family real estate firm of presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner. Heller’s action took place in the aftermath of the Charlottesville, Va. terror attack and the highly-criticized response to it by President Trump. Heller has represented the Kushner firm for…
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Fast Forward Congressman Stalls On Sit-Down With Reporter He Body-Slammed
Ben Jacobs has still not gotten his on-the-record interview with Greg Gianforte, despite a promise from the Montana congressman to meet with the Guardian reporter after having body-slammed him in the run-up to a May special election. “So far, the Congressman has yet to commit to this interview,” the Guardian said in a Wednesday statement….
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Fast Forward Lebanese Beauty Queen Stripped Of Crown Over Israel Visit
Lebanese bomb-shell Amanda Hanna is losing her beauty queen title after authorities in the country discovered that she visited Israel using a foreign passport. “After communicating our decision with Lebanon’s Minister of Tourism, he decided that Hanna should be stripped of her title because her visit to Israel violates our country’s laws,” the group running…
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Fast Forward Einstein Letter Criticizing Neville Chamberlain Goes On Auction Block
It might not be the theory of relativity, but several of Albert Einstein’s letters will go on auction in Los Angeles this week – presenting smart buyers with an opportunity to own history. Nate D. Sanders Auctions will take bids for the items, the Algemeiner reported, including letters in which the famed physicist reflects on…
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