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 North Carolina Man Confronted Over Nazi Flag
After neo-Nazis took to the streets in Charlottesville over the weekend, North Carolina resident Paige Braswell confronted a man in the town of Mount Holly over his flying of a swastika flag in front of his home. The man, identified as Joe Love, spewed hatred at her after she drove up to his property and…
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Fast Forward WATCH: White Supremacist Hates That Trump ‘Gave His Daughter To A Jew’
Vice News usually sends its staff to cover foreign hot-spots, but over the weekend it embedded a reporter on the domestic battleground of Charlottesville, as journalist Elle Reeve followed the every move and statement of white supremacist Christopher Cantwell. Reeve caught up-close footage of the torch-lit rally on Friday night, when the white supremacists shouted…
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Fast Forward Cantor Slams Trump For ‘Equal Blame’ On Charlottesville
Eric Cantor denounced President Trump’s Tuesday comments on Charlottesville, with the former House majority leader dismissing the idea of “equal blames” between both sides during the weekend violence. “There needs to be outspoken rejection of neo-Nazis, of white supremacists, and KKK, and there should be absolutely no equivocation,” Cantor told the conservative Washington Examiner. “When…
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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka Vacationed In Vermont As Trump Lost It
When President Trump blamed on Tuesday “both sides” for the weekend violence in Charlottesville, son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump were far from the Midtown precincts of Trump Tower, vacationing instead in Vermont. The princeling couple were on a mid-August retreat, the New York Times reported, when the president gave his press conference for…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Tapper Claps Back At Trump’s Charlottesville Comments
As so often happens now, CNN’s Jake Tapper acted as a voice of reason and moral sense on Tuesday, lacing into President Trump for comments that blamed “both sides” for the weekend violence in Charlottesville. God bless @jaketapper for the way he ended his show. Must listen. pic.twitter.com/jrPuiphyDQ — Laurie Crosswell ? (@lauriecrosswell) August 15,…
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Fast Forward Israelis Ditch Country In Record Numbers — Outnumbering Immigrants
Israelis are exiting the country in record numbers as tensions heat up, with double the number of citizens leaving the country as returning from long-term spells abroad. According to Israel’s Bureau of Statistics, 16,700 Israelis left the country for periods of a year or more, while 8,500 people returned from a long-term stay in another…
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Fast Forward ‘Ten Commandments Judge’ Roy Moore Makes Bid For Senate
Roy Moore, the ousted former State Supreme Court justice, is expected to be the top vote-getter in today’s Senate primary in Alabama, but may fall short of the majority needed to win outright. Moore is a favorite among evangelicals and is perhaps best known as the “Ten Commandments judge,” for his high-profile opposition to the…
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Fast Forward Police Hunt Man Who Urinated On Philly Synagogue Steps
Police in Philadelphia are asking for the public’s help in nabbing a man who urinated on the steps of a local synagogue and made an obscene gesture toward the house of worship. According to CBS News, Congregation Beth Solomon in the Somerton section of Philadelphia was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning by…
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