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 Did Jared Kushner Call Sebastian Gorka A ‘Clown’?
Sebastian Gorka was apparently saved from getting the axe as a White House aide through the personal intervention of President Trump and chief strategist Steve Bannon. “[Bannon] put a stop to it — he’s loyal and a friend’s job was in danger and reputation was getting dragged through the mud,” an administration insider told the…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka Name-Checks Jewish Friends At Jerusalem Post Conference
Sebastian Gorka, the embattled White House aide, thanked his supporters by name at a weekend conference held by the Jerusalem Post. “I’d like to thank everybody who has stood by me and this administration for the last 15 weeks,” said Gorka, who has been engulfed in scandal after the Forward reported on ties to Nazi-allied…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Deborah Lipstadt Gives Viral TED Talk On Holocaust Denial — And ‘Alternative Facts’
Deborah Lipstadt, the Emory University historian, has garnered more than a 100,000 views for her TED talk on Holocaust denial and the fight she waged against notorious “revisionist” David Irving. “There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies,” she said at the lecture, given in the United Kingdom in April. “Truth is not…
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Fast Forward Eric Schneiderman Threatens Legal Battle Against Obamacare Repeal
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has threatened to sue the federal government if the House-passed repeal of Obamacare becomes law. The Empire State’s top prosecutor said the law would prohibit states from using their own health care monies to reimburse Planned Parenthood for services rendered, a provision that he said would be unconstitutional. “In…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Launches Listening Tour Of Government To Learn About Women’s Issues
Ivanka Trump will be meeting with various administration officials and cabinet heads as part of the first daughter’s push to become an advocate within the White House on women’s issues. The listening tour will begin with Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, and then move to other higher-ups, including Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, Labor…
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Opinion How Marine Le Pen Lost French Election, But Still Won
Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in France’s presidential race, called Sunday’s election a “choice of civilization.” Almost two-thirds of voters heeded those words and cast their ballot for the only civilized option: her 39-year-old rival, centrist Emmanuel Macron. The result comes as a relief to liberals on both sides of the Atlantic, who badly…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Park Named For Rapper Adam Yauch Holding Weekend Party
The Brooklyn park named for the late Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch, perhaps better known as “MCA,” will be throwing a party this Sunday for local residents to eat, play and listen to the rap group’s hits. “The park event is a time to really reflect on Adam’s life, appreciate his ongoing influence in the…
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Fast Forward State Dept. Retweets – And Then Deletes – Plug For Ivanka’s New Book
A State Department Twitter accounted posted and then quickly deleted a tweet from Ivanka Trump promoting her new book “Women Who Work.” The agency’s Office of Global Women’s Issues briefly retweeted the post from Trump, in which the first daughter gushed about her sisters reading her memoir/self-help volume. Thank you to my beautiful sisters for…
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