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 Ivanka Dishes On Shabbat And Being A 7-For-7 Yenta In ‘Women Who Work’
Ivanka Trump is sparing with private details in her new memoir and self-help book, “Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules of Success.” But the first daughter does spill some details about her religious observance and mad matchmaking skills. Trump, who converted to Judaism when she married husband Jared Kushner, extols the benefits of the Sabbath,…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Real Estate Developers Raise Billions From Israel
New York real estate developers have found a new source of cash to finance their apartment complexes on the Tel Aviv stock market. Only four months into the year, Israeli investors have bought $1 billion in debt bonds from big names in Manhattan’s development game – including Jeff Sutton of Wharton Properties and Joel Warner…
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Fast Forward YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Calls On Trump To Pass Family Leave
Susan Wojcicki, the YouTube CEO and a grand dame of Silicon Valley, on Wednesday said that paid family leave for mothers should be the Trump White House’s top priority. “Paid leave is a not just a mother and child issue, it’s a societal issue we have,” she told the crowd at a CNNMoney-sponsored New York…
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Fast Forward IDF Nixes Feminism Course For Women Officers, Anticipating Religious Backlash
The Israel Defense Forces canceled a series of feminism workshops for its top female officers, after deciding the activity would antagonize religious elements that want to limit women’s military role. Titled “Preparation for the Development of Gender Consciousness and Leadership,” the program would have taught women officers the basics of feminist thought and encouraged them…
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Fast Forward Is Jon Ossoff Winning Over Some Republicans In Georgia Congressional Race?
Jon Ossoff, the Jewish upstart who could flip a Republican-leaning Georgia House seat, apparently is capturing a significant amount of support from right-of-center voters. According to a statistical analysis from consulting firm Optimus, the Democrat won at least 8% to 10% of the Republican vote in April’s first round election, when he came first in…
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Fast Forward Nice Jewish Boys Kander and Ossoff Campaign Together In Georgia
Jason Kander flew down to Georgia on Wednesday, helping out with fellow Jewish Democrat Jon Ossoff’s campaign for an open House seat. #FlipThe6th #voteyourossoff pic.twitter.com/HQqFokxrNW — Jason Kander (@JasonKander) May 3, 2017 Kander almost flipped a Missouri Senate seat last fall, when he came within three points of defeating the Republican incumbent – a remarkable…
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Fast Forward Did Gorka Lie About British Military Service?
White House aide Sebastian Gorka has been linked to a neo-Nazi group in his native Hungary. Now it seems like he might have lied about his military service in the United Kingdom, where he was raised. According to BuzzFeed News, the British Ministry of Defense has no evidence that Gorka worked in the 1990’s on…
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Fast Forward FBI Director Says Huma Abedin Forwarded Clinton Emails To Weiner
FBI director James Comey told Congress on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton e-mails ended up on a computer that Anthony Weiner used partly because his estranged wife Huma Abedin forwarded the correspondence to him. “Somehow, her emails were being forwarded to Anthony Weiner, including classified information,” he said at the Senate panel, where he was called…
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