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 Tweets About Fair Wages For Women on Equal Pay Day
Ivanka Trump on Tuesday showed her support for Equal Pay Day, tweeting out a message about closing the pay gap between men and women – a key part of her agenda in her father’s White House. #EqualPayDay is a reminder that women deserve equal pay for equal work. We must work to close the gender…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka’s Ex-Students Write Open Letter Denouncing Islamophobic Teachings
More than a decade after they took study abroad courses with now-White House adviser Sebastian Gorka, eight alumni from the University of San Francisco are denouncing the controversial aide for his alleged Holocaust denial and disdain of Muslims. “Not many Americans have personally met Mr. Gorka, but we have. Not many people know who he…
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Students at Seven Bridges Middle School in Chappaqua, New York are in for a lesson about anti-Semitism after a swastika was found scrawled on a bathroom in the upscale suburb that is famously home to Bill and Hillary Clinton. Discovered Sunday morning, the swastika was probably the work of some “young, stupid kid who doesn’t…
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Fast Forward David Friedman One Of Few Willing To Stand Up To Trump — What That Means For Israel
President Trump has little room for niceties, either in the White House or in the real estate business. But according to reports, he always made an exception from his usual gruffness to accommodate the Sabbath observance of David Friedman, his new ambassador to Israel. It’s that closeness that has conservatives hopeful that he will push…
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Fast Forward Pakistan Registers First Jewish Citizen In Decades
After a three-year long struggle to change his papers to reflect his status as a Jew, Fishel Benkhald is finally receiving a new identity card and passport that recognize his religious affiliation. “It feels like shackles have been removed from me and I feel a great sense of liberty now,” Benkhald told Fox News. Raised…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Gets Protest Letter From Duke Classmates
Members of White House adviser Stephen Miller’s graduating class at Duke University have a message for the Steve Bannon protege: you don’t represent the values we learned at school. “We find it impossible to see in your words and actions any glimmer of the university values we so cherish, nor the slightest suggestion that you…
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Fast Forward Add Pineapple To Seder Plate? Reconstructionists Create Symbol Of Solidarity With Refugees
Attend a Reconstructionist Passover dinner this season, and there’s a good chance there will be a new addition to the Seder plate – pineapple, to represent support for refugees and immigrants. “In American colonial times, the pineapple was a symbol of welcome and prosperity. They were special gifts because of the great labor and expense…
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban Pokes Trump On Twitter Over ‘Exploding’ Student Loan Crisis
Mark Cuban is at it again, put his finger in the eye of President Trump, by taunting him about Americans’ student debt on Twitter. .@realDonaldTrump when will you address the exploding cost of college and the problem of student debt ? — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 29, 2017 Cuban’s Tweet comes as educators and administrators…
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