Dave Goldiner is the Forward’s director of digital media. Dave is a veteran journalist who has spent two decades working at newspapers in the United States and Africa. A native New Yorker, Goldiner wrote for the New York Daily News, where he covered some of the biggest stories of our time, including the attacks of September 11, along with thousands of stories of hope and heartbreak. He also studied and worked in Southern Africa and has written for publications in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He holds masters degrees in journalism and public administration from Columbia University. Dave can be reached at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner
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By Dave Goldiner
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Fast Forward Breitbart’s Aaron Klein Is On A Quixotic Mission To Smear Roy Moore Accuser
You’d think Aaron Klein would have his hands full covering President Trump’s so-far failed effort to break the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians. Apparently you’d be wrong. The Breitbart News Jerusalem bureau chief has been sent down to Dixie to cover the real main event for the right-wing outlet: Roy Moore’s fight for his…
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Fast Forward Kalman Yeger Crushes Yoni Hikind In Orthodox Brooklyn Council War
Kalman Yeger won a landslide victory over Yoni Hikind in the bitter battle for a heavily ultra-Orthodox City Council district in Brooklyn’s Boro Park neighborhood. Yeger, a former aide to outgoing councilmemeber David Greenfield, had 67% of the vote to Hikind’s 29% with all precincts reporting. One of the hardest fought/nastiest races, between Kalman Yeger…
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Fast Forward Breitbart Trumpets Joel Pollak Pick In Forward 50
Breitbart News has trumpeted the selection of editor Joel Pollack in the annual Forward 50 of influential Jewish Americans. Pollak, whom the right-wing site grandiosely describes as “Senior Editor at Large and In-house Counsel,” was included in the prestigious list for being “one of the most influential Jewish conservatives in the country.” Pollak, 40, writes…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Heads To Prison
Anthony Weiner stint in the big house starts today. The disgraced ex-lawmaker is expected to turn himself in for a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. He is expected to serve the time at Federal Medical Center Devens, a facility in suburban Boston that also has a sex offender treatment program. Weiner was…
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Fast Forward Is Jared Kushner In Trouble Over Paradise Papers Scoop On Russia Scandal?
A new investigative scoop says Kremlim-controlled entities sank billions into financial projects set up by Yuri Milner, who also partnered with presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner on his family’s real estate ventures. Milner, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, is known for picking out money-spinning projects in social media and the future of space travel. But the…
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Fast Forward Jocelyn Wildenstein Busted In Fight With Boyfriend In Latest Spat For Serial Facelift Socialite
Jocelyn Wildenstein is at it again. The socialite dubbed ‘Catwoman’ for her bizarro penchant for plastic surgery was busted along with her much-younger boyfriend after they got into a brawl at their home in the Trump World Tower on Manhattan’s East Side, the New York Post reported. Wildenstein, 77, started squabbling with pal Lloyd Klein,…
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Fast Forward Mila Kunis Sparks Jim Beam Boycott With ‘Mike Pence’ Planned Parenthood Stunt
Mila Kunis may have landed herself in some sippin’ trouble with her pro-choice stance. The actress has sparked calls for a boycott of Jim Beam bourbon, which she endorses, over her campaign of donations to Planned Parenthood in the name of staunch pro-lifer Mike Pence. “It’s not so much a prank as much as I…
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Fast Forward 83-Year-Old Mounts Quixotic Fight To Clear Name In 1968 Murder Of Jewish Partner
Sam Sommer was accused, tried and convicted of the 1968 murder of his former business partner, who was found dead on a Long Island street. Prosecutors and a jury agreed Irving Silver was killed by Sommer to win a lucrative insurance policy and for other financial reasons related to their rocky business partnership. Sommer served…
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