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 goldiner@forward.com, or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner
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Gabe Pressman, an iconic New York television reporter whose career stretched back six decades, has reportedly died. He was 93. The NBC fixture’s wife said he died in his sleep Friday morning, the New York Daily News reported. The Bronx native was born in 1924 and served in the military during World War II before…
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No one could shut down Bette Midler at the Tony Awards — not even the orchestra. After scooping her first ever acting honor, the feisty “Hello Dolly!” actress kept right on going even as the band tried to play some music to cue that her time on stage was up. “Shut that crap off,” Midler…
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Bill Maher ripped Jared Kushner as an “undeserving schmuck” who has no business running a major company — let alone the White House. The comic, who may be seeking to deflect attention from his own “n-word” drama, mocked the presidential son-in-law as a rich kid who never had to work for anything in his life….
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Jon Ossoff slammed his Republican opponent for a controversy involving breast cancer screenings and Planned Parenthood in their first debate in the high-stakes Georgia special election for Congress. The Jewish Democrat slammed Karen Handel for her actions as an official of the Susan G. Komen Foundation when she sought to cut ties with the women’s…
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Fast Forward Did Eric Trump Just Echo Nazi Talking Point By Branding Opponents ‘Not Human’?
Eric Trump lashed out his father’s opponents “not even people” in what some called a frightening echo of the Nazi effort to dehumanize Jews and other enemies. President Trump’s son, who helps run his real estate empire, made the remarks on Fox News, in which he also bemoaned the lack of “morality” among Democrats. Your…
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Fast Forward Autopsy Inconclusive On Brother Of Leiby Kletzky’s Killer — Mystery Deepens
The death of the brother of Leiby Kletzky’s killer is still a mystery. An initial autopsy failed to determine a cause of death for Tzvi Aron, whose body was found Friday in his family’s Brooklyn home — the same infamous building where his brother stashed the remains of the slain 8-year-old Hasidic boy in 2011….
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