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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Fast Forward Liz Watson Locked In Tight Battle For Indiana Bellwether Seat
Democrat Liz Watson trailed early in a tight race against a heavily favored Republican in a southern Indiana bellwether district. As first results trickled in from Indiana’s Ninth District, Watson, a liberal Jewish labor lawyer from Bloomington, trailed first-term Republican Trey Hollingsworth by about a 2-1 margin. But the first results were from Hollingsworth’s rural…
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News Jewish Democrats Set For 4-Seat Gain In Congress — Can GOP Limit The Damage?
As the midterms loom, Jewish Democrats are poised to flip at least four seats in the House of Representatives — even as their chances of sweeping out several more Republican incumbents seem to have faded in the final days of the make-or-break campaign, an exclusive Forward prediction model reveals. The anti-Trump #BlueWave has pushed several…
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Fast Forward Trump Repeats Lies About Pittsburgh Synagogue Protest — Lashes Out At Media
President Trump slammed protesters who opposed his visit to Pittsburgh after the synagogue mass shooting — and used the trip to bash the media at an election rally in Florida. Trump belittled the protest as “small,” even though thousands marched through the Squirrel Hill neighborhood as he toured the Tree of Life synagogue with his…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence Gets Jews For Jesus ‘Rabbi’ To Pray For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
Vice President Mike Pence was joined by a Jews for Jesus ‘rabbi’ who prayed for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at a Republican campaign rally in Michigan on Monday. Messianic Jewish Rabbi Loren Jacobs of Synagogue Shema Yisrael intoned prayers to “Jesus the Messiah” and denounced the “hate inspired shooting in synagogue in…
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Fast Forward Trump Jokes About ‘Bad Hair Day’ After Pittsburgh Synagogue Rampage
President Trump joked about his “bad hair day” after being forced to stop to talk to reporters in the rain about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in which 11 people were killed. After briefly mentioning the shooting, Trump displayed a shocking lack of tact by quickly pivoting to his own appearance at an Indianapolis political rally….
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News Jewish Democrats Eye Historic Gains In Congress As #BlueWave Builds
Jewish Democrats are on the cusp of making major gains in the upcoming midterm elections with a Forward analysis now predicting at least 4 Jews will flip seats in the House of Representatives. With an anti-Trump #BlueWave building in suburbs from coast to coast, Jews are likely to win at least 27 seats when America…
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Fast Forward Sen. Graham Dismisses Julie Swetnick As ‘Some Woman’
Sen. Lindsay Graham dismissed the accusation of Julie Swetnick against Brett Kavanaugh even as fellow victim Christine Blasey Ford kept the nation rapt with her story of being assualted. Graham dismissed Swetnick as “some woman” during a brief interview in a hallway. “I don’t believe it,” Graham told reporters during a break in Blasey Ford’s…
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Fast Forward Dianne Feinstein Chides Chuck Grassley At Kavanaugh Hearing
Sen. Dianne Feinstein chided her colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley for mishandling the sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh as the explosive hearing kicked off. The Jewish senator swatted away Grassley when he interrupted her opening statement, then went on to welcome Christine Blasey Ford — and reminded the nation of how the GOP had sought…
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