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
Dave Goldiner
By Dave Goldiner
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump reportedly got approval from a rabbi to fly with President Trump Friday as he kicks off his first overseas trip. The First Daughter and son-in-law are observant Jews and typically wouldn’t travel on Shabbat from sundown Friday to Saturday. But Politico quotes a White House official as saying they sought…
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She’s back on the Island. Amy Fisher, the ‘Long Island Lolita’ who infamously shot her lover’s wife, has reportedly moved back to her suburban stomping grounds 25 years later. Now a 42-year-old divorced mother of three, Fisher said she just wants to live a private life near her family, the New York Post reports. “I…
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The report that slain Democratic staffer Seth Rich was in contact with WikiLeaks sounded like a bombshell. But it took only a few hours for the tale to be debunked as just the latest conspiracy theory surrounding the still-unsolved 2016 murder. The source for the story, a private investigator ostensibly working for Rich’s family, suggested…
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Arson is suspected in the raging blaze that destroyed a historic 150-year-old synagogue on New York’s Lower East Side. Video footage shows three teenagers entering Beth Hamedrash Hagodol on Norfolk Street and leaving just before the fire erupted Sunday, NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the New York Daily News. “We do think it…
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Fast Forward Did Seth Rich Contact Wikileaks Before Mystery Murder?
Slain Democratic staffer Seth Rich contacted Wikileaks before he was mysteriously gunned down near his Washington D.C. home last summer, a private investigator revealed. Rob Wheeler, a sleuth hired by Rich’s grieving family, suggested to Fox News that the baffling murder was not a botched robbery as police have claimed. “My investigation up to this…
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Fast Forward Jewish Honor Student Dies In Everglades Boat Crash While Celebrating Graduation
A talented Jewish honor student died when a boat carrying her family crashed in the Florida Everglades while celebrating her graduation from the University of Miami. Just hours after graduating, Elizabeth (Ellie) Goldenberg, 22, was tossed from an airboat and died Saturday morning She died from her injuries at a nearby hospital, according to the…
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Fast Forward Rex Tillerson Uses ‘Palestine’ — Will White House Retract Remark Again?
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used the term “Palestine” in an interview about the Mideast peace talks, just days after a White House official was forced to walk back using the term that implies recognition of the Palestinians’ right to statehood. In a discussion about President Trump’s upcoming visit to the region and possibly moving…
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Fast Forward Adelson ‘Furious’ Over Trump Waffling On Jerusalem Embassy Move
Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson is reportedly “furious” at President Trump for not immediately moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem — and hit the roof when he heard Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tie the move to jumpstarting the peace process. The casino mogul forked over $80 million to elect Trump — and took…
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