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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Fast Forward Trump Flip-Flops On Moving Embassy To Jerusalem — Says ‘We’ll See’
Moving the American embassy to Jerusalem was once a cornerstone of President Trump’s new cozy policy to Israel — a powerful statement about the Donald’s commitment to the “eternal capital of the Jewish state.” It was so crucial that the incoming president considered decreeing the move at a minute after midnight on inauguration day. Now…
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Fast Forward Will Trump Try Creepy Handshake On Bibi?
We know there are some big issues at stake when Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu: peace with the Palestinians, Iran’s nuclear threat, the endless bloody war in Syria, to name a few. But inquiring minds really want to know: Will Trump try his weird handshake thing on Israel’s top guy — and will Bibi find…
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Fast Forward ‘SNL’ Skewers Sean Spicer Over Ivanka Trump Flap With Nordstrom
“Saturday Night Live” took more shots at President Trump and his spokesman Sean Spicer — this time skewering them for attacking Nordstrom’s decision to dump Ivanka Trump’s clothing line. The late-night comedy show conflated the Trump claim that the media has neglected to cover terror attacks (a claim that analysts thoroughly debunked) with his attack on…
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Fast Forward Did Munchkin Actors Grope Judy Garland On Set of ‘Wizard Of Oz’?
Skipping down the Yellow Brick Road on the set of “The Wizard of Oz” was more like a sexual ordeal than a carefree jaunt for Judy Garland, her Jewish ex-husband reveals in a new book. Sid Luft writes in his forthcoming posthumous memoir that dwarf actors repeatedly fondled Garland, who was just 17 when she…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Electoral College Needs Changing — Vows To Eat Her Kale
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reportedly says she would change the electoral college if she had the chance — and suggested she was planning to stay healthy enough to keep her spot on the bench. Speaking at Stanford University, the 83-year-old jurist answered a question about things she would like to change. “one is…
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Fast Forward Could Breitbart Editor Joel Pollak Be Next American Envoy to South Africa?
Breitbart News alumni are already fast filling the ranks at the Trump White House with far-right flamethrower Steve Bannon said to be the new president’s most powerful lieutenant. Now, Joel Pollak, Breitbart’s editor-at-large is being tipped to be the Donald’s new ambassador to South Africa, the influential local Daily Maverick web site reported. Pollak was…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Cheer Trump Plan To Leave White Supremacists Out of Anti-Terror Program
President Trump has a controversial new plan to “streamline” an anti-terror program to focus on Islamic radicals — and leave out white supremacists. The shift has drawn howls of outrage from the Anti-Defamation League, civil liberties groups and liberals, among others. But one group is A-OK with the new plan: neo-Nazis. Contributors to Stormfront, a…
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Fast Forward Curt Schilling Launches ‘Ass Whipping’ Twitter Salvo Against Rising Democratic Star
Baseball great Curt Schilling unleashed a nasty Twitter salvo against Jason Kander after the rising Democratic star slammed Donald Trump on a national TV appearance. The retired Boston Red Sox pitcher, who is now perhaps better known as a far right wing pundit of sorts, called Kander a “piece of garbage” and said he deserves…
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