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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By Dave Goldiner
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Fast Forward That Other Time a Subway Rider Turned a Swastika Into Message of L-O-V-E
The New Yorkers who erased racist and anti-Semitic graffiti from a subway car this weekend weren’t the first ones to stand up to hate speech underground. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the riders who went the extra mile to remove hateful messages — and revealed a similar incident in which a straphanger turned a…
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Fast Forward Lord Balfour’s Great-Grandson Praises Declaration That Paved Way to Israel’s Founding
The great-grandson of the British diplomat who expressed support for a Jewish homeland in the historic Balfour Declaration has spoken out for the first time about the pride his family feels to have played a role in the founding of Israel. A century after then-Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour penned the famed declaration supporting the tenets…
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Fast Forward Deborah Lipstadt Suggests Trump Denies Holocaust for Leaving Jews Out of Remembrance Statement
Deborah Lipstadt has suggested President Trump is guilty of denying the Holocaust for the now infamous statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day that omitted specific mention of Jewish victims. The famed Jewish historian said the White House statement, which Trump advisers repeatedly defended, was as nefarious as more clear-cut forms of Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism. “There…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Calls Trump a ‘Good Showman’ — and a Hypocritical ‘Fraud’
Bernie Sanders grudgingly praised President Trump as a telegenic “showman” on Sunday — but slammed him as a con artist who is selling out working class voters who helped him win election. “I don’t mean to be disrespectful (but) this guy is a fraud,” Sanders told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”…
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Fast Forward ‘SNL’ Mocks Trump for Losing It When Jared and Ivanka Are Observing Shabbat
“Saturday Night Live” took another pointed shot at President Trump last night, skewering him for famously losing his cool whenever son-in-law Jared Kushner isn’t around — especially on Shabbat. In the show’s famed cold opening, Alec Baldwin playing Trump asks an aide about Jared and Ivanka Trump, who generally do not work or use electronic devices…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Toughens Stance on Supreme Court After Trump Outburst Against ‘So-Called’ Judge
Chuck Schumer vowed to fight President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to maintain the judiciary as an “independent check” against executive power after the president’s extraordinary outburst against a federal judge who blocked his anti-Muslim immigration order. The Senate minority leader suggested that Trump’s reaction to the decision showed why Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch needed…
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Fast Forward Run Mark Run? Zuckerberg Insists He’s Not Trading Facebook for White House
He’s young, charismatic, liberal — and loaded. Despite checking off some key boxes, Mark Zuckerberg insists he’s not plotting a run for the White House in 2020 — or the foreseeable future. “I’m focused on building our community at Facebook and working on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,” Zuckerberg, 32, told Buzzfeed. The Facebook CEO has…
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Fast Forward Julia Hahn, Jewish Breitbart Reporter, Tapped for White House Post Under Steve Bannon
Julia Hahn, a Jewish journalist at Breitbart News, is reportedly being tipped for a job at the White House working for Steve Bannon, the firebrand ex-editor of the far right-wing news site. Politico says two sources briefed on the move told it that Hahn will be hired as a special assistant to the president and…
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