My First Pesach In America — In 1883
“We Socialist, freethinking Jews, were just as fanatical in our apostasy as our parents and grandparents were in their religious lives.”
100 Years Ago, Auguste Rodin Died — And The Forward Paid Tribute
“Rodin didn’t create his work to look sculptural, but sought out a new unique way that didn’t overwork the details and left much unfinished.”
The Death of Leo Frank
A century ago today, Forward editor Ab Cahan wrote eloquently about the lynching of Leo Frank. He denounced the anti-Semitism that ‘didn’t rest until it made an end to his young life.’
My Beloved America, I Don't Recognize You!
Our country has taken up arms. Bloody questions marks hover above us. What are we fighting for? Why aren’t we heeding our holy credo to stop the bloodshed?
A Terrible Blood Bath
Forward editor Ab Cahan wrote: The great powers began a terrible blood bath. The war will be the most terrible, the worst in human history.
Zionism’s Victory and the Socialist Enlightenment of the Masses
If such news — that the land of Israel is going to be given to the Jews, had come 50 years ago, it would have made a totally different impression on the Jewish masses than it is making today.
This Is Not a War, But a Series of Pogroms
I’ve just returned to Berlin from a journey to Lodz and several other cities in Poland that are currently in German hands.
Telling Story of Leo Frank From His Jail Cell
The Leo Frank case stoked a fiery public debate about race, class and anti-Semitism. The Forward’s editor, Ab Cahan, traveled to Atlanta to carry out a jailhouse interview.
Should Children Play Baseball?
“It is said the one should teach their child how to play chess or checkers or goat & wolf [tsig un volf] or at least a game that sharpens the mind. That would be appreciated,” writes the father in his letter. “But what value does a game like baseball have? Nothing more than becoming crippled comes out of it.”
