Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s zeyde was noted Yiddish writer
Meyer Blinken wrote about the insidious effects of poverty and was one of the few male Yiddish writers to ever write about women’s sexuality.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s close knish encounter of the Forward kind
Eleanor Roosevelt, an international political figure in her own right, was also very much a New Yorker.
The Forward’s news (and Jews) on the Bowery
The Forward has been reporting the difficult economic conditions of the country since it began.
Legacy Bintel: In 1906, a Jewish boy supporting his family risks death for wages
Letters sent to the Forward over 100 years ago still ring true today; in this one, a worker weighs his need for his salary against his safety
What Seth Rogen’s new movie gets right and wrong about the history of pickling
The true history of American pickles is one of murder, moral outrage and scandal.
When The Forward sponsored summer camp
As summer camps evolved into a tradition for Jewish children, The Forward reported on many of these camps, not only the ones they sponsored.
From the archives: Let’s go on a picnic for social justice
As a sister organization of the Workmen’s Circle, the Forward was heavily involved in these picnics.
Pride of Judea Children’s Home
The Forward frequently reported on news and events at Pride of Judea orphanage.
A 4th of July walk with The Forward
Join us for a walk in the steps of early immigrants exploring their new American lives in the city?
Yiddish Coney Island
Coney Island’s beach, while refreshing for sure, was also where “beauty and crudity go hand in hand and launch a united front.”