Pressed into History

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Pressed looks into the vast Forward archive to present a selection of print photographs in the paper from the 1920s to the 1960s. Join the Forward archivist for a guided tour followed by a reception and Q&A.

Founded in 1897 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the Jewish Daily Forward quickly became the most widely read Jewish news source anywhere. 

With rigorous reporting, incisive editorials and powerful commentary, the Forward chronicled the events that affected immigrants eager to earn their place in American life. By the 1920s, this Yiddish-language daily had more readers than the New York Times. 

This exhibit, with its images of strikes and activists, Yiddish theater stars and baseball players, daily life and historic moments, presents the depth and breadth of the history of this singular publication, its audience, and Jewish life in America and around the world.

Spend the evening with:

• Forward archivist Chana Pollack

• Forward CEO & Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen

• Eric Lidji, director of the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Senator John Heinz History Center

• Dr. Rachel Kranson, Director, Jewish Studies Program 

More than 125 years after its founding, now as a digital-only publication in English and Yiddish, the Forward remains the most influential nationwide Jewish media outlet. It maintains its fierce independence, continuing to present outstanding reporting for a better-informed, more deeply engaged American Jewish community. Its informative and enlightening content expresses its enduring commitments to social justice, to a greater understanding of Yiddish and Jewish culture, a resilient democracy and the welfare of the Jewish people worldwide.

This exhibition is organized by the Forward in collaboration with the Museum at Eldridge Street, and hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Library System and the Jewish Studies Program.