Photo EssayCocktails & Comedy with Alex Edelman

Forward board members, donors, and staff gathered at the home of Forward Board Member Cheryl Fishbein and her husband Phil Schatten for a special evening with comedian Alex Edelman on Oct. 24, 2022.

Photo EssayCocktails & Comedy with Alex Edelman

Forward board members, donors, and staff gathered at the home of Forward Board Member Cheryl Fishbein and her husband Phil Schatten for a special evening with comedian Alex Edelman on Oct. 24, 2022.

By Forward Staff October 25, 2022

We are grateful and humbled to have been joined by so many supporters for the Forward’s Cocktails & Comedy fundraiser in New York City on October 24, 2022.

It was a pleasure to return to an in-person event with our generous hosts, Cheryl Fishbein and Phil Schatten.

Please check out highlights from the event below and to view all photos click here.

Your support as readers, donors, and community connectors is helping to pave the way for the next generation of Jewish journalism at the Forward.

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Alan Silbertstein, Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Cheryl Fishbein, Alex Edelman and Jodi Rudoren Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Aliza Kline, Sam Norich, Alex Edelman and Jodi Rudoren Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Jodi Rudoren, Cheryl Fishbein, Alex Edelman, Rachel Fishman Feddersen and Lisa Lepson Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Alex Edelman and Jodi Rudoren Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Lynne Galler, Hezzy Dattner and Jodi Rudoren Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Jodi Rudoren, Abigail Pogrebin, and Rachel Fishman Feddersen Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Cheryl Fishbein, Hezzy Dattner and Lynne Galler Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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Alan Silbertstein, Phil Schatten, Cheryl Fishbein and Sam Norich Photo by Chloe Seldman/ Michael Priest Photography

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