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October 23: Manhattan: Opening Reception For ‘Pressed: Images From The Jewish Daily Forward’
The new exhibit will feature the storied publication’s treasured vintage photographic press plates.
100 Years Of Jewish Men ‘Rebelling’ With Non-Jewish Women
The fascinating history of American Jewish men and their “shiksa”s.
Pumpkin Spice Pops Up In 1947 Yiddish Forverts Pie Recipe
In an ad from a 1947 issue of the Forverts is copy that begins, ‘If you like pumpkin spice flavored pie…’
This Amazing Project Invites The Public To Help Unlock Medieval Jewish Documents
One group of Judaica scholars is taking crowdsourcing to a new level.
Gella Fishman Made Sure That Yiddish Wasn’t Shoved Aside
Today, every social movement has people advocating for them; who will advocate for Yiddish now that Gella is gone?
Brooklyn Academy of Music Launches Digital Archive
Available for online viewing are posters designed by the likes of Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Harring, Sherrie Levine.
How The Forward Introduced Jews To W.E.B. Du Bois
A 1923 interview with W.E.B. Du Bois published in The Daily Jewish Forward.
How To Use The Forward Archive
The Forward was founded in 1897, here’s how to find our historical material (both Yiddish and English) in a number of different places.
Why Don’t Jews Eat Pie?
An article that appeared in an English supplement to the Jewish Daily Forward in 1924 arrives at an intriguing answer.
Lou Reed’s Archive To Be Housed In The New York Public Library
The archive includes demo tapes, unreleased music, letters, photographs, lyric sheets and general ephemera.
