Forverts Archive
From the archive, Influenza 1918: Reb Velvele’s shiva adjustments
Those who must sit shiva, may god protect them, may and must ease off in observing the laws of mourning
From the Forverts archives, Influenza 1918: Scenes from a Jewish drug store
A scene at a busy drugstore sees the druggists having a mean-hearted laugh at the expense of a sick woman
Influenza 1918, a look back: Deutsch Bros. Furniture gives flu prevention tips
During the 1918 Influenza, a Forverts advertiser gave out helpful and less-than-helpful health tips.
From the Forverts archives: Influenza 1918, everyone does the flu their own way
An unnamed Forverts reporter gamely walks the beat with your local druggist and then rides shotgun with a local doc as he makes house calls.
‘If not for the Forward, I’d never have been born.’
At 90, Gert Levitan decided it was time to tell the unlikely love story of her parents, and how a beloved Yiddish daily played matchmaker.
How The Forverts Covered The Peekskill Riots In 1949
The rioters set the stage and seats on fire.
120 Years Of The Forverts: The Great Kosher Meat Strike Of May 1902
What follows is a front-page story published in the Forverts on May 15, 1902, the day thousands of women took to the streets of the Lower East Side of Manhattan to boycott the price of meat. Within a week the strike spread across the country; by June 9 the price of meat had dropped.
Triangle Boss a Witness
One of the two bosses of the Triangle factory takes the witness stand.
A Wild, Inexplicable Mass Murder
An opinion piece calls the Triangle fire “mass murder.”
The Lesson of the Triangle Trial
Forverts editor Abraham Cahan on what can be learned from the Triangle fire.
