In the days before storms were given hipster names and the meteorologists were dropping bomb cyclones on it, the East Coast used to look back with dread at the storm of ’88. The Great Blizzard of 1888 was the great grand-daddy of storms, with up to 58 inches of snow drifting with powerful winds up…
A century ago the world was in the throes of the Great War, women didn’t yet have the vote and the movie industry was in its infancy. Two Jewish refugees from the wine-growing Tokaji region of Hungary — Adoph Zukor and William Fox (born Fuchs) — were beginning to make their mark on the fledgling…
Recently the Forward received a donation of 66 cartoons drawn by a survivor of Dachau. And they are a lot of fun! The more accurate way of saying it, I guess, is that 66 drawings by the Forward’s in-house cartoonist were returned to our archive. Lillian Silver, daughter of former editor Simon Weber, brought us…
It’s difficult today to look at the orange-and-black paper scenery behind toddlers in ghost costumes and imagine just how disturbing Halloween was a century ago. For the Jewish community — coming from Europe — the devilish practices of Halloween were not only bewildering but also threatening. Yes, we could come to terms with people walking…
Move over, . The search for the ultimate Hanukkah video is over — Amy Schumer wins hands down. The Jewish comedian shared a childhood video of her singing “Happy Hanukkah” on her Instagram page and if you haven’t seen it, you need to stop whatever non-essential task you’re doing. In addition to being ADORABLE, Schumer…
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. Like a meteor blazing momentarily across the sky, Didi Ramati’s acting career—despite a pioneering role in early Israeli filmmaking—shined brightly but “faded out” just as fast. In 1952 the Forverts published her…
Copyright Forward Association Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. Seemingly waiting for her thoughts to fuse, Ruth Fischer’s photo in our archive depicts her with notepad in hand at the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1946, in a…
Lucy Fox Robins Lang (second from right) at her book party, 1948 // Copyright Forward Association Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. When Lucy Fox Robins Lang’s memoir “Tomorrow is Beautiful” was published by Macmillan in 1948, the…
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