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The Forward
Forṿerṭs (in Yiddish)
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Owner(s)Forward Association
PublisherRachel Fishman Feddersen
Editor-in-chiefJodi Rudoren
Associate editorAdam Langer
News editorLauren Markoe
Staff writersIrene Katz Connelly, Mira Fox, PJ Grisar, Beth Harpaz, Louis Keene, Jacob Kornbluh, Arno Rosenfeld
FoundedApril 22, 1897; 129 years ago (1897-04-22)
Political alignmentProgressive
LanguageEnglish and Yiddish
HeadquartersNew York City
CirculationEnglish: 28,221 (as of March 2013)[1]
ISSN1051-340X
Websiteforward.com

The Forward (Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס, romanized: Forverts, and formerly known as "The Jewish Daily Forward")[2] is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience.

History

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Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language weekly socialist newspaper, The New York Times reported that Seth Lipsky "started an English-language offshoot of the Yiddish-language newspaper"[3] as a weekly newspaper in 1990.

The Forward in English

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The Forward began publishing in English in the 1980s.[4][source?] In 2019, both Yiddish and English were being used for their online edition.[4] Funding for the English edition became available when The Forward sold their FM radio station.[5]

While the idea was said to have germinated in 1983, when the Yiddish-only paper "announced that it was going to retreat to weekly publication" [5] and the actualization of an English edition as an ongoing paper in 1990,[3] by 2010 Seth Lipsky was described as "formerly editor of the English-language edition".[6]

Notable interviews

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Awards

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In 2020, The Forward was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award[26] and won nine Rockower Awards.[27] The Forward won two Religion News Association Awards[28] and 34 Rockower Awards in 2021.[29] In 2022, the Forward won two Religion News Association Awards[30] and a record of 43 Rockower Awards.[31][32] In 2023, the American Jewish Press Association awarded The Forward 33 Rockower Awards.[33]

Pictures

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This November 1, 1936, magazine section of The Forward illustrates its evolution from a Democratic Socialist publication to a Social Democratic supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal"

Jewish Daily Forward Building

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Further reading

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  • Hoffman, Matthew (March 2010). "The Red Divide: The Conflict Between Communists and Their Opponents in the American Yiddish Press". American Jewish History. 96 (1): 1–31. doi:10.1353/ajh.2010.0008. JSTOR 23887781.
  • Peiser, Jaclyn (October 8, 2017). "Anti-Semitism's Rise Gives The Forward New Resolve". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

Other websites

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References

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  1. ↑ "Total Circ for US Newspapers". Alliance for Audited Media. March 31, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Matthew Kassel (May 17, 2015). "The Jewish Daily Forward Is Assimilating". Observer.
  3. 1 2 James Barron (September 30, 2008). "Losing Money, New York Sun Is to Shut Down". The New York Times.
  4. 1 2 Michael M. Grynbaum (July 23, 2019). "Jodi Rudoren, Veteran Times Journalist, Will Lead The Forward". The New York Times.
  5. 1 2 Ellilot Resnick (February 11, 2011). "Veteran Newspaperman Seth Lipsky Reminisces On His Career". The Jewish Press. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "A Haitian Tale". Tablet. January 20, 2010.
  7. ↑ "President Barack Obama Speaks to Jews in Historic Interview With the Forward". The Forward. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  8. ↑ Peiser, Jaclyn (2019-01-18). "In Print Since 1897, The Forward Goes Digital Only". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  9. ↑ "Alan Dershowitz Talks Hamas, Terror and Abraham". The Forward. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  10. ↑ noah (2013-11-17). "Evan Rachel Wood on Motherhood and Romania". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  11. ↑ Kornbluh, Jacob (2022-08-31). "Josh Shapiro traces bid for Pennsylvania governor to his childhood work for Soviet Jews". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  12. ↑ "Guided by His Jewish Faith, Josh Shapiro Sworn in as Pennsylvania Governor". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  13. ↑ "Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words: highlights from the Forward's 2018 interview". The Forward. 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  14. ↑ "Jane Eisner Interviews Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Transcript". The Forward. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  15. ↑ "News Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Interrupts Rosh Hashanah Services Nationwide". HuffPost. 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  16. ↑ "Gal Gadot Talks Growing Up In Israel & Her Controversial Maxim Photo Shoot". The Forward. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  17. ↑ Berrin, Danielle (2017-05-31). "Gal Gadot and the Jewish essence of Wonder Woman". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  18. ↑ "Presidential Hopeful Slams Bush for Stance on Syria". The Forward. 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  19. ↑ "Biden and the Jews: Strong Ties and Friendly Disagreements". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  20. ↑ "Q&A: Mandy Patinkin on Yiddish and the CIA". The Forward. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  21. ↑ "Broadway Star Mandy Patinkin Finds His Forte: Yiddish". The Forward. 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  22. ↑ "The impossible is happening: Talking to Natan Sharansky about the crisis in Ukraine". The Forward. 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  23. ↑ "Exploring Marriage Through Memoir: Q&A With Dani Shapiro". The Forward. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  24. ↑ "Nathan Englander Opens Up About His Orthodox Upbringing". The Forward. 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  25. ↑ Litman, Matthew (2023-03-10). "What should American Jews do about the assault on Israeli democracy?". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  26. ↑ "The 2020 James Beard Award Nominees | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.[permanent dead link]
  27. ↑ "AJPA - 2020 Competition". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  28. ↑ "2021 RNA Contest Winners". Religion News Association. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  29. ↑ "AJPA - 2021 Competition". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  30. ↑ "2022 RNA Contest Winners". Religion News Association. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  31. ↑ "AJPA - 2022 Competition". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  32. ↑ Debonis, Jaclyn (2022-06-28). "Forward wins 12 first-place prizes at 41st Annual AJPA Simon Rockower Awards". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  33. ↑ "2023 Awards (for work done in 2022)" (PDF). American Jewish Press Association. July 11, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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