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Friend! Mit mazl geyert zikh! It’s our birthday!
On April 22, 1897, The Forward published our very first issue. The one-page sheet in Yiddish costing a penny carried reports from the Middle East war front, accounts of Cuban unrest and stories of a steam-fitters’ strike in New York. The headlines held an enormous amount of news and information. “From the Class Struggle: Locked Out Steamfitters are Holding Fast,” blared one headline. “Enough Swinders!” declared another.
With that one page, our Yiddish-language daily newspaper joined New York’s immigrant presses. Through the leadership of founding editor, Abraham Cahan, by the 1930's The Forward became the voice of the Jewish immigrant with a circulation rivaling The New York Times.
We’ve published continuously since that first issue in 1897 — now for 123 years running. Will you help us celebrate by donating $18.97 today?
Since 1897 The Forward has gone through a lot of changes. In 1990 we started publishing in English, and changed over the years from a printed daily to a weekly magazine to the digital daily news we publish today.
Throughout all of it, including the current coronavirus pandemic, we have remained committed to fiercely independent coverage of news that matters to American Jews. That’s what The Forward was founded on and it’s what we still publish today.
Help us celebrate 123 years of independent Jewish news! Donate $18.97 to celebrate the year of our founding and publishing traditions that continue for nearly a century and a quarter.
We think 123 years is a pretty good start, but we also know we have enough chutzpah to keep publishing for 123 years more. Join us as we celebrate today by donating for The Forward’s past and our future.
Thank you!
Chana Pollack
Archivist, The Forward |
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