Tag: Forverts

Thirteen-year-old Sender Glasser, who speaks Yiddish at home, made a video demonstrating how to bake baklava in his mother tongue, despite it not being part of his Eastern European heritage.
In this article, Elie Wiesel reflects on his visit to Disneyland in 1957.
A twelve-year-old boy named Sender Glasser, who is fluent in Yiddish, Polish, and English, has created a tutorial in Yiddish on how to make delicious pretzels.
An Israeli project that aims to connect secular Jews to their religious heritage is gaining popularity.
A new initiative has been launched in Israel to subsidize small gifts for victims of terrorism.
In this discussion about the Yiddish language, the writer addresses an article in the New York Times by Ilan Stavans and a critical response by Rabbi Yaakov Mencken.
The Forverts editorial staff will be on vacation from August 15 to August 25 for a Yiddish immersion retreat.
In a historic development, the city of York in England has appointed its first rabbi in 800 years.
The "Over the Hill" podcast episode discusses the historical significance of the Yiddish advice column "A Bintel Brief" in helping Jewish immigrants navigate American life, its modern adaptations including a podcast by the contemporary Forward, and the analysis of advice, gossip, and public opinions in light of a recent Jonah Hill scandal.
In this Tidbits post, two main topics are covered.
This audio explores why the Yiddish word for malaria, "malyarye," is considered humorous in Jewish culture.
The article explores the historical relationship between the Forverts newspaper and its women readers.
The book "Transatlantic Russian Jewishness: Ideological Voyages of the Yiddish Daily Forverts in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" by Gennady Estraikh explores the history of the Forverts, a Yiddish newspaper, and its editor Abraham Cahan.
Forverts has introduced a new video series called Yiddish Word of the Day, created by editor Rukhl Schaechter, designed to familiarize non-Yiddish speakers with common Yiddish words and phrases for everyday use.
In September 1918, during the Spanish Influenza outbreak, the Jewish newspaper Forverts documented poignant stories of individuals impacted by the pandemic, such as the tragic tale of George Abbot who died before marrying his sweetheart due to the flu.
"The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth explores a counterhistory where Charles Lindbergh becomes president in 1940, paralleled with real events reported by The Forward, showcasing Lindbergh's transformation from hero to anti-Semitic figure.
The article discusses the forgotten tragedy of the pogroms in the Russian Empire between 1917 and 1922, considered by some as a genocide, which resulted in the murder of an estimated 100,000 Jews and the displacement of two million.