Tag: Forverts Newspaper
Harvard Yiddish professor Saul Noam Zaritt has pioneered a project to bring attention to Yiddish pulp fiction stories, or "shund" literature, which had previously been overlooked by academics due to their perceived lack of literary merit.
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Looking for a Lineage in the Lusk Archive - The records of a New York surveillance committee from the time of the First Red Scare document a radical world—and its demise.
The Lusk Committee Archive, preserved by the State of New York, contains tens of thousands of documents documenting a critical period in American radical history during the First Red Scare.
Ben Weitz shared the story of his Cuban grandfather, Azriel Weitz, who maintained his Jewish faith despite challenges in Cuba under Fidel Castro's rule.
In 1918 during the influenza epidemic, an ad in Forverts offered dietary advice, suggesting plain foods, more vegetables and fish, and minimal meat consumption for better health.
The article tells the love story of Harry Korniarski and Ester Gelman Leichner, whose meeting in New Orleans was facilitated by The Forward, a Yiddish newspaper.