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The Forward ( Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס, romanized : Forverts ), formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, [ 2] is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish -language daily socialist newspaper, The New York Times reported that Seth Lipsky "started an English-language offshoot of the ...
Yiddish, English. Alma mater. Teachers Institute of Vilnius. Abraham " Abe " Cahan ( Yiddish: אַבֿרהם קאַהאַן; July 7, 1860 – August 31, 1951) was a Lithuanian -born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. [ 1] Cahan was one of the founders of The Forward ( Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס, romanized ...
A Bintel Brief. " A Bintel Brief " was a Yiddish advice column, starting in early 20th century New York City, that anonymously printed readers' questions and posted replies. The column was started by Abraham Cahan, the editor of Der Forverts ( The Forward ), in 1906. [1] Recent Jewish immigrants, predominantly from Eastern Europe, asked for ...
A Jewish newspaper is a newspaper which focuses on topics of special interest to Jews, although Jewish newspapers also include articles on topics of a more general interest as well. Political orientations and religious orientations cover a wide range.
Schlesinger served (1923–28) as manager of the Chicago office of the Jewish Daily Forward and was elected, for the last time, as president of the ILGWU in October 1928, serving until his death in June 1932. Benjamin Schlesinger was, at various times, a member of the Workmen's Circle, Forward Association, Socialist Labor Party and Socialist Party.
Life. Held was born on May 16, 1885, in Boryslav, Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Jacob Held and Tauba Yetta Singer. He immigrated to America in 1893. [1] Held attended the College of the City of New York, graduating from there with a B.S. in 1906. From 1907 to 1912, he was the city editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, a leading Yiddish ...
The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized : HalLûaḥ HāʿIḇrî ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of ...
David Twersky (February 19, 1950 – July 16, 2010) was a journalist, Zionist activist, and peace advocate in Israel and the United States. He was an editor for The Jewish Daily Forward and The New York Sun and a leader of the American Jewish Congress .