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79-498: As of March 2011, Richard Greenberg, the paper's associate editor, was also Interim Editor, while the paper searched for a new permanent editor. The March 3, 2011, edition of WJW was the first to list Greenberg as Interim Editor. As of June 2011, Phil Jacobs, former executive editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times , was the editor of Washington Jewish Week . Mr. Jacobs hired Meredith Jacobs (not related) to be managing editor at

158-568: A check on the Federation." The paper was founded in 1930 as the National Jewish Ledger , with its first issue, published September 26, 1930, featuring a New Year's message to the Jewish community from President Herbert Hoover. The paper was known under a number of names over the years, until it officially adopted the name Washington Jewish Week in 1983. During its early years it was known as

237-517: A circulation of 7,000 and falling. As the influence of the Socialist Party in both American politics and in the Jewish community waned, the paper joined the American liberal mainstream though it maintained a social democratic orientation. The English version has some standing in the Jewish community as an outlet of liberal policy analysis. For a period in the 1990s, conservatives came to the fore of

316-540: A financially successful setting. He only returned, he later recalled in his memoir, upon the promise of "absolute full power" over the editorial desk. The circulation of the paper, which was described as "one of the first national newspapers," grew quickly, paralleling the rapid growth of the Yiddish speaking population of the United States. By 1912 its circulation was 120,000, and by the late 1920s/early 1930s, The Forward

395-427: A holiday calendar. The Features section includes "You Should Know" and "Last Word" (features on local Jewish residents), "D'var Torah" (remarks linked to the weekly Torah portion) and a news feature story typically by Jewish Telegraphic Agency. In August 2010, when a group of local businessmen took over the paper, they stated that they would like the paper to be "a tool for increasing the number of people involved in

474-833: A million views. On January 17, 2019, the publication announced it would discontinue its print edition and only publish its English and Yiddish editions online. Layoffs of its editor-in-chief and 20% of its editorial staff were also announced. Jodi Rudoren was named editor in July 2019, and took charge in September 2019. The Forward ' s contributors include journalists Abigail Pogrebin , Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Sam Kestenbaum, and Ilene Prushner ; opinion columnist Deborah Lipstadt ; art critics Anya Ulinich and Jackson Arn ; and cartoonist Liana Finck . The first issue of Forverts appeared on April 22, 1897, in New York City. The paper

553-424: A new editor. They attributed the decision to "creative differences" with Rubin and the owners' desire to take the paper in "a new direction." One issue cited as an example of friction over the issue of Federation support (or non-criticism) was a report by reporter Adam Kredo in a February 17 blog posting that there was "dismay among several federation donors" with that organization's financial support of Theater J ,

632-932: A number of Simon Rockower Awards for excellence in Jewish Journalism, including the First Place Boris Smolar Award for Excellence in Comprehensive Coverage in 2004 and the First Place Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing in 2005. Columnist Buzzy Gordon won two Rockower Awards for the paper in 1985 and 1986. Under then-editor Debra Rubin's leadership, the paper won a number of awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, including four first-place 2009 awards: two articles by Adam Kredo, "Now I understand" (in

711-540: A number of community events, including the Washington Jewish Film Festival , and the annual Jewish Book Festival. WJW executives were often active in leadership roles in the organization American Jewish Press Association . As of 2010, for example, then-publisher Larry Fishbein was a member of the AJPA executive committee along with then-editor Debra Rubin, a past president of the group. The newspaper has won

790-403: A similar struggle affecting the larger Jewish press: "The firing highlights a struggle for editorial freedom at many Jewish publications. While some of the papers are owned outright by the local federation, even independent publications like Washington Jewish Week encounter difficulties when touching on issues relating to communal institutions." Some leaders of the community voiced concern about

869-578: A subsidiary LLC that purchased the assets to Alter Communications, which included Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore Style magazine and a formidable custom publishing portfolio. Later in 2015, the company rebranded itself as Mid-Atlantic Media, owners and publishers of both Baltimore Jewish Times and Washington Jewish Week, as well as, providing certain media services for Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) and Jewish News (Phoenix). Washington Jewish Week has won more than 20 journalism awards since 2010. The paper sponsors and co-sponsors

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948-523: A ten-story office building at 175 East Broadway on the Lower East Side , designed by architect George Boehm and completed in 1912. It was a prime location, across the street from Seward Park . The building was embellished with marble columns and panels and stained glass windows. The facade features carved bas relief portraits of Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels (who co-authored, with Marx, The Communist Manifesto ), and Ferdinand Lassalle , founder of

1027-475: A weekly established in 1890 by the fledgling Jewish trade union movement centered in the United Hebrew Trades , as a vehicle for bringing socialist and trade unionist ideas to Yiddish-speaking immigrants, primarily from eastern Europe. This paper had been merged into a new Yiddish daily called Dos Abend Blatt (The Evening Paper) as its weekend supplement when that publication was launched in 1894 under

1106-592: A weekly radio show called Shmoozin' with Shmuel , which was aimed at Jews in the Washington, DC community, and frequently wrote columns in newspapers. His writings have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times , the New York Sun , The Jewish Week , The Forward , and Washington Jewish Week . He has appeared in the national news, including The New York Times , The Washington Post , NPR , CNN and Fox News . On May 23, 2014, Herzfeld delivered

1185-836: Is an American Orthodox rabbi . He is the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Elimelech. He previously served as Senior Rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue in Washington, D.C. , and before that as Associate Rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale . He is a teacher, lecturer, activist, and author. Herzfeld is from Staten Island , New York City. He is one of five children from parents Jacob and Caryl Herzfeld. His mother, an artist, illustrated one of his books, An Extra Sea t. His youngest brother, Akiva, served as Rabbi of Shaarey Tphiloh in Portland, Maine . His eldest brother, Baruch ,

1264-468: 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-language newspaper" as a weekly newspaper in 1990. In the 21st century The Forward is a digital publication with online reporting . In 2016, the publication of

1343-652: Is an entrepreneur and activist for e-bike safety who has utilized free bicycle loans to bring together different segments of the Jewish community in Brooklyn . Herzfeld received his smicha (ordination) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1999, and a master's degree in Jewish history from Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University . He received a master's degree in medieval Jewish history from Yeshiva University under

1422-570: Is generally undertaken by professional scribes and not by congregational Rabbis. Herzfeld completed the Torah in June 2019, which culminated with a parade in NW Washington DC in September, 2019. Herzfeld's daughter, Lea, published a yearbook in July 2019, which documented the journey Herzfeld took with his congregants in writing the Torah. Herzfeld also recently debuted his graphic novel titled "The Making of

1501-417: Is now the managing editor of Washington Jewish Week. As of March 2, 2011, the paper's website states that it has a paid circulation that reaches more than 30,000 readers, although an article in another paper, The Forward , published on that same date, estimates the circulation to be 10,000. In 2010 it won an award in a category for newspapers with circulations under 15,000. Under former editor Debra Rubin,

1580-497: Is published by an independent nonprofit association. The Yiddish Forward ( Forverts ) is a clearinghouse for the latest developments in the Yiddish world with almost daily news reports related to Yiddish language and culture as well as videos of cooking demonstrations, Yiddish humor and new songs. A Yiddish rendition of the Leonard Cohen song " Hallelujah ", translated and performed by klezmer musician Daniel Kahn , garnered over

1659-477: Is wicked. He inspires racists and bigots." Herzfeld later wrote: "With every cell in my body I felt the obligation as a rabbi to declare his wickedness to the world." Herzfeld has written five books: Herzfeld records and publishes the daily "5 Minute Daf Yomi" podcast, in which he provides a brief overview of the day's page of Talmud. He began recording podcasts in late 2015, and has received over 200,000 downloads since then. In September 2017, Herzfeld debuted

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1738-526: The Financial District as of 2020 . The "Forward 50" is a list of 50 Jewish Americans "who have made a significant impact on the Jewish story in the past year", published annually as an editorial opinion of The Forward since 1994. The list was the initiative of Seth Lipsky , founding editor of the English Forward . According to the magazine's website, this is not a scientific study, but rather

1817-597: The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ; Benjamin Schlesinger , a former president of the ILGWU, became the general manager of the paper in 1923, then returned to the presidency of the union in 1928. The paper was also an early supporter of David Dubinsky , Schlesinger's eventual successor. In 1933–34, The Forward was the first to publish Fred Beal 's eyewitness reports of bureaucratic privilege and of famine in

1896-631: The Jewish Week, National Jewish Ledger , and later, after merging with the New York publication The American Examiner , it became The Jewish Week and the American Examiner . From 1975 to 1983 it was simply called Jewish Week . In 1983, Dr. Leonard Kapiloff , a dentist and former publisher of the Sentinel newspapers in suburban Maryland, purchased the paper, continuing as owner until his 1993 death. Among

1975-562: The Washington Post arguing that the U.S. should do whatever it can to welcome European Jews to the United States. Herzfeld continues to speak out in support of European Jewry, and marched with the French Ambassador at a rally in early 2015. Herzfeld is a critic of Donald Trump and his presidential campaign . During Trump's speech to the annual AIPAC Conference in 2016, Herzfeld stood and shouted out: "Do not listen to this man. He

2054-412: The "AlefBlessed" cards, a Jewish high-holiday themed playing card series. As a result of their popularity, these were followed by "AlefBlessed 2" cards in 2018, displaying Jewish heroes throughout history. He has adopted the label "Matzoh Man" for wearing a matzoh suit while driving around in a car with a matzoh design. In late 2018, Herzfeld began writing a complete Torah by hand, an enormous task which

2133-546: The "Forward Shortlist" instead, which named seven people. In celebration of the magazine's 125th anniversary in 2022, the "Forward 125" was introduced, a list of the 125 most influential American Jews from 1897 to 2022. In 2022, The Forward published its list of "The 125 greatest Jewish movie scenes of all time." The Forward began publishing in English in the 1980s, and a 2019 review observed that both Yiddish and English were being produced for its online edition. Funding for

2212-567: The DC JCC. However, publisher Craig Burke, the paper's former advertising director, stated that the changes were merely part of the process of becoming "part of a larger corporation." In 2004, newly formed newspaper company HarborPoint Media, LLC, announced that it had purchased a number of newspaper assets, including Washington Jewish Week , from the Better Built Group. Larry Fishbein, previously director of marketing and business development for

2291-489: The DC area. As of December, 2018, the organization supervises over a dozen restaurants, bakeries, and products. In 2022 Rabbi Herzfeld left his position at Ohev Sholom and opened a yeshiva. Rabbi Herzfeldl's Daf Yomi podcast (5 minute daf) has over 1 million downloads. Herzfeld is a Jewish Orthodox activist. He has been vocal on many issues, including Israel activism, Jewish outreach, the threat of anti-Semitism, gay rights , and

2370-577: The English edition became available when The Forward sold its FM radio station. 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," and the actualization of an English edition as an ongoing paper in 1990, by 2010 Seth Lipsky was described as "formerly editor of the English-language edition." Shmuel Herzfeld Shmuel Herzfeld (born October 9, 1974)

2449-407: The English edition of the paper, but the break from tradition did not last. (A number of conservatives dismissed from The Forward later helped to found the modern New York Sun .) The Yiddish edition has recently enjoyed a modest increase in circulation as courses in the language have become more popular among university students; circulation has leveled out at about 5,500. Boris Sandler , one of

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2528-598: The Forward Publishing Association were Louis Miller and Abraham Cahan . These two founding fathers of The Forward were quick to enlist in the ranks of a new rival socialist political party founded in 1897, the Social Democratic Party of America , founded by the nationally famous leader of the 1894 American Railway Union strike, Eugene V. Debs , and Victor L. Berger , a German-speaking teacher and newspaper publisher from Milwaukee . Both joined

2607-675: The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel. Barry and Judith Colp Rubin together authored a number of books on American, Israeli and Middle Eastern politics. In 1992, a story by Robert Friedman was published in Village Voice , accusing Kapiloff of firing WJW managing editor Andrew Silow-Carroll as a result of a move by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to "flex its muscles" when

2686-441: The Jewish community." Louis Mayberg, one of the owners, added that this goal would be pursued while keeping the paper committed to "the highest journalistic standards": "That means accurately and fairly reporting the news in the community and not editorializing," Mayberg said. When the long-time editor (since 1999) Debra Rubin was fired on February 23, 2011, some reports questioned whether one underlying issue leading to her discharge

2765-473: The Jewish press, including a Jewish Telegraphic Agency August 13 story, published in the WJW itself, ""Was former WJW editor target of AIPAC 'spying'?" According to the story, shortly after receiving the memo, Kapiloff brought in a new editor, Linda Gordon Kuzmack, to serve over Silow-Carroll, who was stripped of his story-assignment and editorial writing responsibilities, and soon left the paper. Kapiloff denied that

2844-449: The June 2009 shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that left one guard dead. The award was presented for coverage that included three articles by Richard Greenberg, associate editor, Debra Rubin, editor, and Lisa Traiger, arts correspondent. In 2023, WJW won six Rockower Awards. The Forward The Forward ( Yiddish : פֿאָרווערטס , romanized :  Forverts ), formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward ,

2923-702: The Kiplinger Washington Editors, was appointed president and publisher of the paper. On August 1, 2010, the newspaper was sold to the WJW Group, LLC, a consortium of local businessmen David Butler, Allan Fox, Michael Gelman, Stuart Kurlander and Louis Mayberg. With the purchase, Larry Fishbein left the paper; Craig Burke, previous publisher of Washington Jewish Week , was hired as chief operating officer; and Debra Rubin continued as editor until her February 2011 discharge temporarily replaced by Richard Greenberg as interim editor. In April 2012, WJW Group formed

3002-455: The SDP in July 1897. Despite this political similarity, Miller and Cahan differed as to the political orientation of the paper and Cahan left after just four months to join the staff of The Commercial Advertiser, a well-established Republican newspaper also based in New York City. For the next four years, until 1901, Cahan remained outside of The Forward office, learning the newspaper trade in

3081-494: The Soviet Union, accounts of the kind that much of the liberal and left-wing press disparaged and resisted. His story corroborated that of the paper's labor editor, Harry Lang, who had visited Soviet Ukraine. In response to the first reports of atrocities against the Jewish population of German-occupied Poland , special correspondent A. Brodie complained of exaggerated dispatches and lack of facts. But as accounts accumulated in

3160-590: The WJW initiated an "aggressive foray" into social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in an effort to attract younger readers. While some other papers are making the move to solely online projects, Rubin said the paper is "not moving away from our print edition by any means. We're just trying to supplement our print edition." The paper has both a hard-copy and online version, with sections identified online including News, Opinion, Arts & Culture, People, Podcasts, Obituaries and Special Sections. News stories on

3239-713: The Washington Jewish Week puts that on the front page, it weakens the Israeli ambassador, at a time when he needs to be strong. Israel's in danger, etc." Toward the end of Kapiloff's tenure, the paper lost some of its prominence along with much of its core staff. Editors Fenyvesi, Srebrnik and Renee Matalon as well as writers Berenbaum and Gordon all left in the mid- and late-1980s. Berenbaum and Srebrnik later became academics at universities in Los Angeles and Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, respectively. Gordon, who had been director of

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3318-400: The Yiddish version changed its print format from a biweekly newspaper to a monthly magazine; the English weekly paper followed suit in 2017. Those magazines were published until 2019. The Forward ' s perspective on world and national news and its reporting on the centrist Jewish perspective on modern United States have made it one of the most influential American Jewish publications. It

3397-522: The auspices of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP). As this publication established itself, it came under increased political pressure from the de facto head of the SLP, Daniel De Leon , who attempted to maintain a rigid ideological line with respect to its content. It was this centralizing political pressure which had been the motivating factor for a new publication. Chief among the dissident socialists of

3476-404: The category of feature, nonprofile) and "What is too much?" (category, local government reporting); one article by Richard Greenberg, "The fabric of Judaism" (category, religion); and the editorial by Debra Rubin, "Symbol of tolerance, target of hate" (category, editorial writing). In 2010, WJW won a first place Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, for the paper's coverage of

3555-535: The change was a result of the AIPAC memo, but instead just a movie that resulted from the fact that the paper was "not growing" during Silow-Carroll's tenure. Eventually, after Silow-Carroll's departure, Kuzmack was also dismissed. Like the more recent 2011 discharge of Debra Rubin, some — including Larry Cohler-Esses — believe the Silow-Carroll departure reveals the larger tension between those who believe that

3634-487: The company. Meredith Jacobs replaced him as editor in September 2013. She left in February 2014 and Joshua Runyan was listed as interim editor. As of June 2014, Geoffrey Melada was editor-in-chief. As of 2015, Joshua Runyan became editorial director of Mid-Atlantic Media, publisher of Washington Jewish Week, and assumed the editor-in-chief role with WJW. David Holzel was elevated to the role of managing editor. Aaron Troodler

3713-624: The editor "didn't toe the AIPAC line." According to Friedman's account Silow-Carroll was forced out "after an AIPAC staff member operating under cover witnessed Silow-Carroll's appearance at a May 1991 picnic sponsored by dovish Jewish groups, including the New Jewish Agenda and Tikkun magazine. As a result of Silow-Carroll's attendance, an AIPAC memo was written that characterized Silow-Carroll as anti-Israel — although Silow-Carroll saw himself as anti- Likud but absolutely not anti-Israel. Friedman's Village Voice story led to many others in

3792-458: The editor and reader poll results. Articles that include both a local focus, such as a local Jewish Community Center art exhibit, to news articles with a focus on the arts, such as "Jewish talent shines at 2011 Academy Awards." Information on individual and family milestones, such as births, bar and bat (b'nai) mitzvah news, engagements and marriages, obituaries, anniversaries, and birthdays, in addition to additional sections, including recipes and

3871-514: The fall of 1995 a Russian-language edition of the Forward was launched, under the editorship of Vladimir "Velvl" Yedidowich . The decision to launch a Russian Forward in the crowded market of Russian-language journalism in New York followed approaches to the Forward Association by a number of intellectual leaders in the fast-growing émigré community who expressed an interest in adding a voice that

3950-400: The first female editor in chief of the English Forward in June 2008. The previous editor in chief was J. J. Goldberg , who served from 2000 to 2007; since that time he has been editor at large. The paper maintains a left of center editorial stance. In August 2015, The Forward received wide attention for reporting from Iran at a charged moment in American politics, as the U.S. Congress

4029-399: The first mass German labor party. A fourth relief portrays a person whose identity has not been clearly established, and has been identified as Wilhelm Liebknecht , Karl Liebknecht , or August Bebel . The paper moved out in 1974, and in the real-estate boom of the 1990s the building was converted to condominiums. The Forward , which in 2007 was headquartered at East 33rd Street, is in

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4108-485: The guidance of Haym Soloveitchik ; his thesis was on the topic of "Hechlid Be-Miut Simanim" (see Babylonian Talmud Hullin 30a). During his rabbinate at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Herzfeld was mentored by Avi Weiss . Herzfeld served as the assistant rabbi under Rabbi Avi Weiss at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale from 1999 to 2004 before transferring to Ohev Sholom. From 2008 to 2010, Herzfeld hosted

4187-530: The most significant contemporary secular writers in Yiddish, was the editor of the Yiddish Forward for 18 years, until March 2016; the new editor who succeeded him is Rukhl Schaechter . From 2013 to 2017, prior to the current format as a monthly magazine, The Forward was published as a newspaper in separate English weekly and Yiddish biweekly editions, and online daily. Each was effectively an independent publication with its own contents. Jane Eisner became

4266-400: The new owners, changes were made to improve the "financial outlook" of a paper that was "formerly family-owned," but a reduction of vacation allowances for holidays — originally set to accommodate Jewish holy days — from 11 to 4, would raise difficulty for observant Jews. Additional changes that included a requirement that the entire staff punch a time clock and a reduction in editorial space for

4345-677: The news department of the Israel Government Press Office and official spokesman for Israel's Kahan Commission, became media relations director for B'nai B'rith International and later wrote Frommer's Jerusalem Day by Day Guide . Judith Colp later married the late Barry Rubin, founder of the Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs, formerly the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, located at

4424-493: The oldest continuous Orthodox synagogue operating in Washington, DC, with a vision of taking the spirit of the synagogue out to the community and to welcome all Jews regardless of their prior Jewish background or training. He has increased the synagogue's membership from 75 families to approximately 375 families as of 2015. In December 2014 under Herzfeld's leadership, the Ohev Sholom Makor Chaim Mikvah opened to

4503-597: The opening prayer for the United States House of Representatives as a guest Chaplain . Under Herzfeld's leadership, the Shepherd Park eruv , first built in 2004, was merged with the Woodside eruv in 2013, creating the combined Shepherd Park/Woodside Community eruv encompassing over half a dozen synagogues and thousands of Jewish families. In 2004, Herzfeld began working at Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue ,

4582-480: The opinion of staff members, assisted by nominations from readers. The Forward does not endorse or support any of the people in the listing. The rankings are divided into different categories (which may vary from year to year): Top Picks, Politics, Activism, Religion, Community, Culture, Philanthropy, Scandals, Sports and, as of 2010, Food. The list also includes those Jews whose impact in the past year has been dramatic and damaging. In 2021, The Forward published

4661-496: The paper's staff during Kapiloff's tenure were Michael Berenbaum , Larry Cohler-Esses, Judith Colp, Charles Fenyvesi, Buzzy Gordon, and Henry Srebrnik. During Kapiloff's tenure in the 1980s and 1990s, by virtue of its geography and the quality of its staff, the Washington Jewish Week became a very influential paper and regularly published stories picked up by the mainstream press. In January 1986, for example, Gordon broke

4740-608: The plight of the agunah . Herzfeld is currently the Vice President for Amcha - the coalition for Jewish concerns, a grass-roots coalition which engages in pro-Jewish activism. In 2008, The New York Times published Herzfeld's op-ed article suggesting that meat produced under abusive conditions by Agriprocessors , a kosher meat company, should be considered unkosher . This article attracted media attention in NPR, other newspapers, and many blogs. Herzfeld has been outspoken regarding

4819-410: The position that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were guilty but held that the death sentence was too harsh a punishment. By 1962, circulation was down to 56,126 daily and 59,636 Sunday, and by 1983 the newspaper was published only once a week, with an English supplement. In 1990, the English supplement became an independent weekly which by 2000 had a circulation of 26,183, while the Yiddish weekly had

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4898-436: The possibility that the paper might lose some of its editorial freedom. For example, Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld , rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue , praised what he considered the "wonderful motivation and intentions" of the new owners, but added that: "they have ended up doing something that ultimately won't be helpful for the community. I don't think the community deserves to lose an independent voice that has served as

4977-400: The priority of the Jewish press is to report the news and those who believe it involves the role of supporter or "cheerleader" for certain organizations and political positions. Cohler-Esses states in a 2004 interview that AIPAC tried to get him fired, in addition to the pressure they leveled on WJW to fire Silow-Carroll. In April 1999, the paper's "family ownership" came to an end when WJW

5056-764: The problem of the agunah , appearing in a front-page article in The New York Times in January 2011. This article generated a significant amount of media attention and put a spotlight on the agunah crisis within Orthodox Judaism . Herzfeld has also been vocal regarding antisemitism in Europe , particularly in France. In early January, 2015, after the deadly terrorist attacks at a kosher supermarket in Paris, Herzfeld published an op-ed in

5135-685: The public. The mikvah is a modern, clean, and fully accessible mikvah open to the entire community. In February 2015, Herzfeld took a leadership role in forming the Beltway Vaad. Herzfeld's role is Kashrut Administrator, and continues to play a role in the certification of Soupergirl, along with the DC Vaad and the Star-K of Baltimore. In April 2018, Herzfeld founded the DC Kosher organization, providing free kashrut supervision to vegan and vegetarian restaurants in

5214-418: The sake of increased advertising revenue, were seen as moves that would "diminish" the paper's standing at the same time it would negatively impact on the staff's morale. Other changes raised questions about the paper's continuing commitment to Jewish issues. Marcia Kay, a former managing editor, pointed out that this was the first time in many years that no reporter from the paper attended the annual meeting of

5293-629: The story of how then Israeli ambassador to the US Meir Rosenne was being bypassed by the Israeli government in its dealings with the Reagan administration in the Iran-Contra affair, where arms were being traded for hostages and money. According to a 2004 interview with Michael Berenbaum about that story, Ambassador Rosenne protested and the Israeli Embassy was "livid," because of their feeling that "When

5372-428: The theater group associated with the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center . "Theater J" had hosted a production of Return to Haifa , an adaptation of a novella by Palestinian Ghassan Kanafani, which some critics had claimed was "anti-Israel". On February 22, additional criticism of the Federation was posted on the blog because of this theatrical production. According to reports, the situation at this paper reflected

5451-492: The web edition are divided into five categories: Local, National, Israel, World and Synagogue Spotlight. This section, in print only, is a compilation of articles from the news, usually Jewish Telegraphic Agency. In March 2011, some examples of the news in this category included "Bone marrow drive for Hadassah leader," "Israeli killed, Chabad House destroyed in [New Zealand] quake," and "Fliers attack [Rahm] Emanuel ." This section includes editorials, opinions (op-eds), letters to

5530-407: The winter of 1939-40 of mass arrests, forced labor, massacres, executions and expulsions, the paper discerned the outline of the unfolding Holocaust . The best-known writer in the Yiddish Forward was Isaac Bashevis Singer , who received the Nobel Prize in Literature . Other well known contributors included Leon Trotsky , S.L. Shneiderman , and Morris Winchevsky . In 1953, The Forward took

5609-412: Was a leading U.S. metropolitan daily with considerable influence and a nationwide circulation of more than 275,000 though this had dropped to 170,000 by 1939 as a result of changes in U.S. immigration policy that restricted the immigration of Jews to a trickle. Early on, The Forward defended trade unionism and moderate, democratic socialism. The paper was a significant participant in the activities of

5688-493: Was founded by a group of about 50 Yiddish -speaking socialists who had organized three months earlier as the Forward Publishing Association. The paper's name, as well as its political orientation, was borrowed from the German Social Democratic Party and its organ Vorwärts . Forverts was a successor to New York's first Yiddish-language socialist newspaper, Di Arbeter Tsaytung ( The Workman's Paper ),

5767-501: Was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award and won nine Rockower Awards . The Forward won two Religion News Association Awards and 34 Rockower Awards in 2021. In 2022, the Forward won two Religion News Association Awards and a record of 43 Rockower Awards. In 2023, the American Jewish Press Association awarded The Forward 33 Rockower Awards. At the peak of its circulation, The Forward erected

5846-410: Was purchased by Better Built Group, a newly formed affiliate of Ryan Phillips' NewsCo., the parent company of Alexandria-based Journal Newspapers. At that time, news of "a so-called shift in editorial focus and new employee guidelines" introduced by the new owner raised questions about "cultural sensitivity" that might not, in the words of a Washington Business Journal report, be "kosher." According to

5925-475: Was ramping up to a vote on an accord reached the month before to limit Tehran's nuclear ability in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. Assistant Managing Editor Larry Cohler-Esses was, in the words of The New York Times , "The first journalist from an American Jewish pro-Israel publication to be given an Iranian visa since 1979." For a few years, there was also a Russian edition. The website of The Forward describes its formation: "In

6004-552: Was renamed the Forum . Around the same time in 2004, the Forward Association also sold off its interest in WEVD to The Walt Disney Company 's sports division, ESPN . The name of the publication was shortened to The Forward in April 2015. As of July 2016, The Forward began publishing a monthly magazine. The last newspaper published was the June 30, 2016, issue. For 24 years, The Forward

6083-449: Was strongly Jewish, yet with a secular, social-democratic orientation and an appreciation for the cultural dimension of Jewish life." The Russian edition was sold to RAJI (Russian American Jews for Israel) in 2004, although initially it kept the name. In contrast to its English counterpart, the Russian edition and its readership were more sympathetic to right-wing voices. In March 2007, it

6162-521: Was the home of the column " Philologos ". It now runs in Mosaic . Alana Newhouse, who authored what The New York Times called "a coffee-table book" ( A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life From the Pages of The Forward ), was the paper's arts and culture editor. The New York Times described the paper's " A Bintel Brief " feature as "homespun advice ... which predated Dear Abby ." In 2020, The Forward

6241-459: Was the unwritten policy of the paper to avoid criticism of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, DC — with one unnamed source claiming that the new owners "felt the paper was owned by the federation...and tried to fight any negative reporting on the institution." The paper's owners claimed that such criticisms of Federation funding decisions had no bearing on their decision to seek

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