The Forward (Forverts)

Place of Publication New York, NY

Resource http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI/?action=tab&tab=browse&pub=FRW#panel=browse

Type of Access Online Database: Open Access

Library / Archive Historical Jewish Press
The National Library of Israel
Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram
POB 39105
Jerusalem, Israel

Contact (074) 733-6336​
Jpress@nli.org.il

Frequency of Newspaper Publication Daily

Description Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily, the Forward soon became a national paper, the most widely read Jewish newspaper anywhere. By the 1920s its circulation outstripped the New York Times, and by 1930, the Forward had become one of the largest Jewish newspapers in the world. It was published daily during the years 1933-1945, at which time its circulation fluctuated between 170,000 and close to 300,000. Local editions of the newspapers were printed in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore. At its peak, the newspaper had writers and contributors all over the Jewish World, writing on Jewish and non-Jewish topics.

The Forward began publishing a weekly English edition in 1990, and remains in circulation today.

Learn more at: https://forward.com/culture/yiddish-culture/387413/forward-archives-are-now-digitized-and-searchable/

Language Yiddish

Designation Jewish