House of Representatives to join me in paying tribute to the Forward. the king of New Yorks ethnic newspapers that has given voice to this citys Jewish community since 1897. For 100 years. Forverts has brought the news to New Yorks Jewish immigrant community In their native tongue. Yiddish. Considered by many as the exemplar of ethnic newspapers In a metropolis that supports more than 100 of these. the Forward has been hailed by no less than legendary New York newspaperman Pete Hamill as the model for all newspapers. The story of the Forward begins with one of the landmark developments of this Nations history. the great European Immigration that began during the latter part of the 19th century. The forward. and thousands of journals like It. was published for the 21/ million Jews from Eastern Europe who poured through great immigrant ports like Ellis Island between 1881 and 1925. Its first great editor was Abraham Cahan. a literary genius and acclaimed author who created a daily that was best described as a kind of running Talmudic text for the secular cultural life of the Yiddishspeaking masses. Its mix of sensationalism and seriousness was supplemented by the fictions. essays and poetry of the great names of Yiddish literature.
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