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The images from the Forward's collection of press plates narrate a history of journalism and the Lower East Side of New York.

It took two years for the Forward to first cover the 1941 massacre at Babyn Yar, a ravine in Ukraine, where the Nazis massacred more than 33

David Duchovny, star of "Twin Peaks" and "The Chair," is the grandson of Moshe Duchovny, a Yiddish journalist, novelist and playwright.

After 131 years, Quaker Oats announced this week that it will replace Aunt Jemima’s familiar name and face on all of its products with the logo for “Pearl Milling Company,” a homage to the St. Louis company which first invented the product. Aunt Jemima became one of the world’s most prominent racist stereotypes thanks, in part, to the brand’s marketing efforts in U.S media outlets—including the Yiddish press, which published uniquely Yiddish and Jewish ads to market Aunt Jemima prod...