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2018 ANNUAL REPORT

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FORWARD.COM 1 p0C1 Cover 6.indd 1 5/17/18 1:05 PM As always, the Forward held fast to our mission of not abandoned our strengths. The Forward continues investigating key issues and exploring our cultural to produce courageous investigative journalism. Our heritage. And this year, we increased our cultural coverage reflects the diversity of the Jewish commitment to connecting with our readers, American experience, touching on the arts, food, connecting you to each other, and to the information religious life, and pop culture. that you need. Through broadening our content, improving our technology, and holding more in-person When you reach 120+ you can’t help but reminisce, and events than ever before, we sought to build deeper though we have much to be proud of in our past, right relationships with you, our readers, our community. now we are also excited by our organization’s future. We continue to be as forward looking today as we were We illuminated both tough and inspiring moments when founded in 1897! during the tumultuous year. We helped our readers make sense of a truly awful act of hate in Pittsburgh. Thank you and zayt gesund, We offered an inspiring interview with Supreme Court Justice , before a live audience of 1,200 people – while over 250 watch parties around the country joined in with us. With some of the most Rachel Fishmann Feddersen Jacob Morowitz $3.00 (20 שח אין ישׂראל) עברור 2019 ■ שטאדר תשעט $3.00 (20 שח אין ישׂראל) נ וועמבער 2018 ■ חשןכּיסלו תשעט

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A Year of Achievement

Forward.com Yiddish Site Awards UNIQUE USERS UNIQUE USERS 13 1 Rockower Awards Sigma Delta Chi Award American Jewish Press Society of Professional Association Journalists

Notable Writers 45% are 18-44 year olds 32% are 18-44 year olds

DEC 34% DEC 2018 1,870,000 2018 12,000 DEC 2017 1,400,000 Ehud Barak on the Salman Rushdie and Steven Zipperstein Lynn Povich on future of on the death of Philip Roth Jodi Kantor SOCIAL SOCIAL

100,011 8,164

56,500 2,580 Jaime Bernstein on Alexander Aciman Danielle Berrin on Sheldon Harnick on her father Leonard on his father Andre Aly Raisman Yiddish ‘Fiddler on Bernstein Aciman the Roof’ Total Paid Subscribers 2017 2018 Interview people in attendance at 1,200 Congregration Adas Israel 256 with RBG people watched the 13,092 15,562 18.87% 17,000 livestream WATCH PARTIES

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Leading Stories The Forward is especially proud of the exceptional stories we Why An Independent Free Press A New Wave Of Hardline Anti-BDS “My Dark Secret”: Orthodox Women Matters To American Jews Tactics Are Targeting Students And Reveal Their Abortion Stories published — breaking news and Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief No One Knows Who Is Behind It Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, life/features editor exclusive investigative pieces, A courageous editorial explained why the Josh Nathan-Kazis, staff writer A compilation of compelling, never-before- in-depth cultural features, and Forward was the only Jewish publication to The Forward broke the story on Canary heard accounts of Orthodox women who groundbreaking reporting on sign a joint editorial with more than 300 Mission, a covert group that has been have had abortions. independent press organizations. targeting college students it perceives our broad Jewish community. as anti-Israel.

I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Holocaust Survivor Cheated Death Slaves In Egypt, Refugees In America: The Last Relics Of Iraq’s Jewish Airport Because Of My Beliefs At Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre An Exodus Story In 8 Chapters Past Are In America. Should They Peter Beinart, senior columnist By 4 Minutes Adam Langer, culture editor Be Returned? A candid reflection on the experience of Josh Nathan-Kazis, staff writer A story of a Guatemalan immigrant who Talya Zax, deputy culture editor being questioned about one’s political The extraordinary story of Judah Samut, a sought sanctuary in a church in A three-part series on the Iraqi Jewish activities on a family visit to Israel. Holocaust survivor who narrowly missed Washington Heights with the support Archive examines the journey of a trove of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. of a nearby synagogue. artifacts seized in the 1950s, when Iraq’s Jewish community was forced to leave the country.

2018 CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 5 The Year In Review In 2018 the Forward connected with the Jewish community through the many events we sponsored. Some were in our former backyard on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, while others spanned the country—illustrating the Forward’s reach across America.

January February March April May

The Band’s Visit ‘Own It’ Conference The Fox Hunt RBG Documentary Executive editor Dan Friedman led an Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Yiddish Dan Friedman discussed the memoir Screening intimate discussion over lunch with Forverts, discussed Judaism, feminism “The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir Forward supporters were treated to a Itamar Moses, Tony Award winner of and Yiddish at the “Own It” conference of Coming to America” with its author screening of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg the Broadway show, “The Band’s Visit” at Georgetown University in Mohammed Al Samawi, a Muslim documentary, “RBG.” Following the before catching the show with several Washington, D.C. refugee from Yemen. Included was film, Jane Eisner interviewed the Forward supporters. Daniel Pincus, who aided directors, Julie Cohen and Betsy West. Mohammed’s rescue. Art Tour Forward supporters gathered for an art tour of the works of Arthur Szyk at the Justice Ruth Bader New York Historical Society. The tour Ginsburg was led by Rabbi and the curator of the exhibit. Editor-in-chief Jane Eisner interviewed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C.

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June July September October November December

Greater Chicago Yiddish Fiddler 93Queen Screening Yiddish in Boulder From Jean Carroll to Big BKLYN Jewish Festival The Forward gathered readers Supporters were invited to Rukhl Schaechter visited the Mrs. Maisel Hanukkah Fest The Forward was a proud for a discussion with Rukhl a screening of 93Queen and University of Colorado Boulder At the American Jewish The Forward co-sponsored co-sponsor of the Greater Schaechter before attending discussion between Jane Eisner to discuss how Yiddish language Historical Society, we laughed a children’s Hanukkah Chicago Jewish Festival, the the Yiddish production of and Ruchie Freier, the only and culture is thriving in the along as Dan Friedman led a celebration at longest continuously running “Fiddler on the Roof,” by the Hasidic female judge in the digital age. discussion on the influence shopping hub, City Point with Jewish festival in America. National Yiddish Theatre world and the founder of the Jean Carroll — and other Jewish latkes, candle lighting, dreidel Folksbiene at the Museum first all-female Orthodox female comedians — had on the decorating, music and more. of Jewish Heritage. EMT group. character, Mrs. Maisel.

Lower East Side Tour Finding a Common Language #FearlessWomen in President Sam Norich led a Brunch in the Getting Candid Journalism Gala group of supporters in a lively Berkshires Over 70 people were in walking tour of the Lower East attendance at the home of About Israel Our 2018 gala at the Museum Side, pointing out the rich Over 60 guests attended a Susie and David Sherman At Temple Emanu-El in of Jewish Heritage honored Jewish history including the brunch at the Berkshires home of Glencoe, IL, to hear Jane Manhattan, opinion editor Batya five fearless women in old Forward Building on of Penny and Claudio Pincus, Eisner moderate the Ungar-Sargon participated in journalism: Jill Abramson, East Broadway. where Jane Eisner spoke on discussion, “How Liberals a discussion on Israel from Dana Bash, Jane Eisner, Marge “Being a Jew in Trump’s and Conservatives Can Find a a political, denominational Magner and Lynn Povich. America. Common Language” with Bret and generational view in Stephens and Peter Beinart. conjunction with the Israel Policy Forum.

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#FearlessWomen in Journalism Gala In December, the Forward held its #FearlessWomen in Journalism Gala, which honored our very own Jane Eisner at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Her fellow honorees included Jill Abramson, the first woman to serve as executive editor of ; Dana Bash, an award-winning journalist and CNN chief political correspondent; Marge Magner, former chair of Gannett and TEGNA; and Lynn Povich, the first female senior editor at and author of “The Good Girls Revolt.”

Jill Abramson Alan Silberstein

Caryl Ratner and Haina Just Michael

Rukhl Schaechter Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Lynn Povich, Jill Abramson, Jane Eisner, and Marge Magner

Marta Gucovsky Marge Magner

Sam Norich Michelle Chasin Marge Magner and the Accenture group Hal Lux, Stacey Moed-Klein, Ralph Klein Joanne Borts, Barbara Underwood, Peter Yarrow, and Lynne Galler

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