Dear reader,

As we enter a new year and face the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, we know that the High Holidays will feel especially meaningful. Never has there been a greater need for community conversation and connection that can hold the enormity of what we’ve experienced.


The Forward has met that challenge, guided by the same values we’ve held for more than a century: to report the news with courage, accountability, integrity and Yiddishkeit. We have reaffirmed our mission to serve our community, hosting the American Jewish conversation in our pages, providing clarity and giving voice to all facets of this searing story.

The Forward’s mission — to pursue the truth wherever it takes us — has never felt more urgent.


If you’ve turned to the Forward in the past 12 months to better understand the world around you, please support our work. Today, we’re launching our High Holiday Monthly Donor Drive, with the goal of welcoming 300 new monthly donors by October 28. Each new monthly gift will be matched for the first six months, up to $25,000.


Support independent Jewish journalism. All new monthly gifts will be matched for the first six months.

The Forward remains committed to the rigorous, truthful, even-handed journalism that supports the American Jewish conversation. We will continue to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.


But we can’t keep doing it without the generosity and support of our readers. Readers like you who make a monthly contribution ensure the continuation of Jewish journalism that helps our community navigate an increasingly complicated world.


As we mark the anniversary of October 7 and enter this season of reflection, will you support independent Jewish journalism with a year-round commitment? Set up a recurring gift today and it will be matched for the first six months.

Whatever the next year brings, we promise that the Forward will be there. We’ll continue the American Jewish conversation — together.  


Shana Tova. May it be a year of peace,

Rachel Fishman Feddersen
Publisher and CEO

The Forward


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