Over the years we have heard similar stories over and over again: “My father read The Forward every morning!” or “I remember walking to the newsstand to get the Forverts with my mother.” 

The Forward has been part of everyday life for some families for generations. Now, we want to hear those stories from your family’s history.

Since we may not be able to celebrate with our parents this year, show how much they mean to you with a tribute. In the weeks ahead of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day we’re opening a call for stories about the parent figures in your life and how they read The Forward. Maybe your mother read it with her coffee in the morning, or your father took it to lunch. Whatever your story is, we want to hear it:

Readers like Gert Levitan have already shared some of these stories. Her parents met on the Lower East Side — thanks in part to The Forward. As that story explains, “In 1928, Harry and Ester married, about a half-dozen years after they first met, a half-dozen years after a Yiddish-language daily attracted the attention of that Jewish sailor from abroad and led him to stop outside Ester’s store.”

Use our simple form to share a few words about your mother or father and The Forward. If you have photos of your parents reading The Forward we would love to see those too! You can send them to us by email at photos@forward.com. 

We’ll publish a selection of stories as part of two special features close to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. If either of your parents were loyal readers of The Forward, you can honor their legacy by telling us all about them.

We look forward to reading your submissions!

Sincerely,
The Forward team