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Borscht Belt Festival

JULY 27-28, 2024 | ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK

Created by the Catskills Borscht Belt Museum, Borscht Belt Fest celebrates and pays homage to the Borscht Belt’s vibrant past and showcases its legacy and wide-ranging influence on contemporary American culture.

The festival takes place in downtown Ellenville and features stand-up comedy, art, live music, film, educational programming — and of course, food. Proceeds support the non-profit Catskills Borscht Belt Museum.

During its heyday, summer in the Catskills made a big impression on readers of the Yiddish Forverts. Each summer, subscribers jammed the newspaper's switchboards to ensure that their beloved daily was delivered to their Borscht Belt boarding houses, bungalow colonies, and resorts for the duration of their stay.

Loaded with classified Yiddish ads for Catskills farmland, boarding houses, hotels, and even Yiddish summer camps, Forverts readers and writers found a home in the Borscht Belt for well over a century. Join archivist Chana Pollack on a journey through the historic Forward archives and see what the tumult was all about. Forward editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren will also join the session.

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Forward Insider Briefing: The Impact of Your Giving

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14 | 2:00-2:45 PM ET / 11:00-11:45 AM PT

Forward members are invited to join us for a review of what the Forward has accomplished in the last year and our priorities for the coming year. Learn more about the impact of your giving on the Forward's independent journalism during this unprecedented time.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 2024 | 12:00 NOON

LENOX COMMUNITY CENTER | LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS

Jewish Challenges, Jewish Solutions in the Wake of the Unthinkable

Join Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren for a conversation about the challenges of this moment for the American Jewish community. Hosted by Chabad of the Berkshires.

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Meet Benyamin Cohen, Forward news director and author of The Einstein Effect on his book tour

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The Forward's news director, Benyamin Cohen, is one of the world's authorities on Albert Einstein. Catch him on tour for his funny and fascinating new book, The Einstein Effect. For more information and videos visit einsteineffectbook.com.

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