Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE FORWARD'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA, AND IN PUBLIC EVENTS. IT CARRIES OUT THIS MISSSION BY PUBLISHING COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ISSUES AND THE ARTS, IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH, THAT MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION. IT FURTHERS THIS MISSION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THE HISTORY, RANGE AND VARIETY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD, YIDDISH CULTURE, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCATION IS ITS WEBSITE AND ASSOCIATED DIGITAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, VIDEOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS. IT REACHES APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION READERS A MONTH VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM. THE QUALITY OF ITS JOURNALISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR NEWS AND CULTURAL COVERAGE, EDITORIALS, AND DIGITAL INNOVATION.
YIDDISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS YIDDISH PUBLICATION, FORVERTS. UPDATED REGULARLY ONLINE, IT IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING PUBLICATIONS IN YIDDISH IN THE WORLD AND PROVIDES AN INDISPENSABLE SERVICE TO ITS READERS THROUGH ITS COVERAGE OF YIDDISH CULTURE AS WELL AS NEWS FROM ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDES DOZENS OF VIDEO FEATURES. FORVERTS REACHES AROUND 20,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT YIDDISH.FORWARD.COM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Rachel Fishman Feddersen | CEO/PUBLISHER | 40 | $281,801 |
| Jay Ehrlich | VP, DIGITAL GM | 40 | $206,659 |
| Jane Eisner | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | 40 | $182,330 |
| Alan Bendich | VP, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS | 40 | $157,318 |
| Lisa Lepson | VP, DEVELOPMENT | 40 | $142,202 |
| Cheuk Mui | CONTROLLER | 40 | $117,384 |
| Roberta Caplan | NAT'L DIRECTOR, MAJOR GIFTS | 40 | $117,214 |
| Adam Langer | SENIOR EDITOR | 40 | $101,297 |
| Hezzy Dattner | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Samuel Norich | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Caryl Ratner | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Edward Blank | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Bob | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ellen Gibbs | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Gottlieb | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Jason Klein | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Mlotek | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Ruth Horowitz | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ronnie Zolin | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ron Sernau | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Jim Feldman | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Alan Silberstein | VICE-CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| Kathleen Peratis | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Jacob Morowitz | CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202033189349307373_public.xml