NEW YORK, NY — October 13, 2025. Today, Forward CEO & Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen announced the establishment of the Sy Syms Endowment for Journalistic Excellence. The $1 million endowment, to ...

Sy Syms, 83, the discount retailer who for 35 years told millions of television viewers that "an educated consumer is our best customer," died of heart disease Nov. 17 at his home in New York City.

For 35 years, Marcy Syms appeared in TV and radio commercials for her family’s company, voicing its famous slogan, “An educated consumer is our best customer.” Syms was the first truly off-price ...

Yeshiva University’s second annual “Real Estate Day” conference on Jan. 30 symbolized the institution’s heightened concentration in molding future leaders in commercial real estate. The event hosted ...

$1M endowment will help develop the next generation of journalistic talent Marcy Syms, the founding trustee and President of the Sy Syms Foundation and long-time member of the Forward Board of ...