She is the first woman, the first person born in the United States, and likely the first Sabbath observant Jew to hold that position.
[2][3] Schaechter comes from a long line of Yiddishists as part of the Schaechter-Gottesman family:[4] her father, Mordkhe Schaechter, was a Yiddish linguist who devoted his life to studying and teaching the language in the United States,[5] while her aunt was Yiddish poet and songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman.
[3] During her time at Forverts, the newspaper has increased its online presence and its outreach to people whose ancestors spoke Yiddish but are not fluent in the language themselves, including cooking videos in Yiddish and videos with English subtitles.
[3][8] It has also increased outreach to Hasidic Jewish readers and writers, who use different spelling of Yiddish than the YIVO standard generally used by the paper.
[3] She has brought new Yiddish writers to the paper, including women from both secular and Hasidic backgrounds.