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First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Brooklyn SeltzerFest 2026
The Workers Circle is proud to sponsor the Brooklyn SeltzerFest. Sample seltzer from global brands and local Brooklyn treats, watch the 2026 Egg Cream Invitational featuring live music from Workers Circle musicians, and stop by the Workers Circle booth to win prizes.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Phone Banking
Join the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground as we phone bank weekly to reach Black residents of Wisconsin with crucial voter registration information ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election on April 7.
How to be an Effective Advocate: Public Testimony and Legislation
This month, we will go over how to utilize public testimony as a tool to advocate for or against issues that matter to you on the federal, state, and local levels.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
NO KINGS National Day of Mobilization
On March 28, rise up, take to the streets, and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings. We’re not watching history happen—we’re making it. Join us.
New York Workers Circle School Passover Seder and Open House
Please join us for a secular seder that is interactive and joyful but also pauses for reflection. We will be both silly and serious, improvising skits on the ten plagues, hiding afikomen, and singing in Yiddish, while also considering what it means to see the liberation of the Jewish people as interconnected to the liberation of all peoples.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Let There Be Yiddish / Zol Zayn Yidish Presents: An Online Passover Sing-Along
Join klezmer musician Deborah Strauss and Yiddish teacher Kolya Borodulin for a Passover get-together with songs, stories, and dance in Yiddish and English.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
East End Jews: Curious Tales from London
Between 1884 and 1954, the London Yiddish press published hundreds of feuilletons (urban sketches) by local writers concerning Yiddish immigrant life in London's East End. These short sketches range from satirical and funny to poignant and moving. They cover a variety of themes, such as war between the sexes in the home, political arguments in cafes, and torah scrolls on the streets. Some of the sketch writers were well known in the Yiddish literary community, but others were only locally popular.
In this talk, Vivi Lachs and Sheva Zucker will perform some of the feuilleton sketches and mull over their themes.
Return to Selma with the Workers Circle
Mark your calendars and prepare to join us in Selma for the 61st Jubilee Bridge Crossing, March 5–9, 2026. This isn't just an event; it's a pilgrimage to the place where the world changed.
Let There Be Yiddish / Zol Zayn Yidish Presents: An Online Purim Sing-Along
Join klezmer musician Deborah Strauss and Yiddish teacher Kolya Borodulin for a Purim get-together with songs, stories, and dance in Yiddish and English.
Phone Banking
Join the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground as we phone bank weekly to reach Black residents of Wisconsin with crucial voter registration information ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election on April 7.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
Build Power: Start a Democracy Circle
Join the Workers Circle to learn how to build grassroots power to demand the democracy we need.
Phone Banking
Join the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground as we phone bank to reach Black residents of Wisconsin with crucial voter registration information ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election on April 7.
This week, we will be training you to run your own phone bank with members of your community. Can't make it to Monday nights? Host your own phone bank when it fits into your schedule!
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
How to be an Effective Advocate
Each month, Effective Advocate provides a chance for us to gather with a warm community for updates on how current events are affecting our democratic system, learning about key federal legislation, and training on concrete actions you can take as an advocate for a better and more beautiful world.
Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Beatmaking and Sampling as Politics with DJ Chaia
What does a techno groove have to do with a hundred-year-old Yiddish recording? Join DJ Chaia as she walks us through the world of Kleztronica, where Yiddish samples become vehicles for radical politics in the modern day.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
What's Cooking: A Community Food Club Pickling Workshop
A dill-icious way to celebrate Jewish culture. Join the 14th Street Y and Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback for a discussion on the culture and history of Jewish pickling and stick around to make your own quick pickles.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Anti-Authoritarian Yiddish Sing Along with DJ Chaia
Want to learn about revolutionary Yiddish music? Join DJ Chaia and Daniel Carkner for a sing-along meets historical adventure.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Yiddish Sing-Along with Cindy Paley
Wrap up your day at Winter in Yiddishland with a joyful Yiddish Sing-along with Cindy Paley.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
The Workers Circle Annual Lorraine Buch Yiddish Concert
Join us for the Workers Circle Annual Lorraine Buch Yiddish Concert.
Winter in Yiddishland
Join us at Winter in Yiddishland for online Yiddish classes, lectures, workshops music, and more!
Remembering the Holocaust
Join us for a discussion of the new bilingual Yiddish-English translation of Hersh Smolar's Yidn on gele lates — Jews Without Yellow Stars — a collection of actual and semi-fictional short stories of Jews trying to escape the Minsk ghetto and those who did escape and were able to join up with Soviet partisan groups.
Our panel includes Dr. Gennady Estraikh, together with the book's translator Ruth Murphy and editor Catherine Madsen.
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.
Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
The Workers Circle has been organizing Florida people of faith and conscience to hold weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious state-run detention camp that has been headlining news for its inhumane conditions. Join us for this important moral witness.
Callais and the VRA: The Fight for Voting Rights
Right now, the Supreme Court is preparing to decide Louisiana v. Callais, a critical voting rights case that directly threatens Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the central safeguard against racially discriminatory redistricting.
Join the Workers Circle and Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD) for a mass education call to get informed, get ready, and stand up for the future of the Voting Rights Act!
With so much on the line, this call will educate and mobilize people across the country to understand what’s at stake and what comes next!
Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.