EVENTS

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Feb
23

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.

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Phone Banking
Feb
23

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!

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Mar
2

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.

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East End Jews: Curious Tales from London
Mar
8

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.

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Feb
16

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.

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Feb
9

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.

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Feb
2

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.

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Remembering the Holocaust
Jan
27

Remembering the Holocaust

Join us for a discussion of the new bilingual Yiddish-English translation of Hersh Smolar's Yidn on gele latesJews 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.

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Jan
26

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.

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Callais and the VRA: The Fight for Voting Rights
Jan
21

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!

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Jan
19

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.

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Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable, Discovering My Father and Learning His Language
Jan
18

Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable, Discovering My Father and Learning His Language

In this presentation, Anna Miransky will speak about her book, Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable, Discovering My Father and Learning His Language. This book has just won the 2025 Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the category of Yiddish.  Anna Miransky’s father was the poet and fabulist Peretz Miransky, a member of Yung-Vilne, the last important Yiddish Literary group in Eastern Europe.

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ICE Out for Good Weekend of Action
Jan
9
to Jan 11

ICE Out for Good Weekend of Action

On Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen, Renee Nicole Good, was killed by ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities.

The Workers Circle is joining with a broad coalition of groups across the country for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10th, and Sunday, January 11th, to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.

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Navigating Social Justice Careers: A Panel with Avodah and the Workers Circle
Jan
8

Navigating Social Justice Careers: A Panel with Avodah and the Workers Circle

Join Avodah and the Workers Circle on for a panel discussion on navigating social justice careers. You'll hear from alumni of Avodah's Jewish Service Corps and the Workers Circle College Network on their career trajectories, guidance for young people entering the organizing and non-profit field, and what it means to do this work rooted in Jewish values.

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Workers Circle Virtual Auction
Dec
8
to Jan 1

Workers Circle Virtual Auction

This season, we invite you to help spread the light by taking part in the Workers Circle Online Auction, now officially live! Your bids will support our essential work to advance social justice, protect our multiracial democracy, and sustain vibrant Jewish life rooted in Yiddish culture and progressive values.

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Special Encore Performance — Living History: Voices from the Call Archive
Nov
24

Special Encore Performance — Living History: Voices from the Call Archive

Back by popular demand for a special encore performance!

Across a century, the Call chronicled the Jewish experience in America — from presidential elections to labor and civil rights, from debates on assimilation and secularism to reflections on the Holocaust and the plight of Jewish refugees.

This November, we’re opening the doors. We’ve built a fully digitized, keyword searchable Call Archive that will be accessible to all.

Join us for Living History: Voices from the Call Archive — a one-hour event featuring dramatic readings by acclaimed actors.

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