EVENTS
Celebrate Jewish culture year round at concerts, screenings, art shows, and more.
YIDDISH SOCIAL JUSTICEARTS & LITERATURE FUNDRAISERS FAMILY EDUCATION ONLINE EVENTS IN-PERSON EVENTS COLLEGE NETWORK
Pssst… did you know we offer special member rates for some of our events?
Schmooze with Mikhl Yashinsky
Join the Workers Circle for a conversation on original Yiddish art with Mikhl Yashinsky, a bold new Yiddish playwright and actor.
The Megillah According to GLYK
Most people associate Jewish holidays with food and reading the Torah. Well, this one is all about drinking and playing dress up! And also food. Come join GLYK, New York’s newest, hottest, and gayest Yiddish theatre troupe for our Purim show, co-sponsored by the Workers Circle, as we read sacred texts and profane texts. Come dressed as your favorite Yiddishist to get a prize! For young people, and the young at heart!
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Text Voters of Color in Pennsylvania with Crucial Nonpartisan Information
Looking to learn how you can engage your members of Congress meaningfully!
How to be an Effective Citizen Advocate
Looking to learn how you can engage your members of Congress meaningfully!
Build Power: Start a Democracy Circle
Join the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground to learn how to build grassroots power to demand the democracy we need.
81st Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Join the Congress for Jewish Culture, YIVO, the Jewish Labor Committee, Friends of the Bund, and the Workers Circle for a in-person New York City-based commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The Workers Circle Annual Golf Outing
Spend a day golfing at the beautiful Fenway Golf Club in upstate NY, all for a good cause!
PurimPalooza!
Join the Manhattan and Brooklyn Workers Circle schools at this celebratory Purim event for families with children ages 12 and under.
Text Voters of Color in Wisconsin with Crucial Nonpartisan Information
Looking to learn how you can engage your members of Congress meaningfully!
Workers Circle Kokhvarshtat with Eve Jochnowitz
Eve Jochnowitz, Yiddish scholar, culinary ethnographer, chef, and baker, hosts this Yiddish-language workshop featuring gluten-free Purim favorites.
How to be an Effective Citizen Advocate
Looking to learn how you can engage your members of Congress meaningfully!
For Women and Girls Only – Book Talk with Guest Artists
Join the Workers Circle as we explore the contributions of female artists within the Yiddish-speaking world and also those who have left religion to become public performers.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Join us in Selma
If you are planning to come to Selma, Alabama for the 59th commemoration of the Bridge Crossing known as Bloody Sunday, during which civil rights activists were beaten by state police in 1965, we invite you to join us.
Cultural Activism – Art to Change the World
Join the Workers Circle, Adah Hetko, and Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell as we explore why and how artists use their talents to bring about societal change.
Kleztronica
Join the Workers Circle College Network in Harlem for Kleztronica, a performance from Chaia of amazing electronic Klezmer Music like you’ve never heard before!
How to be an Effective Citizen Advocate
Looking to learn how you can engage your members of Congress meaningfully!
Yiddish Sing-Along with Cindy Paley
Singer and educator, Cindy Paley, shares some of her favorite songs.
The Workers Circle Annual Lorraine Buch Yiddish Concert
An exciting international blend of Yiddish song, poetry, wit, and klezmer music in memory of Lorraine Buch.
Winter in Yiddishland Online
Join our international Yiddishland mishpokhe for a day of classes, workshops, and concerts for all levels and abilities.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Cry, My Heart, Cry! Shray, Hertsele, Shray! Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive
Musicologist, musician, and composer D. Zisl Slepovitch presents a program of songs performed by the Holocaust survivors for the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University
Welcome Wednesday
Join us at our 30-minute orientation mixer for new members of the Workers Circle.
Workers Circle Delegation to Stop the Relentless Power-Grab
Join the Workers Circle with other members of the United for Democracy Coalition for an in-person rally outside the Supreme Court to call out the relentless power grab by the extreme right-wing majority on the Court to impose an unpopular agenda on behalf of their wealthy benefactors.
How to be an Effective Citizen Advocate
Looking to learn how you can engage your members of Congress meaningfully!
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Modern-ish: Yonia Fain and the Art History of Yiddishland
We invite you to join us for a virtual exhibition tour titled "Modern-ish: Yonia Fain and the Art History of Yiddishland" at the James Gallery, CUNY. This event will be followed by selected readings of Yonia Fain's poetry and prose.
Getting Ready for December 31
Jonathan Gudema, Esq. will evaluate different year-end planning and giving options, in light of the potential changes currently being considered.
2023 Yiddish Khanike Party
Join us on Zoom for our Yiddish Khanike Party, with Khanike likhtlekh (candles) and warm greetings from our wonderful teachers and students from all over the world!
How Voter Suppression Works Today
Join us for an expert panel hosted by the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground. You’ll leave this program with a clear sense of the dangerous ways voter suppression functions today and strategic actions we can take against it.
Workers Circle Annual Benefit — Democracy: The Power of Partnerships
We are excited to announce that our 2023 Annual Benefit: Democracy: The Power of Partnerships, will be held on Monday evening, December 4, 2023, at Tribeca 360.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Phonebank for Voting Rights
Join the Workers Circle for a voting rights phone banking session every Wednesday.
Help Voters Get the ID They Need to Vote
Voter ID laws silence millions of Americans. Harsh Voter ID requirements put in place by many states across the country, cause confusion and create unnecessary hurdles especially for voters of color, older voters, and younger voters. the Workers Circle has partnered up with Vote Riders, a non-partisan powerhouse that helps voters know what ID requirements are in their state and helps them obtain them so they can register and vote.
The Workers Circle Teen Activist Academy Presents Fast Power
Learn how to mobilize your community and organize direct actions in 36 hours for impact.