EVENTS
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YIDDISH SOCIAL JUSTICEARTS & LITERATURE FUNDRAISERS FAMILY EDUCATION ONLINE EVENTS IN-PERSON EVENTS COLLEGE NETWORK
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The People’s March
Join the Workers Circle for the People's March in Washington, D.C. as we march to defend our rights and our future.
Together, We Light the Way
Join us for a people-powered gathering that will connect you to communities nationwide as we fight for our democracy on the eve of the inauguration.
Welcome Wednesday
Meet Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback and our recently elected Workers Circle President Eva Zasloff, and learn more about our ongoing Social Justice, Yiddish, Jewish Cultural events, programs, and initiatives.
How to be an Effective Advocate
Join the Center for Common Ground and Workers Circle for the first installation of our Effective Advocate series in 2025.
New York Workers Circle School Winter 2025 Brooklyn Open House
Join us for an Open House on Sunday, January 26, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET at the Flatbush Jewish Center to learn all about the Brooklyn Workers Circle School and meet current families.
Signs of Life and Humanity in the Lodz Ghetto
In commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us on Sunday, January 26, at 1:00 PM ET for an enlightening discussion led by Professor Robert Moses Shapiro of Brooklyn College exploring the resilience and humanity of nearly 200,000 Jews who lived in the Lodz Ghetto during the Holocaust.
The Workers Circle Presents Let There Be Yiddish! Zol Zayn Yidish! Winter Mini-Courses
The Workers Circle is excited to offer three free mini-courses, each consisting of three sessions, beginning at the end of January. This is a perfect opportunity to dip your toes into the beauty of Yiddish language and culture at no cost.
Build Power: Start A Democracy Circle
Join us for a people-powered gathering that will connect you to communities nationwide as we fight for our democracy on the eve of the inauguration.
Winter in Yiddishland
Join us at Winter in Yiddishland for online Yiddish classes, lectures, workshops music, and more!
New York Workers Circle School Winter 2025 Manhattan Open House
Join us at an Open House on Sunday, February 2, 2025, from 10:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET to learn about The New York Workers Circle School at the Sixth Street Community Center in the East Village (638 East 6th St, New York, NY 10009). We'll have classes, music, games, and more!
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 z”l.
Yiddish Sing-Along with Cindy Paley
Singer and educator, Cindy Paley, shares some of her favorite songs.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Sheyn and in Pain: A Yiddish Program on our Relationship to the Natural World
With Tu Bishvat approaching, please join the Workers Circle for Sheyn and in Pain, a special program that celebrates the beauty and power of nature while also confronting the challenges of our current ecological crisis.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Light Up the Night: 14Y's Downtown Chanukah Celebration
Join 14Y for a special Chanukah in Union Square: LED juggling, kids’ crafts, live music, DJ, Insta-Choir, menorah lighting, & jelly donuts!
Instant Yiddish Khanike Edition
Learn Yiddish Khanike (Hanukkah) vocabulary and greetings in 20 minutes with Workers Circle Director of Yiddish Programming Kolya Borodulin. Join us for games, songs and fun.
The Workers Circle Khanike Party
Join the Workers Circle for a Joyous Yiddish Khanike Celebration!
Celebrate the warmth and light of the season with us on Friday, December 15, at 1:00 PM ET. This festive online event features greetings from our Yiddish teachers, students, and participants in Trip to Yiddishland from around the globe.
The Workers Circle and The New York Klezmer Series Present Yiddishland on the Road: Community Klezmer Day
The Workers Circle and The New York Klezmer Series Present Yiddishland on the Road: Community Klezmer Day: A Vibrant Celebration of Music, Dance, and Hanukkah!
The Workers Circle Annual Benefit — Democracy Takes Center Stage
We are excited to announce that our 2024 Annual Benefit: Democracy Takes Center Stage, will be held on Monday evening, December 9, 2024, at The Prince George Ballroom.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Getting Ready for December 31
Join us for a timely review of essential estate and retirement planning strategies in light of the election results this November.
Power to the People: Where We Go From Here
Join the Workers Circle for a virtual post-election conversation with award-winning author and journalist Ari Berman, Executive Vice President at People For the American Way and courts expert Marge Baker, and grassroots mobilization powerhouse Andrea Miller, founder of the Center for Common Ground.
Election Eve Phone Bank: GOTV in North Carolina
Join us for a special pre-Election Day phone bank to voters of color in rural North Carolina. We will be calling to learn which issues are most important to them, and their families, help them make a voting plan, and know the Voter ID they need to cast their ballot on Election Day.
Monday Guided Phone Bank: Get Out the Vote in Florida with Center for Common Ground
We are calling Black voters in Florida, encouraging them to vote, and providing resources that make it easier to check where they are registered and find the voting information they need.
Yiddish Schmooze: Selections from the Poetry of Rosa Nevadovska
Join Merle L. Bachman and Sheva Zucker as they introduce us to Yiddish poet Rosa Nevadovska through her own extraordinary words which have been recently translated to English.
CALL-A-PALOOZA with Center for Common Ground
We are calling Black voters in SIX different states for EIGHT hours, encouraging them to vote and providing non-partisan resources that make it easier to check where they are registered and find the voting information they need.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Phone bank 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
Come join our virtual intergenerational text bank with Vote Riders to inform Florida voters about Voter ID laws in their state and help them get the ID they need.
Text Bank from Anywhere: Help Voters Get the ID They Need to Vote
Join the Workers Circle, VoteRiders, and partner organizations Bna'i Jeshurun, the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, and the New York Jewish Agenda for an exciting hybrid phone bank less than a week before the election. Reach out to thousands of voters to provide non-partisan information about how to secure the ID they need to vote and fight voter suppression.
You can text bank virtually on Zoom or in person at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, where dinner will be provided. No experience necessary!
Join us for In-person Outreach to Black Voters in North Carolina
Travel to Charlotte, North Carolina with the Workers Circle and Team Unity-NC, a voter-of-color partner of the Center for Common Ground to go door-to-door and talk with Black voters to ensure they have the critical, non-partisan, early voting and Voter ID information they need.
Phone bank for Voting Rights
Join the Workers Circle for a voting rights phone banking session every Wednesday.
Sukkot Democracy Circle at The Neighborhood in Brooklyn
The Workers Circle, The Neighborhood, and the Center for Common Ground are partnering to bring you this very special Democracy Circle in the Sukkah. Democracy Circles are small groups of people who join together to demand the democracy we need; a truly multi-racial, multi-cultural democracy that represents all of us. Democracy Circle participants are invited to draw upon their own diverse experiences–personal, historical, and cultural–as a critical foundation for our collective engagement.
First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.
Phone bank for Voting Rights
Join the Workers Circle for a voting rights phone banking session every Wednesday.
Weekend Phone Bank to North Carolina
Join the Workers Circle as we call Black voters to learn which issues are most important to them and their families, help them make a voting plan, and know the Voter ID they need to cast their ballot.
Yom Kippur
Join Workers Circle members from around the world for a virtual Yom Kippur program to sing, share stories, reflect on the past year, and together commit to critical activism to make our world a better and more beautiful place for all.
Art of Democracy at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn
Local to Brooklyn or Manhattan? Join the Workers Circle for this special event at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus. Check out a democracy-themed art installation by Debra Pearlman, paired with a poster giveaway and voter registration celebration.
College Network Text Bank Night, Hybrid Event
Join members of the Workers Circle College Network for a night of text banking with Black Voters Matter! Send thousands of texts to counter voter suppression and bring voters of color the information they need to access the ballot box.
Weekend Phone Bank to North Carolina
Voters of color in North Carolina face dramatic barriers to the polls. Join the Workers Circle as we call Black voters to learn which issues are most important to them, and their families, help them make a voting plan, and know the Voter ID they need to cast their ballot. We work in partnership with the Center for Common Ground and Team Unity North Carolina, a grassroots organization that is educating and mobilizing Black voters in North Carolina. Join us on Sunday, October 6, from 3:00-4:00 PM PT/6:00-7:00 PM ET and/or Sunday, October 13, from 3:00-4:00 PM PT/6:00-7:00 PM ET!
Rosh Hashone
Join the Workers Circle members from all over the world on Zoom for a joyous musical celebration of unity, action, and renewal.
Text Bank to Get Out The Vote In Voter Suppression States
Election day is right around the corner and it's time make sure voters across the country are ready to vote! Join the Workers Circle and Black Voters Matter in texting Black voters to provide nonpartisan voting information and help them make a plan to vote. navigate barriers to the ballot box.
Fight Voter Suppression Before the Election: A Virtual Mobilization
Join the Workers Circle, civil rights leaders, democracy activists, celebrities and musicians for a virtual mobilization to fight voter suppression before the election.