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

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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
Jun
16
to Dec 1

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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Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz
Sep
14
to Nov 9

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.

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Living History: Voices from the Call Archive
Nov
10

Living History: Voices from the Call Archive

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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Calls for Change: College Network Phone Bank to Virginia
Oct
26

Calls for Change: College Network Phone Bank to Virginia

Join the Workers Circle College Network — our community of college students and young activists fighting for a truly multiracial and multicultural democracy — for an impactful phone bank. In collaboration with the Center for Common Ground, we'll be calling Black voters in Virginia to share key, non-partisan voting information. A training will be provided, and first-time phone bankers are welcome.

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Disappeared In America Movement Call
Oct
22

Disappeared In America Movement Call

We are living through a defining moment for our country.

Across the nation, immigrant families are being targeted, detained, and disappeared — and these attacks are being weaponized as part of a broader authoritarian campaign to divide communities, silence dissent, and erode our most basic freedoms.

The Disappeared in America Weekend of Action — happening November 1 – 2 — is our collective response. Join this national call to learn how you can host or participate in an event, connect with others across the country, and help build a movement rooted in solidarity, compassion, and the defense of fundamental freedoms.

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Welcome Wednesday
Oct
22

Welcome Wednesday

New to the Workers Circle? Let’s get you connected. Join our staff and other new members over coffee or lunch on Zoom. Discover all the ways you can dive into our Social Justice, Yiddish, and Jewish Cultural programs.

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Instant Yiddish: Sukkot Edition
Oct
9

Instant Yiddish: Sukkot Edition

Celebrate this Jewish harvest holiday for 30 minutes with Yiddish vocabulary from Kolya Borodulin, the Workers Circle's Director of Yiddish Programming. Enjoy a lively community gathering filled with games, prizes, and festive fun!

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Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round: Film Screening and Workers Circle Q&A
Sep
18

Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round: Film Screening and Workers Circle Q&A

Five Black students rode a segregated carousel in 1960, igniting one of the earliest organized interracial civil rights protest in US history. Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round is the untold story of the Jews they marched with, the Nazis they provoked, the Congressmen they inspired, and Civil Rights leaders they became. The Workers Circle plays an important role in this award-winning film. Join us at the IFC Center for a screening to be followed with a Q/A featuring filmmaker Ilana Tractman, Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback, and activist Rev. Mark A. Thompson, moderated by justice advocate Joan Grangenois-Thomas.

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Critical Crossroads: In Conversation with Emily Tamkin, Part 2
Sep
16

Critical Crossroads: In Conversation with Emily Tamkin, Part 2

The second of a two-part conversation with Emily Tamkin, contributing columnist at the Forward and regular contributor at Slate and the Washington Post, among other publications, and author of Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities and The Influence of Soros: Politics, Power, and the Struggle for an Open Society, on the current critical crossroads that the American Jewish community is facing in a post-October 7th world and in the midst of a second Trump Administration.

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125 for 125: Online Yiddish Song Marathon
Sep
14

125 for 125: Online Yiddish Song Marathon

Over the course of 10 hours, Yiddish performers, writers, teachers, and culture-makers from across the globe will share their favorite songs, poetry, and recollections, including rarely seen historical footage of memorable performances from decades ago.

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Critical Crossroads: In Conversation with Emily Tamkin, Part 1
Sep
9

Critical Crossroads: In Conversation with Emily Tamkin, Part 1

The first of a two-part conversation with Emily Tamkin, contributing columnist at the Forward and regular contributor at Slate and the Washington Post, among other publications, and author of Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities and The Influence of Soros: Politics, Power, and the Struggle for an Open Society, on the current critical crossroads that the American Jewish community is facing in a post-October 7th world and in the midst of a second Trump Administration.

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We Are All DC National March
Sep
6

We Are All DC National March

Join the Workers Circle community, DC residents, community-based organizations, and allies from across the nation for a powerful march and rally to demand an immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the District and an end to the federalization of the local police department.

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Trip to Yiddishland
Aug
18
to Aug 24

Trip to Yiddishland

The Workers Circle’s Trip to Yiddishland is our seven day, six night retreat. This trip features five levels of Yiddish classes, dance and klezmer, theater and music workshops, concerts, and children’s program.

All are welcome, from brand–new Yiddishists to fluent speakers to celebrate its 20th Anniversary.

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Yiddish Shakespeare
Jul
23

Yiddish Shakespeare

For over 100 years, Yiddish translators and performers have made the Bard’s words their own, imbuing them with elements of Jewish culture and resilience. Join us on zoom, where acclaimed theater scholar Joel Berkowitz will guide us through this rich and sometimes wildly inventive part of Yiddish history before introducing us to members of the Yiddish Shakespeare Project, fresh off a series of sold-out shows.

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