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.

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.

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.

First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

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.

Celebrate the joys of Khanike and Yiddish with the Workers Circle’s vibrant international community!

First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Join us for a national support and training call for organizers and hosts of Freedom Vigils — the growing network of community-led actions outside immigrant detention centers, courthouses, and other sites complicit in Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda.

What are you thankful for? We’re thankful for 30 minutes of holiday vocabulary with Kolya Borodulin, the Workers Circle's Director of Yiddish Programming. Enjoy a lively community gathering filled with games, songs, prizes, and festive fun!

Join the Workers Circle to learn how to build grassroots power to demand the democracy we need.

Join organizers, hosts, and participants from across the country for a national debrief and strategy session following the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action (November 1–2 and surrounding dates).

Join Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, one of the nation’s leading legal voices for LGBTQIA+ rights and co-counsel in the pivotal DeBoer v. Snyder case that helped pave the way for Obergefell, for a powerful conversation about what’s at risk and what we can do to protect marriage equality today.

First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Join the Workers Circle every Monday starting August 18 as we make calls to voters of color in Virginia ahead of their important elections this fall.

The rules around charitable giving, taxes, and estate planning continue to evolve. In this webinar, attorneys Jonathan Gudema, Esq., and Stacy Sulman, JD, will explain what the latest changes mean for you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join the Workers Circle to learn how to build grassroots power to demand the democracy we need.

First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Our virtual Yom Kippur program is a time of deep reflection, remembrance, and recommitment to justice and community. Join friends from around the world to honor tradition while embracing the values that unite us.

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.

First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

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.

Join the Workers Circle to learn how to build grassroots power to demand the democracy we need.

Tennessee has become a testing ground for policies that enshrine one religion into law — from education to healthcare to family services. The consequences of these laws are already reverberating far beyond its borders.

First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

On Tuesday, July 22, join a training on how to meet with or call your sheriff and urge them to not cooperate with ICE in disappearing our neighbors.