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“‘We’re living our Yiddish’: How a New York camp is keeping culture – and joy – alive” The Workers Circle featured in The Christian Science Monitor
In case you missed it, the Christian Science Monitor featured a story about the Workers Circle’s Trip to Yiddishland and how we are at the forefront of keeping Yiddish culture and joy alive.
Standing Up to ICE Is a Moral Imperative.
In this powerful op-ed in The Progressive magazine, Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, draws a chilling parallel between her great uncle’s disappearance during the Holocaust and the current wave of ICE raids targeting noncitizen residents across the U.S. She exposes how federal agents, often aided by local sheriffs, are detaining immigrants without due process, and calls on communities to take action. Through the #DisappearedInAmerica campaign, Toback urges voters to pressure their elected sheriffs to stop cooperating with ICE, warning that these unconstitutional actions threaten not just immigrants — but the future of American democracy itself.
Small Boise Group Tries to Leverage Big Changes for Democracy
A new Democracy Circle uses the model formed by the national Workers Circle movement
“Disappeared in America”: Social Justice Leaders, Including Workers Circle Director of Social Justice Noelle Damico, Unite to Expose Unlawful Detentions and Demand Accountability
Juan Cuba of Sheriff Accountability Action and Noelle Damico of the Workers Circle join Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to discuss the “Disappeared in America” campaign—a cross-coalition collaboration across social justice groups that demands accountability for those who have been unlawfully detained and deported by the Trump administration
Ann Toback on iHeartRadio’s Lite FM – Honoring Selma and the Ongoing Fight for Democracy
Our CEO, Ann Toback, spoke powerfully about the Workers Circle’s trip to Selma for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — and why our fight for voting rights is as urgent as ever.
Listen Back: Ann Toback on Conversations on the Block with Pat Robinson
Our CEO, Ann Toback, recently joined Conversations on the Block on 94.7 and spoke with Pat Robinson to discuss vital democracy and voting rights work,
Henry Winkler Receives Jewish Culture and Activism Award With Daughter Zoe: “We Are Still Here”
Henry Winkler Receives Jewish Culture and Activism Award With Daughter Zoe: “We Are Still Here”
The Workers Circle presented the honor to the father and daughter at a private cocktail ceremony in Calabasas on May 2, 2024.
Must a Jewish Nonprofit Choose Sides? The Workers Circle featured in The NY Times
In case you missed it, the New York Times featured a story about why the Workers Circle has been a force for democracy and human rights in the United States, and has been lighting the way for the Jewish people and “preserving Yiddish identity” for 123 years and counting.
The Workers Circle responds to the US Supreme Court’s decision in Allen v. Milligan which ruled that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Ann Toback CEO said,
In response to today’s U. S. Supreme Court decision in Allen v. Milligan which ruled that Alabama had violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by redrawing its Congressional map to dilute Black voters’ power and that ordered the state to redraw its Congressional map, Ann Toback CEO of the Workers Circle said,
Workers Circle Responds to White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle responded to that plan:
