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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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.
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.
Rosh Hashone
Join the Workers Circle members from all over the world on Zoom for a joyous musical celebration of unity, action, and renewal.
The Forgotten Yom Kippur Rituals of Ashkenazi Jewish Women
Uncover the hidden traditions of Ashkenazi Jewish women's Yom Kippur rituals, including feldmestn and neshome likht.
Memorial for Murdered Soviet Yiddish Writers and Artists
Celebrate the Soviet Yiddish writers murdered on August 12, 1952 in Moscow’s infamous Lubyanka prison with some of your favorite contemporary Yiddish artists and activists.
Learn to Read the Yiddish Alef-Beys with Gustavo Emos
Learn the Yiddish alef-beys in five sessions.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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!
Brazilian Yiddish Songs
Join the Workers Circle to explore the brightest stars of Brazilian Yiddish song through a variety of resources spanning archival 1950s recordings to contemporary music videos.
Learn to Read the Yiddish Alef-Beys with Gustavo Emos: Evening
Learn the Yiddish alef-beys in five sessions.
Learn to Read the Yiddish Alef-Beys with Gustavo Emos: Afternoon
Learn the Yiddish alef-beys in five sessions.
A Trip to Yiddishland 2023/SOLD-OUT
The Workers Circle’s Trip to Yiddishland is our 7 day, 6 night retreat.
Learn to Read the Yiddish Alef-Beys with Gustavo Emos: Evening Session
Learn the Yiddish alef-beys in five sessions.
Learn to Read the Yiddish Alef-Beys with Gustavo Emos: Afternoon Session
Learn the Yiddish alef-beys in five sessions.
Living Yiddish in New York
The exhibition Living Yiddish in New York tells the story of how, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, New York became an important center of Yiddish life, politics, and culture, using materials from the archival collections of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Online Participatory Yiddish Third Seder
Join the Congress for Jewish Culture and the Workers Circle for our annual Yiddish-language seder.
The Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle Online Launch Event
Be amongst the first to explore The Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle, learn more about its curation, and watch a performance from Daniel Kahn and other guests at this special live online launch event.
The History of the Purim Shpil with Motl Didner
Join us for this presentation in Yiddish and English on the history of the Purim Shpil featuring videos, photographs, and artistic representations from the Renaissance through the present day.
Yiddish Wonder
Practice your Yiddish conversation in “Yiddish Wonderland” — using the Wonder online platform. All levels are welcome. This informal digital social is hosted by Marianne Tatom (Seattle) and Stephen Ogin (England).
Irena Klepfisz: Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021
Join YIVO and The Workers Circle for a online conversation with Irena Klepfisz and Julie Enszer celebrating this new poetry book.
Powerful Yiddish Song with Polina Shepherd
This mini-course invites you to explore and learn Yiddish songs, discuss their musical styles, and simply enjoy singing them
Yiddish Schmooze: London Yiddishtown
London’s East End of the 1930s and 40s was home to a thriving Yiddish-speaking community that boldly confronted generational tensions, community foibles, competing ideological battles, and Nazi fascism with earnestness, bravery, and humor. These tumultuous times are captured in London Yiddishtown: East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story, 1930-1950.
Irena Klepfisz: Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021
Join YIVO and The Workers Circle for a conversation with Irena Klepfisz and Rabbi Ellen Lippmann celebrating this new poetry book.