I discovered the Boston Workers Circle 28 years ago through A Besere Velt, the Yiddish chorus. I grew up speaking Yiddish, and I was overjoyed to…
WHAT BWC MEMBERSHIP MEANS TO MAX GROSSMAN
Joining the Boston Workers Circle has allowed me to connect with people who genuinely care about the issues we’re fighting for. I attended a membership event…
WHAT BWC MEMBERSHIP MEANS TO JEREMY MENCHIK
I joined Boston Workers Circle in September 2023 hoping to connect my kids to their Jewish roots and especially to Jewish values like community, generosity, respect,…
Michael Felsen: “States Should Learn from Trump How NOT to Run an Antisemitism Commission”
For the Times of Israel, BWC Member Mike Felsen recently wrote an article with recommendations for the Massachusetts Commission on Antisemitism. “In Massachusetts, where I live,…
Report Back on Health for Palestine with Nidal Al-Azraaq
On Sunday, April 27, 2025, sixty-five of us gathered for a hybrid event: Health for Palestine with Nidal Al-Azraaq, director of 1for3.org and Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle, co-founder of Doctors…
A Farewell Message from Julie, BWC Social Work Intern
Hello BWC Community, The Stitch and Resist gathering put on by BWC Mutual Aid last week signified the end of my social work internship. We held…
Visibility Under Authoritarianism | TDOV 2025
Every year, March 31 marks Transgender Day of Visibility, a day which seeks to commemorate the contributions and struggles of transgender people. In our current political…
BWC Statement on Tufts Student Abduction
On the night of March 25th, 2025, a Fulbright scholar and Tufts graduate student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was abducted by ICE. While the full details of this…
Speech at Harvard Rally by BWC Executive Director, Rebecca Zimmerman Hornstein
Hello, my name is Rabbi Rebecca Zimmerman Hornstein. I am the Executive Director of the Boston Workers Circle—-a 950-member, 125-year-old progressive Jewish community here in Boston….