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….
Report Back on Hey Class Protest – No New Women’s Prisons!
We are excited to report back on the protest led by our Hey Class last weekend. Our fifth-grade Shule class joined Families for Justice as Healing…
Circle Book Group: Books that Deal with Resistance to Nazism and Fascism
The BWC Circle Book Group meets monthly September-June on Sunday mornings. The group welcomes readers interested in expanding their understanding of the varieties of Jewish experience…