Dear BWC Community, Enrolling my children in Shule is what initially brought me to Boston Workers Circle in the early 2000’s. Shule appealed to my family…
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Membership Month: A Letter from Rebecca Zimmerman Hornstein
Dear BWC Community, In reflecting on our community over the past year, a quote from revolutionary thinker, activist, and transgender Jewish ancestor, Leslie Feinberg (z’’l), carried…
Updates from the Immigrant Justice Committee: Fund Immigrant Families, Not ICE Detention
On April 30, our Immigrant Justice Committee joined with JALSA, Bend the Arc, and others as part of the ‘Jews Against Ice National Day of Action’….
You can help us raise the final $5,800 to support BWC students!
Dear BWC Community, We are excited to share with the whole BWC community about our Children’s Education Programs (Shule, TASC, and Circle Playtime) Expansion Project! See our previous email for…
“Therefore There Can Be an End” | TDOV 2026
“Every single culture on this planet,” Leslie Feinberg, anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist, explained in an interview in 1996, “every society,…
Rebecca’s Speech at the South Bay Action on 1/23/26
Hello, my name is Rabbi Rebecca Zimmerman Hornstein. I am the Executive Director of the Boston Workers Circle—a 1000 member, 125-year-old progressive Jewish community here in…
We Have Been Here Before – Singing forJustice
“Our chorus has a dual mission: to sing Yiddish music and to be a voice for social justice. Therefore, a lot of our members are activists:…
Boston Workers Circle receives Steward of Justice Award from CAIR-MA
Boston Workers Circle was honored to receive the Steward of Justice Award from CAIR-MA in November 2025. Below is CAIR-MA’s tribute to Boston Workers Circle: “Boston…
We Have Been Here Before: Building a Besere Velt, A Better World
Dear BWC Community, As we enter Khanike together as a community, we grieve and hold the horror of two mass shootings over the past weekend that…