Boston Workers Circle

Yiddish Vinkl
2026-04-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-09-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Hybrid: Zoom & Somerville Address (receive after registration)
Somerville Vinkl will be hybrid, with a Zoom or an in-person option in Somerville. This is an opportunity for you to sharpen your Yiddish skills in a comfortable and informal setting, whatever your level of Yiddish. All are welcome.
Somerville Vinkl is the second Thursday of every month, from 7:00-8:30 PM. For questions contact yiddish@circleboston.org. Register below to receive the address for the in-person gathering and the Zoom link.
Register Here.

Immigrant Justice Committee Meeting
2026-04-08 17:30 - 18:00, 2026-03-11 17:30 - 18:00, 2026-02-11 17:30 - 18:00, 2026-01-14 17:30 - 18:00, 2025-12-10 17:30 - 18:00, 2025-11-12 17:30 - 18:00, 2025-10-08 17:30 - 18:00, 2025-09-10 17:30 - 18:00 and 2 more dates | Zoom
Get Involved To get involved or for more information, join the Immigrant Justice Committee on the second Wednesday of the month on Zoom at 5:30 PM.

Email ijc@circleboston.org to receive the Zoom link for the meeting.

Yiddish Song Workshop/Concert with Polina Shepherd
2026-04-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Hybrid: Zoom & BWC Building
All are invited to experience the magic of Polina Shepherd for a hybrid Yiddish song workshop followed by a concert on Sunday, April 5, 2026 from 3:00 – 5:00pm at the BWC building and on Zoom.
Polina Shepherd is a world-class performer, composer, educator, and cultural activist originally from Siberia, now living in Brighton UK. Her singing cuts a sound deeply rooted in east European Jewish and Russian folk. Growing up in Tatarstan also placed her close to Islamic ornamentation and timbre, which can be heard in her unique vocal style.
All are welcome, regardless of singing ability or knowledge of Yiddish.
Cost: $20 or pay what you can. Please use the Pass-the-Hat donation form to pay for tickets, and choose Yiddish Committee/Events when prompted on the form.
This event is cosponsored by A Besere Velt and the Yiddish Committee.
Register here.

Kumzits: LUCE Verifier training
2026-04-05 10:45 - 12:15 | At Shule
Sunday, Ap﻿ril 5th, 10:30 – 12:30 PM @ Shule
Pre-register here
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The LUCE *Verifier Training is intended to prepare attendees to verify reports of ICE activity in your community, as part of the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network (Massachusetts). The first part of the training will cover how to spot ICE and the utilities of the LUCE Hotline, the second part will cover verification best practices and next steps for connecting with your local LUCE verification hub. We keep us safe!

Shule Session 18
2026-04-05 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

De-ICE Hanscom Standout
2026-04-03 13:30 - 15:00, 2026-03-06 13:30 - 15:00, 2026-02-06 13:30 - 15:00 | Hanscom Rotary, Lincoln, MA, United States
The BWC Immigration Committee will be joining the De-ICE Hanscom coalition for their weekly afternoon standout on the first Friday of the month, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM. This gathering takes place at the Hanscom Rotary, located at the intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA.
Event Details

Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Hanscom Rotary, Lincoln, MA
Parking: Available along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive (please do not impede traffic or block bike lanes).

Purpose of the Standout
The De-ICE Hanscom coalition organizes peaceful standouts aimed at eliminating ICE transport flights from Hanscom Field. These flights are reportedly used to expedite the removal of immigrants from New England, which undermines their ability to seek effective legal representation.
Coalition Groups Involved
The standout involves several coalition groups including:

Concord Indivisible
Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN)
Indivisible Acton Area
Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA)
Lexington Alarm
Maynard Indivisible

Sign Up for Updates
To stay updated about the protests and other events, you can sign up through this link: Sign up for updates.
If you need more information or have questions about the event, please email Richard Colbath-Hess at rcolbathhess@gmail.com.

Yiddish Reading Group
2026-04-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-20 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-13 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-06 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-02-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-02-20 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-02-13 10:30 - 12:00 and 35 more dates | Zoom
Join our Yiddish Reading Group! We meet weekly (mostly) to read fiction in Yiddish. Group members select the readings which are usually short stories or novellas. Discussion is in English. Anyone who has taken an intermediate or advanced Yiddish class at the Workers’ Circle or has similar proficiency should be able to manage well in the group.
If you would like more information about the group, including the Zoom link, email yiddishreadinggroup@circleboston.org

IPC Study Group
2026-04-01 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-03-04 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-02-04 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-01-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-12-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-08 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-09-03 18:00 - 19:30 and 2 more dates | Zoom
The IPC Study Group is a subcommittee of the Israel/Palestine Committee (IPC) which meets on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to discuss books, films, articles, and/or webinars we’re reading and watching together, to deepen our understanding of the history and context of Israel/Palestine.
All are welcome to join us. You can find what we’re currently studying together here, as well as information on what we’ve previously read and watched. Learn more about us here. The IPC Study Group communicates between sessions via google email list. Contact ipc@circleboston.org to let us know you’re coming, for more information, or to join the email list and help us choose what we’re going to learn about together for future sessions!

BWC Passover Seder
2026-03-28 16:30 - 20:30 | Hellenic Cultural Center, 25 Bigelow Ave, Watertown, MA, United States
Join in community with Boston Workers Circle for Passover Seder virtually and in person on Saturday, March 28 at 4:30pm in Watertown. We’re planning a family-friendly, secular, social-justice oriented Passover ritual, and we’d love to have you there! More info can be found here: https://circleboston.org/holidays/#passover
REGISTER HERE

NO KINGS Rally
2026-03-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Boston Common, 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA, United States
The No Kings III rally is Saturday, March 28!! Join members of the BWC community to stand against fascism and make our voices heard in support of our democracy.
Schedule:
“Convergence of Pathways” (a high visibility gathering) from 1-2 PM.
2-4 Rally on the Common
Folks who want to join the group have 2 options:

Meet at BWC, 6 Webster St, Brookline, at 12:50 to take the T at 1:00. We will get off at Arlington Street T stop and walk one block to the Starbucks at Park Plaza where we will meet the folks from Option 2.
Meet at the Starbucks at Park Plaza (one block south from the Arlington T station) to be ready to leave for the rally at 1:45.
We will go as a group, with the BWC banner, to the Common. If you miss us look for the banner.

We’re asking people to let us know if you are planning to join so we can keep you up to date if there are any late changes. Please email Jill Edelson jaedelson25@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

Membership Committee Meeting
2026-03-27 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-02-20 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-30 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-27 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-22 18:00 - 19:00 and 7 more dates | Zoom
Contact Miles Meth at milesmeth@gmail.com for more information, including the Zoom link.

Virtual Fundraiser for MA LUCE Immigrant Justice Hotline
2026-03-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Virutal
Join us for a virtual fundraiser for MA LUCE Immigrant Justice Hotline and Neighbor to Neighbor. The program will consist of a discussion on defending immigrant dignity and rights and advancing a humane and just immigration system.
• Keynote: A special speaker will be joining us. More to come.
• Andrea Joy Campbell, MA Attorney General
• Dálida Rocha, Executive Director, Neighbor to Neighbor
• Family member of someone who has been detained
REGISTER HERE: https://www.mobilize.us/n2nma/event/894893/
If you’re unable to attend, please support with a donation!
DONATE HERE: https://secure.ngpvan.com/OvwmzSQT3UO9ER4mo-Vgaw2
Neighbor to Neighbor builds community power so Black, Brown, working-class, and immigrant communities can win real, material change with dignity and care.
N2N joined with other immigrant-led groups across MA to launch the LUCE hotline and rapid response network to: • Track activity of immigration agents • Accompany impacted families • Organize public actions
Funds raised will keep the hotline & rapid response lifeline strong and help us resist authoritarianism and defend our rights.

Yiddish Sing
2026-03-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-09-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-08-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-07-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Hybrid: BWC Building & Zoom
Drop in for this free informal monthly gathering to sing Yiddish songs! All are welcome, regardless of singing ability or knowledge of Yiddish.
Attendees are welcome to attend in person or online. We will sing from the Yosl and Chana Mlotek collection of Yiddish songs. These songbooks will be available in person and are also available online at https://yiddishsongs.org. Online participants can request songs and listen and sing along with their mics muted.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please register here before the event.

Advanced: Shtok Shraybt Vayter: Virtual
2026-03-25 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-03-18 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-03-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-03-04 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-02-25 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-02-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
שטָאק שרײַ בט נָאך ווײַ טער
ֿפראַ דל שטאָ ק )1890-1990( ֿפאַ רּכישוֿפט און ֿפאַ רכאַ ּפט מיט אירע שאַ רֿפע אָ בסערוואַ ציעס און שעֿפערישער שּפיל מיט ווערטער. די גאַ מע טעמעס, ס ֿביֿבות און סטיליסטיק וואָ ס זי באַ ניצט, איז ֿפולשטענדיק און פאַ רשיידן.
שטאָ קס דורכדרינגענדיקע דערציילונגען שּפיגלען אָ ּפ, מיט הומאָ ר, איראָ ניע און קריטיק, די נואַ נסן ֿפון שטעטל- און אימיגראַ נטן-לעבן. זי ֿפאַ רנעמט זיך מיט מאַ רגינאַ ליזירטע, ווייניק-רעּפרעזענטירטע ּפערסאָ נאַ זשן, וועלכע זי באַ שרײַבט מיט טיֿפקייט, אויטענטישקייט און מיט אַ לע ּפיטעשעווקעס. שטאָ קס דערציילונגען ֿפאַ רבלײַבן ֿפריש, באַ טײַ טיק און שייכדיק, איבער 100 יאָ ר נאָ ך דעם ווי זיי זײַנען געשריבן געוואָ רן. אירע לידער זײַנען באַ שמײַסטערט, באַ שאַ ֿפן מיט ליידנשאַ ֿפט, ֿפעיִקייט און ּפרעציזקייט. אירע ליטעראַ רישע עסייען זײַנען באַ לײַכטנדיק.
שטאָ קס שאַ ֿפונגען זײַנען גאָ ר עסטעטיש. בײַ ם לייענען שטאָ קס שיינשרײַ בן אינעם אָ ריגינעלן ייִדיש, קענען לייענערס זיך באַ לעקן מיט דער מוזיקאַ לישקייט, און מיט די חושימדיקע קלאַ נגען און קלוגע ווערטערשּפילן, וואָ ס זײַנען וויכטיקע שטריכן ֿפון שטאָ קס שעֿפערישקייט. עס איז אַ פאַ רגעניגן צוזאַ מען צו צעגלידערן שטאָ קס שרײַבן. איר איראָ נישער הומאָ ר, טיֿפער באַ נעם און אוניקאַ לישע שרײַבן סטימולירט שטאַ רקע, הייס-בלוטיקע דיסקוסיעס אין קלאַ ס.
Fradl Shtok (1890-1990) continues to inspire and entice us with her brilliant observations and way with words. Her stories remain fresh and relevant, a century after they were written. Shtok’s poems are crafted with breathtaking precision and passion and her essays are illuminating. Studying Shtok’s texts in Yiddish enables the reader to savor tthe sensuous sounds, wordplay and musicality that are present throughout her work. Her ironic humour, depth of perception and unique writing style will surely engage students in our discussions.
Learn more and register here.

Beginner Yiddish Semester II: In-Person
2026-03-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-03-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-03-11 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-11 19:30 - 21:00 | BWC Building
Let’s continue to learn Yiddish — lomir vayter geyn mit lernen zikh yidish! This course continues to work through the fundamentals of Yiddish conversation, reading, and grammar through highly-interactive games, songs, activities, and short texts.
Learn more and register here.

CANCELED: Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee Meeting
2026-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee (JMS) works to build and strengthen constructive, mutually supportive relations between Jews and Muslims in Greater Boston. It is especially focused on Muslims’ and Jews’ mutual interest in continuing to learn about and engage with one another, including on difficult issues, all the while recognizing our common interest in opposing all manifestations of Islamophobia and antisemitism, by standing together in the face of any form of ethnic harassment. The JMSC engages in political action, community education, and cooperative efforts with Boston area Muslims and Jews to foster its goal of deepening Jewish-Muslim understanding and solidarity. Our work is based on our belief that human rights are universal and human communities and individuals share the same rights and responsibilities toward one another. To find out more about the meeting and get the zoom link, please email jms@circleboston.org

BWC-Wide Book Discussion: "One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This"
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The social justice committees of Boston Workers Circle are sponsoring two moderated discussions of the 2025 National Book Award winner, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Canadian author Omar El Akkad.
Part memoir, the work details El Akkad’s upbringing in Qatar and his immigration to the West, where he initially believed in the “American dream” before his career as a journalist—covering the War on Terror, Ferguson, and Black Lives Matter—began to erode that belief. It touches on the issues that our social justice committees seek to address: the inhuman way that we treat immigrants, the racism against Muslims and nonwhites, the economic injustice in our country, the slaughter in Gaza and the failure of the West to speak out against it. It is a powerful and thought-provoking look at Western hypocrisy and our own roles in that.
There will be an in-person discussion on Sunday, March 22 from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm during the Shule session.
There will be a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
Registration is required for either session. After indicating whether you wish to attend the in-person session or the Zoom session, you’ll receive either the location specifics or the Zoom link, as appropriate.
We have found that even if there is a waiting list at your library to get the book, the list moves quickly and you should be able to get the book if you request it ASAP. It is powerful, but not long. It is available from your local independent bookstore in hardback for approximately $28, or as an eBook for $15.
Questions? Send them to: migolden57@gmail.com
Register here.

Intermediate Yiddish: Virtual
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Build confidence in your Yiddish – reading, speaking, and listening, in a supportive and welcoming classroom of intermediate Yiddish students. We’ll focus on building reading fluency, comprehension strategies, dictionary skills, and making meaning from texts while enjoying selections from the canon of Yiddish literature. In this class, you will find abundant opportunities to stretch and grow your Yiddish. We’ll read slowly, translate continuously, and look up every unfamiliar word as we read (in Yiddish) and discuss (in English and Yiddish) literature together. This semester, we’ll continue reading the memoirs of 19th-century feminist icon Puah Rakovsky, whose spellbinding tell-all memoir describes her experiences of arranged marriage, teen motherhood, rejecting her religious upbringing, divorcing her parents’ son-in-law, starting a career, and becoming one of the world’s first women’s rights activists.
Learn more and register here.

Advanced Beginner Yiddish: Virtual
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Do you want to host a potluck and be able to schmooze & nosh with your khaveyrim af yiddish? Would you like to study Yiddish every week with an enthusiastic teacher who showers you with positive feedback no matter how many mistakes you make? In this class, we will continue to deepen our Yiddish learning including covering topics such as how to: talk about family including from a queer/trans/nonbinary inclusive perspective and describe our environments, the people around us and food in the present tense.
Learn more and register here.

Material Witness: A Mixed Media Exhibition/Discussion - Exploring my mother's experience during the Holocaust and the parallels immigrants are living through today.
2026-03-23 19:00 - 20:30 | BWC Building
Through Nancy Marks’ art and poetry, Material Witness confronts the chilling parallels between her mothers’s hiding in France in the 1940s and the realities faced by immigrants today. The echoes between the 1940s and our contemporary world are undeniable and demand witness. This mixed-media installation, which premiered in Boston in 2025, features twenty-five drypoint prints and original poems. The images invite viewers to see them through a dual lens: ‘then’ and ‘now.’ What befell Jews, Roma, leftists, and so many others targeted in that era resonates starkly with the experiences of immigrants navigating hostile systems and rhetoric today. Material Witness presents interwoven histories, holding the pain of the past alongside the urgencies of the present.
Viewing of the exhibit will be accompanied by a discussion with the artist. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
This event is being sponsored by the Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee, the Immigrant Justice Committee, the Israel Palestine Committee, and the Yiddish Committee.

Cross BWC Book Discussion of "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"
2026-03-22 10:45 - 12:15 | MA
The social justice committees of Boston Workers Circle are sponsoring two moderated discussions of the 2025 National Book Award winner, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Canadian author Omar El Akkad.
Part memoir, the work details El Akkad’s upbringing in Qatar and his immigration to the West, where he initially believed in the “American dream” before his career as a journalist—covering the War on Terror, Ferguson, and Black Lives Matter—began to erode that belief. It touches on the issues that our social justice committees seek to address: the inhuman way that we treat immigrants, the racism against Muslims and nonwhites, the economic injustice in our country, the slaughter in Gaza and the failure of the West to speak out against it. It is a powerful and thought-provoking look at Western hypocrisy and our own roles in that.
There will be an in-person discussion on Sunday, March 22 from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm during the Shule session in Brookline at Shule.

There will be a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
Registration is required for either session. After indicating whether you wish to attend the in-person session or the Zoom session, you’ll receive either the location specifics or the Zoom link, as appropriate.
We have found that even if there is a waiting list at your library to get the book, the list moves quickly and you should be able to get the book if you request it ASAP. It is powerful, but not long. It is available from your local independent bookstore in hardback for approximately $28, or as an eBook for $15.
Questions? Send them to: migolden57@gmail.com
Register here.

BWC-Wide Book Discussion: "One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This"
2026-03-22 10:45 - 12:15 | Shule, Brookline
The social justice committees of Boston Workers Circle are sponsoring two moderated discussions of the 2025 National Book Award winner, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Canadian author Omar El Akkad.
Part memoir, the work details El Akkad’s upbringing in Qatar and his immigration to the West, where he initially believed in the “American dream” before his career as a journalist—covering the War on Terror, Ferguson, and Black Lives Matter—began to erode that belief. It touches on the issues that our social justice committees seek to address: the inhuman way that we treat immigrants, the racism against Muslims and nonwhites, the economic injustice in our country, the slaughter in Gaza and the failure of the West to speak out against it. It is a powerful and thought-provoking look at Western hypocrisy and our own roles in that.
There will be an in-person discussion on Sunday, March 22 from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm during the Shule session in Brookline.
There will be a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
Registration is required for either session. After indicating whether you wish to attend the in-person session or the Zoom session, you’ll receive either the location specifics or the Zoom link, as appropriate.
We have found that even if there is a waiting list at your library to get the book, the list moves quickly and you should be able to get the book if you request it ASAP. It is powerful, but not long. It is available from your local independent bookstore in hardback for approximately $28, or as an eBook for $15.
Questions? Send them to: migolden57@gmail.com
Register here.

Aging in Community
2026-03-22 10:45 - 12:15 | Zoom
Email AIC@circleboston.org for more information, including the Zoom link.
This month, members of AIC are encouraged to join the moderated discussion of the book, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. See the details below:
The social justice committees of Boston Workers Circle are sponsoring two moderated discussions of the 2025 National Book Award winner, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Canadian author Omar El Akkad.
Part memoir, the work details El Akkad’s upbringing in Qatar and his immigration to the West, where he initially believed in the “American dream” before his career as a journalist—covering the War on Terror, Ferguson, and Black Lives Matter—began to erode that belief. It touches on the issues that our social justice committees seek to address: the inhuman way that we treat immigrants, the racism against Muslims and nonwhites, the economic injustice in our country, the slaughter in Gaza and the failure of the West to speak out against it. It is a powerful and thought-provoking look at Western hypocrisy and our own roles in that.
There will be an in-person discussion on Sunday, March 22 from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm during the Shule session in Brookline.
There will be a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
Registration is required for either session. After indicating whether you wish to attend the in-person session or the Zoom session, you’ll receive either the location specifics or the Zoom link, as appropriate.
We have found that even if there is a waiting list at your library to get the book, the list moves quickly and you should be able to get the book if you request it ASAP. It is powerful, but not long. It is available from your local independent bookstore in hardback for approximately $28, or as an eBook for $15.
Questions? Send them to: migolden57@gmail.com
Register here.

TASC Session 13
2026-03-22 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building
Teens Acting for Social Change (TASC) is back! Through our year-long TASC program, teens ages 13-18 will build community with each other, grow as social justice organizers and activists, engage in the broader Boston social justice community, and deepen their understanding of the connections between being Jewish and acting for social change.
This year TASC will meet for 16 sessions between September-May on Sundays in conjunction with Shule. Register here: https://circleboston.tfaforms.net/93

Shule Session 17
2026-03-22 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Stitch and Resist
2026-03-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-15 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-25 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-20 11:00 - 13:00 | BWC Building
Attention, fellow crafters and resistors: BWC Mutual Aid is hosting an event for you! Join us every third Saturday of the month at the BWC building from 11am – 1pm for crafting, community building and skill sharing!
All are welcome: bring your fiber craft projects, share some crafting materials if you have extra, and get to know our community better.
Bring your projects already in process! We will also have some supplies (extra yarn and some crochet and knitting needles donated by BWC members) if you want to start something new. This event is for every skill level!! There won’t be formal lessons in fiber arts, but we can happily problem-solve together.
This event is a drop-in. Come when it feels right, and leave when it feels right.
Register here.

Brews & Jews: Gragger After Party
2026-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA, United States
Phew! What a party.
After all that dancing, merrymaking, and spieling, and vampire hunting, we think we’ve all earned a little kickback. BWC would like to welcome you to our official Gragger after-party at Aeronaut Brewery. Come grab a drink with the cast and crew, learn about the programs, events, and committees happening at the Worker’s Circle, discover ways to get involved, and enjoy the company of our wonderful community. Werewolves and plus ones welcome.
Where: Aeronaut Brewery (14 Tyler St., Somerville)When: 3/19. 6-8pmWhat: Celebrate the Gragger committee, learn about membership opportunities, meet some very cool people.How: RSVP here.

Collective Liberation Workshop with artist Julie Weitz
2026-03-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Cambridge, location shared upon RSVP
Led by The Psychedelic Tzadik—the drag king persona of artist Julie Weitz—participants are invited to transform existential tsuris (trouble) into creative discovery through clowning, storytelling, and embodied improvisation. Drawing from Yiddish culture, Hasidic wisdom, and drag, this participatory experience offers a playful yet profound space to explore identity, justice, and cultural memory. Together, we confront personal and collective challenges while embracing the joy, absurdity, and radical potential of clowning.
Currently based in Berlin, Julie Weitz (she/her) is an artist, writer, and educator who creates embodied, collective experiences for repair by unearthing the wounds and resilience of diasporic culture. Her research-driven practice animates figures from Yiddish folklore, exploring themes of loss and healing through their interactions at culturally significant sites—especially those where Yiddish culture was nearly eradicated.Through caricature, folklorism, and emplacement, Weitz situates her practice within evolving trajectories of Jewish cultural expression, in solidarity with global liberation movements.
This event is co-sponsored by Boston Workers Circle. Please share with anyone who’d be interested! Click here to register. The suggested sliding scale for this workshop is $18–48, and nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Donations will go directly to the artist to cover supplies and labor. Also, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Free Gaza Circus.
REGISTER HERE

Bearing Witness at the Burlington ICE Office
2026-03-18 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-18 11:00 - 13:00 | 100 District Ave, Burlington, MA, United States
Join the BWC Immigrant Justice Committee to protest at the Burlington ICE office every month on the 3rd Wednesday. This is a peaceful protest bearing witness to the horror of the conditions of detainees at the office, and to stand against ICE and the Trump Administration’s treatment of immigrants.
📍 Location: 1000 District Ave, Burlington (one block from the mall) 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📅 When: third Wednesday of the month 📍 Meeting Spot: South side of the ICE driveway — look for the BWC T-shirts!
Contact ijc@circleboston.org with any questions and please let them know you are coming to the protest so they know to look for you.
Join the email list at https://bit.ly/WitnessIce
See this website for updates, including notes on parking: https://bearingwitnessne.org/the-standout

Radical Yiddish Workers' Songs
2026-03-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom
Linda Gritz and Pauli Katz, of Boston Workers Circle, are bringing back their classic beloved biannual Radical Yiddish Workers’ Songs Workshop on ﻿Monday, March 16, 7:30-9:00pm ET!﻿
Linda and Pauli will teach a selection of songs line-by-line, and discuss the historical context that gave rise to them. There will be plenty of time for singing (on mute) and for dialogue about the tunes.
Register here.

Singing Shabes
2026-03-13 18:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
Come join us for a musical Shabes gathering Friday, March 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the BWC Building located at 6 Webster Street in Brookline.
We will sing songs beloved and known by the BWC community, led by Workers Circle song leaders. The event will include a brief Shabes ritual and a potluck dinner where we can relax and schmooze.
This is an in-person event.
Please consider donating to BWC’s Pass-the-Hat fund to contribute to programming like this! Choose Shabes for the question related to the event you’re participating in.
Register here.

Zayen Class Parent Meeting
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

TASC Session 12
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 16 | Vov parent B-mitzvah meeting | Zayen Parent Meeting
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Open Shule Caregiver Curriculum Update Conversation
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:00 | MA
details coming soon

Circle Book Group
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
March’s book is The Human Scale: A Novel by Lawrence Wright.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

Gragger
2026-03-07 19:00 - 23:00 | MA
Vampires, witches, and fabulous kings, oh my! Gragger 5786 is upon us like a bloodsucker, with terrible puns coming at you along with pointy wooden stakes to drive through the hearts of monsters. This year, Esther The Vampire Slayer must pretend to be the thing she hates the most to get close to the Vampire King and topple their bloodsucking regime before it’s too late. The fate of the universe hangs on her answer to one question: Are we born wicked or is wickedness thrust upon us!

Date: Saturday, March 7Time: 7:00pm-11:00pmLocation: Spontaneous Celebrations (45 Danforth St., Jamaica Plain, MA)Tickets: $22-$54 | sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds | tickets priced $36+ include BWC Membership through May 2027Audience: 18+Accessibility: wheelchair accessible, ASL interpretation, & more
Gragger pre-registration is now closed.Tickets will be available to purchase at the door the night of Gragger.
Learn more here: https://circleboston.org/gragger/

Di Nest: Yiddish Arts Incubator
2026-03-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom
Do you want to start writing in Yiddish but have questions about creating in a language you are still learning? Have you been making art in Yiddish for a while and want feedback on your latest project? Do you want to be part of the first audience for new Yiddish art and support artists with your feedback? Then join us at Di Nest!
Di Nest is an arts incubator for Yiddish creativity. Join us to share your own projects and/or to help workshop community members’ works in progress. IF YOU WANT TO WORKSHOP A PROJECT, PLEASE EMAIL LILYE AT YIDDISH@CIRCLEBOSTON.ORG BEFORE THE MEETING. Emailing at least a couple days before Di Nest is especially appreciated.
Projects in any medium that are in, or prominently feature, Yiddish are welcome–including original works and translations into Yiddish. Di Nest is open to Yiddish speakers and students of all levels. Whether you’re just starting to create in Yiddish or have been doing so for years, you’re welcome to attend!
Each session will include time to workshop material from several participants. Attendees are invited to bring a project to share—but we also welcome attendees who join us to listen, learn, and offer feedback.
Sharing a Yiddish work-in-progress can be daunting, so we will ask ALL attendees to briefly unmute and introduce themselves.
Di Nest is open to Yiddish speakers and students of all levels. Whether you’re just starting to create in Yiddish or have been doing so for years, you’re welcome to attend! Sessions will be in a mix of Yiddish and English.
This program is a collaboration between Boston Workers Circle and Rad Yiddish.
Register here.

TASC Session 11
2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Purim Carnival | New Families Welcome!
2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:30 | MA
Join the party at Shule – the Boston Workers Circle’s Jewish Cultural Sunday School! Our all school Purim Carnival features games, music, treats, and a chance to meet students and caregivers across the whole program.
At Shule, children grades pre-K-7 explore Jewish identity rooted in Jewish cultural literacy and traditions of social justice. Register below for precise address (in Brookline) and reach out to youtheducation@circleboston.org with any questions!
Register for the Brookline address: https://bit.ly/shulepurim26

Circle Playtime with All Shule Purim Party
2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:30 | Shule
Circle Playtime will meet 10:30-11:00 and then join the All Shule Purim Party.
Please note the earlier start time.

CANCELLED: Yiddish Sing
2026-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Hybrid: BWC Building & Zoom
Yiddish Sing is cancelled for February. But join us next month on March 26.
Drop in for this free informal monthly gathering to sing Yiddish songs! All are welcome, regardless of singing ability or knowledge of Yiddish.
Attendees are welcome to attend in person or online. We will sing from the Yosl and Chana Mlotek collection of Yiddish songs. These songbooks will be available in person and are also available online at https://yiddishsongs.org. Online participants can request songs and listen and sing along with their mics muted.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please register here before the event.

Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee Meeting
2026-02-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-09-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

Aging in Community
2026-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Email AIC@circleboston.org for more information, including the Zoom link.

Shabbat at the Huntington
2026-02-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Calderwood Pavilion / The Huntington Calderwood, 527 Tremont St, Boston, MA, United States
Join us for an evening of community, reflection, and theater!
Welcome Shabbat with members of Boston Workers Circle and The Huntington community at 6 pm on Friday, February 20th, and then experience Joshua Harmon’s newest play, We Had a World at 7:30 pm!
The event takes place at The Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02116.
Light noshes and non-alcoholic beverages provided.
Tickets are Pay What You Wish, starting at $10!
Register here.
Purchase includes a ticket to the 2/20 performance of We Had a World and the Shabbat pre-show event. You’ll receive your physical performance ticket when you arrive for the pre-show Shabbat event.

Creative Expression Shabes
2026-02-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Boston Workers Circle, Brookline, MA, United States
Creative Expression Shabes
Creative Expression Shabes for restoring balance and relaxing together in community.
The Shabes Committee invites you to join us on Friday, February 13, 2026 from 6:30-8:30pm at the BWC Building a Creative Expression Shabes. Shabes offers us a pause to re-center, and renew our spirit. We will take time in this Shabes to use creative artistic expression, listen to poetry, try out writing or doodling to help guide us toward re-plenishment before our communal meal. Drawing, colorful hands-on craft, and writing materials will be provided. This is an in-person event.
Register here.

Yiddish Vinkl
2026-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Only
February 12th is on Zoom only, though usually Somerville Vinkl is hybrid, with a Zoom or an in-person option in Somerville. This is an opportunity for you to sharpen your Yiddish skills in a comfortable and informal setting, whatever your level of Yiddish. All are welcome.
Somerville Vinkl is the second Thursday of every month, from 7:00-8:30 PM. For questions contact yiddish@circleboston.org. Register below to receive the address for the in-person gathering and the Zoom link.
Register Here.

Bread and Roses: How Jewish Women Shaped Early 20th Century Activism
2026-02-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-19 19:00 - 20:30 | virtual: Zoom
Join public historian, educator, and writer Jennifer Young for a four-part course diving into the activism of early 20th century working-class Jewish women.
4 Sessions | January 19, 26, February 2, 9 | Mondays 7:00-8:30 pm ET | Virtual on Zoom
Session #1: The Housewives’ RebellionsSession #2: The Women’s UprisingSession #3: The United Council of Working-Class HousewivesSession #4: A New Era
Zoom recordings will be made available to registrants for asynchronous viewing.
Register here.

POSTPONED -Hey Class Solidarity Protest for Immigrant Justice
2026-02-08 14:30 - 15:30 | Boston, MA, USA
Join Boston Workers Circle’s Hey (Fifth Grade) Shule Class for their annual solidarity protest! This year the students are collaborating with Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE) to call on court officials and police officers to end their complicity with ICE operations in and around Massachusetts court houses, where immigrant community members have been abducted while attempting to exercise their right to due process.
The protest will take place on Sunday, February 8 at 2:30 pm at a T-accessible downtown location. The exact location will be provided to registrants.
RSVP here: bit.ly/HeyProtest2026

TASC Session 10
2026-02-08 12:30 - 15:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 14 + Zayen Parent Meeting
2026-02-08 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Circle Book Group
2026-02-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
February’s book is Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

Somerville Shule in the Neighborhood
2026-02-07 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
Join families & staff for Shule in the Neighborhood, a casual drop-in opportunity to learn more about Shule, our Jewish Cultural Sunday School for students pre-K- 7th grade, & get to know folks who live in your area. Sign up using the link below & we will follow up with the precise address!
Register here: bit.ly/shuleneighborhood

Postponed- Watertown Shule in the Neighborhood
2026-02-05 17:00 - 19:00 | MA
Join families & staff for Shule in the Neighborhood, a casual drop-in opportunity to learn more about Shule, our Jewish Cultural Sunday School for students preK- 7th grade, & get to know folks who live in your area. Sign up using the link below & we will follow up with the precise address!
Register here: bit.ly/shuleneighborhood

Jamaica Plain Shule in the Neighborhood
2026-02-04 17:00 - 19:00 | MA
Join families & staff for Shule in the Neighborhood, a casual drop-in opportunity to learn more about Shule, our Jewish Cultural Sunday School for students K – 7th grade, & get to know folks who live in your area. Sign up using the link below & we will follow up with the precise address!
Register here: bit.ly/shuleneighborhood

Tu B’Shevat Seder
2026-02-01 16:00 - 18:00 | BWC Building and Zoom
Join BWC and Kavod Boston in-person or online via Zoom for a unique Tu B’Shevat seder, marking the “New Year for the Trees.” Readings, songs, and poems will reflect the origins of the seder adapted to progressive secular Jewish life in the 21st century.
All registrants (in-person and online) will be invited to actively participate, with the option to read a portion of the Haggadah aloud during the seder. Ritual foods will be provided at the in-person seder.
This event is pay-what-you-can (suggested donation of $10+). Registration is required.
Register here.
Learn more here.

Kumzits: Resilience and parenting in a time of crisis
2026-02-01 10:45 - 12:15 | MA
We will spend our time together connecting and sharing about the ways we are struggling and the ways we are finding joy as parents. We will explore political, emotional and spiritual questions connected to being a parent in a time of so many crises. We will do some resilience practices together, connect in small groups and connect in a large group. Led by parent, Dan Gelbtuch

Shule Session 13 | BWC TU B'Shvat Seder (in afternoon)
2026-02-01 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Performance: Meet Max Spitzkopf
2026-01-29 19:00 - 21:00 | The Vilna Shul, 2 Phillips St, Boston, MA, United States
Before Sherlock Holmes had fans across the Jewish world, there was Max Spitzkopf, a brilliant, sharp-tongued detective whose adventures captivated Yiddish readers across Europe and the diaspora a century ago. Clever, curious, and fueled by intellect and chutzpah, Spitzkopf was a cultural phenomenon, until history pushed his stories to the margins.
Now, for the first time, one volume of these classic mysteries, Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, has been newly translated into English and brought thrillingly to life on stage at The Vilna.
Join acclaimed Yiddish stage actor Mikhl Yashinsky for a theatrical performance that revives this forgotten sleuth for a modern audience. Through humor, suspense, and rich cultural nuance, Yashinsky explores what a Yiddish detective can teach us about justice, morality, identity, and the enduring power of storytelling.
The evening is accompanied by live klezmer-inspired music from the Abigale Reisman Trio, creating an immersive journey into the smokey cafes and bustling streets of old-world Europe, where wit, courage, and sharp observation solve even the most confounding cases.
Following the performance, Lisa Newman, Director of Publications at the Yiddish Book Center and White Goat Press, will join us for a conversation about the performance and Q&A with the artists.
Presented in partnership with The Yiddish Book Center and White Goat Press.
Register here.

Open parents meeting about the Hey protest on Immigration Justice
2026-01-25 10:45 - 12:15 | MA

TASC Session 9
2026-01-25 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 12 + Zayen Parent Meeting
2026-01-25 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Aging in Community Small Groups
2026-01-25 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
We will gather in small groups; discussion guidelines TBD.
Email AIC@circleboston.org for the Zoom link.

Bearing Witness at the Burlington ICE Office
2026-01-21 11:00 - 13:00 | 100 District Ave, Burlington, MA, United States
Join the BWC Immigrant Justice Committee to protest at the Burlington ICE office every month on the 3rd Wednesday. This is a peaceful protest bearing witness to the horror of the conditions of detainees at the office, and to stand against ICE and the Trump Administration’s treatment of immigrants.
📍 Location: 1000 District Ave, Burlington (one block from the mall) 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📅 When: third Wednesday of the month 📍 Meeting Spot: South side of the ICE driveway — look for the BWC T-shirts!
Contact ijc@circleboston.org with any questions and please let them know you are coming to the protest so they know to look for you.
Join the email list at https://bit.ly/WitnessIce

AA Thank you letter writing
2026-01-20 13:00 - 13:45 | MA

Rescheduled as Creative Expression Shabes on February 13th
2026-01-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Boston Workers Circle, Brookline, MA, United States
Rescheduled as Creative Expression Shabes on FEBRUARY 13th
See new event information here.

IPC-Wide Gathering: Hasia Diner Presents History of Jewish Opposition to Zionism
2026-01-13 19:00 - 20:30 | virtual: Zoom
Date: Tuesday, January 13Time: 7:00 – 8:30pmLocation: Zoom (Register here)
At this IPC-wide gathering, we will hear a presentation from BWC member, Hasia Diner, who is also a member of Concerned Jewish Faculty and Staff. There will be time for discussion. Hasia’s presentation on the History of Jewish Opposition to Zionism is relevant to today’s political situation where opposition to Zionism is being equated with antisemitism by government bodies such as the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism and the Trump Administration.
Hasia Diner is Professor Emerita at the Departments of History and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and has published numerous books and papers. She is also a visiting professor of Jewish Studies at the Harvard Divinity School.
Register for the Zoom presentation here.

Shule Open House
2026-01-11 11:30 - 12:30 | Brookline, MA, USA
Open Houses are a great opportunity for prospective Shule members to meet staff, current members, and each other while getting a taste of Shule’s curriculum and space.
Want to hear more about Shule, our Jewish Cultural Sunday School for students K – 7th grade? Please join us in Brookline on Sunday, January 11 from 11:30 to 12:30!
This event will include a brief tour, curriculum overview, Q & A’s with staff, a taste of a music class, and a chance to connect with current and potential Shule parents. We’ll have bagels and coffee as well as Legos, coloring supplies and books.
Open Houses are a great opportunity for prospective Shule members to meet staff, current members, and each other while getting a taste of Shule’s curriculum and space.
If you’d like to register more than four children, please complete the form again. Feel free to check out our website here (http://circleboston.org/shule) or reach out to Carly directly with any additional questions at youtheducation@circleboston.org before or after the event.
We look forward to meeting you and your family!
You can RSVP here:https://forms.gle/MYwdd8wNUn36TwYQ8

Kumzits: Mosaic and Community Making with Emily Bhargava
2026-01-11 10:45 - 12:15 | MA
Join other parents and caregivers for a moment of self-care during shule. We’ll be making mosaics using tiles, glass and beads. Relax, be creative, have a conversation with someone new, and leave with a piece of art for your home. (Littles are welcome, but you’ll have to watch that they don’t eat any beads).

Circle Playtime
2026-01-11 10:45 - 12:15, 2025-11-16 10:45 - 12:15, 2025-10-05 10:45 - 12:15, 2025-09-14 10:45 - 12:15 | MA

TASC Session 8
2026-01-11 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 11
2026-01-11 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Circle Book Group
2026-01-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
January’s book selection is: The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

Tu B’Shevat Prep: Local Foods Preparation
2026-01-10 10:00 - 12:00 | BWC Building
Join us in discussing how we might be able to better integrate local foods in our Tu B’Shevat Seder. We will prepare foods to enjoy at our Tu B’Shevat Seder including dried apples and acorn flour crackers!

De-ICE Hanscom Standout
2026-01-09 13:30 - 15:00 | Hanscom Rotary, Lincoln, MA, United States
The BWC Immigration Committee will be joining the De-ICE Hanscom coalition for their weekly afternoon standout on Friday, January 9, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM. This gathering takes place at the Hanscom Rotary, located at the intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA.
Event Details

Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Hanscom Rotary, Lincoln, MA
Parking: Available along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive (please do not impede traffic or block bike lanes).

Purpose of the Standout
The De-ICE Hanscom coalition organizes peaceful standouts aimed at eliminating ICE transport flights from Hanscom Field. These flights are reportedly used to expedite the removal of immigrants from New England, which undermines their ability to seek effective legal representation.
Coalition Groups Involved
The standout involves several coalition groups including:

Concord Indivisible
Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN)
Indivisible Acton Area
Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA)
Lexington Alarm
Maynard Indivisible

Sign Up for Updates
To stay updated about the protests and other events, you can sign up through this link: Sign up for updates.
If you need more information or have questions about the event, please email Richard Colbath-Hess at rcolbathhess@gmail.com.

Sumud: A Doctor's Report on Genocide & Survival in Gaza
2026-01-05 18:45 - 20:30 | JP – register for exact location
BWC is a cosponsor in the upcoming screening of “Sumud: A Doctor’s Report on Genocide & Survival in Gaza,” a short, new documentary which follows an American anesthesiologist who volunteered in Gaza. It features commentary from journalist and writer Omar el Akkad, whose “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” just won the National Book Award. The film speaks to the genocide in Gaza, and, most particularly, to the destruction of hospitals and medical care systems there.
The film will be introduced by its director, Jan Haaken, who along with special guest Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle, cofounder of Doctors Against Genocide, will engage with the audience afterward.
This event will be a fundraiser for two important organizations: Doctors Against Genocide and the Gaza Mental Health Foundation. Registration is required. Learn mor and register here: tinyurl.com/sumudboston
Questions? Contact ipc@circleboston.org.

CANCELED Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee Meeting
2025-12-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

Khanike/Chanukah Shabes
2025-12-19 18:15 - 20:30 | BWC Building
Join BWC’s Young Adult Community and Gragger Team to celebrate Khanike/Chanukah together on Friday, December 19 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the BWC in Brookline! Whether you’re a BWC regular or completely new to the community, we would love to welcome you to celebrate with us and join us for a shabes potluck.
We welcome suggested donations of $5-$10 per person to cover costs of the shabes, but donating is not a requirement. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Note: We request that folks wear name tags and wear masks when not eating. Thank you!
Register here.

From Darkness to Light: A Chanukah Fundraiser for Legal Aid for Palestinians
2025-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Cambridge – Register for location.
Boston area people! Join us along with Halachic Left next Thursday, Dec. 18 (the fifth night of Chanukah) at 7pm for a fundraiser for Legal Aid for Palestinians (LEAP), an organization that provides legal support and representation for Palestinians living in the West Bank.
Professor Shaul Magid will share a few words on the crisis in Israel/Palestine, and the “hidden” progressive values of Chanukah. Come enjoy latkes, beverages, and schmooze!
Kosher food served, co-sponsored by Boston NIF NewGen, IfNotNow Boston, Boston Workers Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice, V’ahavta, and Halachic Left.
Register here.

"Let’s Build a Room for Hope" Grief & Healing Community Care Session
2025-12-17 18:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
This time is marked by immense grief. From the war in Gaza, the rise of US authoritarianism, to personal losses, it seems that the dissonant cycle of grief is unending. And yet, this time also carries immense opportunities for hope – hope through community connection, hope through radical compassion, and hope through social action. What are you grieving in this moment? How does thinking Jewishly help you grapple with this grief? In what ways does your Jewish identity bring you into community and orient you towards hope? And how does thinking Jewishly orient you toward social action?
Join us for a conversation on grief, hope, and healing in community led by BWC member, Sammie M. and based on the work “Let’s Build a Room for Hope” by Rabbi Miriam Grossman. This event will take place at the BWC Building at 6 Webster Street in Brookline on Wednesday, December 17 from 6:30 – 8:30pm. Register below.
About Sammie: As a member of BWC and a current doctoral student in psychology, Sammie is interested in liberation psychology and healing through radical compassion. She is passionate about community care and Rabbi Miriam’s writings and is grateful to be in community with BWC.
Donation: Sammie’s Community Care sessions are a project of the BWC’s Israel Palestine Committee (IPC), and we are collecting voluntary donations to support the work of the IPC, including Sammie’s sessions. Please use this Pass-the-Hat form to make a donation and choose “IPC” when it asks what event you participated in.
Register here.

Bearing Witness at the Burlington ICE Office
2025-12-17 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, United States
Join the BWC Immigrant Justice Committee to protest at the Burlington ICE office every month on the 3rd Wednesday. This is a peaceful protest bearing witness to the horror of the conditions of detainees at the office, and to stand against ICE and the Trump Administration’s treatment of immigrants.
📍 Location: 1000 District Ave, Burlington (one block from the mall) 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📅 When: December 17 📍 Meeting Spot: South side of the ICE driveway — look for the BWC T-shirts!
Contact ijc@circleboston.org with any questions and please let them know you are coming to the protest so they know to look for you.
Join the email list at https://bit.ly/WitnessIce

Advanced Beginner Yiddish: Virtual
2025-12-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Do you know about der, di, dos, and dem, but shudder when you hear the words “dative” and “accusative”? Do you know how to exchange pleasantries in Yiddish but not how to talk about what happened yesterday? Do you know the alef-beys, but not have enough vocabulary to tell a story? Would you like to study Yiddish every week with an enthusiastic teacher who showers you with positive feedback no matter how many mistakes you make? This advanced beginner Yiddish class might just be right for you.
Learn more and register here.

Intermediate Yiddish: Virtual
2025-12-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Build confidence in your Yiddish – reading, speaking, and listening, in a supportive and welcoming classroom of intermediate Yiddish students. We’ll focus on building reading fluency, comprehension strategies, dictionary skills, and making meaning from texts while enjoying selections from the canon of Yiddish literature. In this class, you will find abundant opportunities to stretch and grow your Yiddish. We’ll read slowly, translate continuously, and look up every unfamiliar word as we read (in Yiddish) and discuss (in English and Yiddish) literature together.
Learn more and register here.

Candle-Making and Khanike Party
2025-12-15 17:30 - 19:30 | BWC Building
Join the Membership Committee on Monday, December 15 at the BWC building from 5:30pm-7:30pm to make your shamesh candles for the holiday! Everyone is warmly invited, and especially new members and people interested in joining BWC! Snacks and candle-making supplies provided. Reach out to norabond@gmail.com with any questions.
Please RSVP here.

All-Shule Khanike Party: Join the party! Learn about Shule!
2025-12-14 10:45 - 12:30 | MA
Please join our Shule Khanike party for current and prospective Shule families on Sunday, November 14 from 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM! (Program begins at 11 AM)
We would love to welcome you to BWC’s secular community and our all-school party featuring singing, music, treats, and a chance to re-dedicate ourselves to more vibrant future.
Prospective families please note: This party includes a potluck but please do not feel pressured to contribute as a guest. Just make sure you include your dietary needs when you register below! Questions can be directed to Carly, at youtheducation@circleboston.org
RSVP at bit.ly/shulekhanike25

TASC Session 7
2025-12-14 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Circle Playtime Khanike Party (EARLIER TIME)
2025-12-14 10:30 - 12:30 | MA
Circle Playtime will meet 10:30-11:00 and then join the All Shule Khanike Party. Details below.
Please join our Shule Khanike party for current and prospective Shule families on Sunday, November 14 from 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM! (Program begins at 11 AM)
We would love to welcome you to BWC’s secular community and our all-school party featuring singing, music, treats, and a chance to re-dedicate ourselves to more vibrant future.
Prospective families please note: This party includes a potluck but please do not feel pressured to contribute as a guest. Just make sure you include your dietary needs when you register below! Questions can be directed to Carly, at youtheducation@circleboston.org
RSVP at bit.ly/shulekhanike25

Circle Book Group
2025-12-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
December’s book selection is Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

farbreng:boston - makhn zhetonen
2025-12-13 15:00 - 17:00 | BWC Building
װאָס: מאַכן זשעטאָנעןװען: שבת, דעם 13טן דעצעמבער, 3:00־5:00װוּ: באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג, 6 װעבסטער גאַס, ברוקלײַן
לאָמיר מאַכן קונסט און רעדן ייִדיש צוזאַמען! מיר װעלן מאַכן זשעטאָנען מיט מאַרקירערס, קלעפּצעטלעך און אַנדערע מאַטעריאַלן. מע קען צײכענען אַ שטיקל קונסט, שרײַבן אַ ייִדישע פֿראַזע ־ עפּעס קאָמישס, עפּעס פּאָליטישס, אײַערע פּראָנאָמען ־ אָדער שאַפֿן װאָס מע װיל. מיר װעלן האָבן מאַרקירערס און קלעפּצעטלעך, אָבער אָנטײלנעמערס זײַנען אויך פֿאַרבעטן מיטצוברענגען נאָך מאַטעריאַלן. האָט איר שוין ליב צו שטריקן, העקלען, העפֿטן אָדער עפּעס ענלעכס? איר זײַט אויך פֿאַרבעטן מיטצוברענגען אַן אײגענעם פּראָיעקט
די פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר
Vos: Makhn zhetonenVen: Shabes, dem 13tn detsember, 3:00-5:00Vu: Bostoner Arbeter-Ring, 6 Webster St. in Brookline
Lomir makhn kunst un redn yidish tsuzamen! Mir veln makhn zhetonen (buttons) mit markirers, kleptsetlekh (stickers), un andere materyaln. Me ken tseykhenen a shtikl kunst, shraybn a yidishe fraze ־ epes komishs, epes politishs, ayere pronomen – oder shafn vos me vil. Mir veln hobn markirers un kleptsetlekh, ober onteylnemers zaynen oykh farbetn mittsubrengen nokh materyaln. (Hot ir shoyn lib tsu shtrikn, heklen, heftn, oder epes azoyns? Ir zayt oykh farbetn mittsubrengen an eygenem proyekt.)
Di program iz a tsuzamen-arbet funem bostoner arbeter-ring un farbreng:boston, a yugntruf-proyekt vos shaft gelegnheytn tsu redn un farbrengen af yidish ponem-al-ponem a gants kaylekhdik yor.
Farbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity.
Asking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.org
Register here.

Arts Shabes V -- LIGHT!!!
2025-12-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual – Zoom
Please register to join this Zoom Shabes in honoring LIGHT as happens with Khanike/Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Diwali, and other human creations. Our featured presenter will be Jeff Berg, BWC member and lighting designer, who takes an architect’s vision to illuminating the public realm.
We will meet on Friday, December 12, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM on Zoom.
Registration closes at 4:00pm on December 12.
Register here.

Beginner Yiddish Semester 1: Virtual
2025-12-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Let’s learn Yiddish — lomir zikh lernen yidish! This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Yiddish conversation, reading, and grammar through highly-interactive games, songs, activities, and short texts. Students who don’t yet know the Hebrew/Yiddish alphabet will be asked to join the class a half hour early for the first several sessions.
Learn more and register here.

Advanced: Shtok Shraybt Vayter: Virtual
2025-12-10 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-12-03 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-19 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-12 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-05 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-29 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-22 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Virtual
We will read and discuss a selection of Fradl Shtok’s writing in Yiddish, in a supportive environment that encourages each person to speak Yiddish freely and fearlessly to the best of their ability. Students who want to listen rather than read are welcome to join the class. Fradl Shtok (1890-1990) is an enigmatic and captivating writer of passionate poems, sharply observed short stories, and illuminating literary essays. Her short stories capture the nuances of shtetl and immigrant life, peeling away the layers with revealing, ironic perceptions. Shtok’s piercing poems – including her groundbreaking sonnets – are an innovation in Yiddish literature. Her poems are crafted with skill, precision and attention to aesthetics that juxtaposes powerfully with the unrestrained desire that many of her poems embody. Studying Shtok’s texts in Yiddish enables the reader to savor the sensuous sounds, skillful wordplay and musicality that are central to her writing. The course will offer cover a selection of short stories, poems and critical writing by Fradl Shtok.
Learn more and register here.

Beginner Yiddish Semester 1: In-Person
2025-12-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-12-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-12 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-05 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-29 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-22 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-15 19:30 - 21:00 | BWC Building
Let’s learn Yiddish — lomir zikh lernen yidish! This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Yiddish conversation, reading, and grammar through highly-interactive games, songs, activities, and short texts. Students who don’t yet know the Hebrew/Yiddish alphabet will be asked to join the class a half hour early throughout the semester.
Learn more and register here.

Shule Recruitment Kick off event
2025-12-07 11:00 - 12:30 | MA
Love Shule? Want to help more people get access to this awesome community? Join our brainstorming and sharing session on Sunday, December 7th from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Whether you’re a current caregiver or just a BWC member who cares about youth getting access to our social justice-focused, cultural Sunday school, we want your ideas and your actions! It’s time to get creative, get connected, and get catalyzed to bring in new Shule families.
Please email Carly at youtheducation@circleboston.org with any questions. Hope to see you there!

TASC Session 6
2025-12-07 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 9 + Zayen parents Meeting
2025-12-07 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Aging in Community: Grappling with Dependence Part 2
2025-12-07 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
AIC will gather on Zoom for part two of this discussion.
For more information about Aging in Community (AIC) contact co-chairs Dianne Perlmutter and Marsha Lazar via AIC@circleboston.org.

A Palestine-Focused Shabes
2025-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
You are invited to register for a Friday night community Shabes dinner held in the spirit of mourning and actively opposing the genocide faced by Palestinians and committed by Israel and of reflecting as a community what we can do to support and stand with the Palestinian people. There will be a very brief informal ceremony as well as opportunities to connect with like-minded community members and opportunities to donate to Palestinian charities.
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025Time: 6:30-8:30pmLocation: BWC Building | 6 Webster Street | Brookline, MA
REGISTER HERE
We would like to collect voluntary donations to cover costs associated with this event and fund the work of IPC. A donation is definitely not required to attend the shabes, but please donate $5-$10 if you are able. Please use this Pass-the-Hat form to make your donation and choose “IPC” when it asks what event you participated in.

De-ICE Hanscom Standout
2025-12-05 13:30 - 15:00 | Hanscom Rotary, Lincoln, MA, United States
The BWC Immigration Committee will be joining the De-ICE Hanscom coalition for their weekly afternoon standout on Friday, December 5, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM. This gathering takes place at the Hanscom Rotary, located at the intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA.
Event Details

Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Hanscom Rotary, Lincoln, MA
Parking: Available along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive (please do not impede traffic or block bike lanes).

Purpose of the Standout
The De-ICE Hanscom coalition organizes peaceful standouts aimed at eliminating ICE transport flights from Hanscom Field. These flights are reportedly used to expedite the removal of immigrants from New England, which undermines their ability to seek effective legal representation.
Coalition Groups Involved
The standout involves several coalition groups including:

Concord Indivisible
Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN)
Indivisible Acton Area
Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA)
Lexington Alarm
Maynard Indivisible

Sign Up for Updates
To stay updated about the protests and other events, you can sign up through this link: Sign up for updates.
If you need more information or have questions about the event, please email Richard Colbath-Hess at rcolbathhess@gmail.com.

Di Nest: Yiddish Arts Incubator
2025-12-04 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-09-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom
Do you want to start writing in Yiddish but have questions about creating in a language you are still learning? Have you been making art in Yiddish for a while and want feedback on your latest project? Do you want to be part of the first audience for new Yiddish art and support artists with your feedback? Then join us at Di Nest!
Di Nest is an arts incubator for Yiddish creativity. Join us to share your own projects and/or to help workshop community members’ works in progress. Projects in any medium that are in, or prominently feature, Yiddish are welcome–including original works and translations into Yiddish. Di Nest is open to Yiddish speakers and students of all levels. Whether you’re just starting to create in Yiddish or have been doing so for years, you’re welcome to attend!
Each session will include time to workshop material from several participants. If you have material you would like to workshop, please email Lilye at yiddish@circleboston.org before the meeting. Attendees are invited to bring a project to share—but we also welcome attendees who join us to listen, learn, and offer feedback. Sharing a Yiddish work-in-progress can be daunting, so we will ask all attendees to briefly unmute and introduce themselves.
This program is a collaboration between Boston Workers Circle, Rad Yiddish, and Queer Yiddish Camp.
Register here to get the Zoom link.

RESCHEDULED Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee Meeting
2025-11-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Rescheduled for December 3rd.
The Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee (JMS) works to build and strengthen constructive, mutually supportive relations between Jews and Muslims in Greater Boston. It is especially focused on Muslims’ and Jews’ mutual interest in continuing to learn about and engage with one another, including on difficult issues, all the while recognizing our common interest in opposing all manifestations of Islamophobia and antisemitism, by standing together in the face of any form of ethnic harassment. The JMSC engages in political action, community education, and cooperative efforts with Boston area Muslims and Jews to foster its goal of deepening Jewish-Muslim understanding and solidarity. Our work is based on our belief that human rights are universal and human communities and individuals share the same rights and responsibilities toward one another. To find out more about the meeting and get the zoom link, please email jms@circleboston.org

Kumzits: TBD
2025-11-23 10:45 - 12:15 | MA
Kumzits is an informal gathering space for Shule parents and the BWC community to schmooze and to learn together. We meet during Shule hours at Shule in order to connect with each other, discuss important issues, and to laugh. Past gatherings include discussions of Israel-Palestine, prison abolition, Shabbos, and lots of activities like mosaic-making, walks to the reservoir, and bagel eating. Join us for a short, informal meeting to eat bagels, connect, and to imagine our year together.

Shule Session 8
2025-11-23 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

TASC Session 5: Annual Overnight
2025-11-22 18:00 - 2025-11-23 13:00 | MA

CANCELLED Yiddish Sing
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Hybrid: BWC Building & Zoom

Adult Ed Course: Session 3
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 | BWC Building
Adult Ed Course: We Carry This In our Bodies: Navigating Family, Trauma, and Israel/Palestine
At a time when conversations about Israel/Palestine are deeply charged, many of us struggle to stay in relationship with loved ones whose perspectives differ from our own. This three-part course will explore how American Jewish trauma lives in our bodies (based largely on the work of Resmaa Menakem), shapes our politics, and shows up in interpersonal dynamics. Drawing on somatic practices, historical context, and scenario planning, we’ll practice approaches for meaningful, values-aligned conversations—along with tools for setting boundaries and caring for ourselves in the process.
REGISTER HERE.
Course Sessions:All classes will be held in person at the BWC Building located at 6 Webster Street in Brookline, MA.
All students are required to attend session #1, but can choose which of the other sessions they attend.
Session #1 – November 5 | 7-8:30PM: Diving into My Grandmother’s Hands as a source for healing Jewish trauma
Session #2 – November 12 | 7-8:30PM: Understanding our own narratives and voices, beginning to practice our fears
Session #3: November 19 | 7-8:30PM: Scenario planning, practice, and closure (or non-closure)

Bearing Witness at Burlington ICE Office: Protest for Immigrant Justice and Dignity
2025-11-19 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, United States
The BWC contingent is joining the ongoing protest at the Burlington ICE office, held the third Wednesday of each month.
Last month, about 20 BWC members joined a powerful crowd of around 400 people — standing together for immigrant justice.
Please join us again this month! It’s an energizing and meaningful event — and yes, it’s fun too.
📍 Location: 1000 District Ave, Burlington (one block from the mall)🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM📅 When: The 3rd Wednesday of every month📍 Meeting Spot: South side of the ICE driveway — look for the BWC T-shirts!
Let’s keep showing up and making our voices heard.

Klezmer Workshop and Jam: A Taste of Yiddish Class
2025-11-17 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
Do you want to learn the foundations of klezmer music? Do you love to play klezmer music and want to help grow the local community of klezmorim? Join the Boston Workers Circle’s monthly drop-in klezmer jam! We will develop and play a shared repertoire. Let’s make music together whether you’re playing (or learning) the melody, the secund (accompaniment), or contributing to the rhythm section. We’ll approach the music by play the music by ear, a traditional form of learning klezmer. Recordings and sheet music will be available to support new and returning participants’ learning; reading music is not required.
Level: This is a workshop and jam and is ideal for musicians who are proficient with their instruments and want to learn or develop their klezmer repertoire, technique, and style. We will be meeting once a month and all types of instrumentalists are welcome. The BWC monthly workshop and jam is designed to be an inclusive and welcoming community especially for new participants as we work to create an environment where everyone is supported and empowered to participate.
Material: Your instrument; something to take notes with; water bottle
Cost: You can pay the suggested sliding scale donation at the door via credit card or cash. However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Our workshop + jam has a suggested donation on a sliding scale of $18-$36.
Our jam ONLY suggested donation is on a sliding scale of $10-$20.
Register here.

Tikkun Olam ~ Together in Song Concert
2025-11-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Congregation Kehillath Israel, 383 Harvard St, Brookline, MA, United States
Tikkun Olam ~ Together in Song, a concert offering healing, hope, and peace during these challenging times.
In a time filled with mistrust and division, Koleinu, Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus, A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus of Boston Workers Circle, and Mizrahi multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat, will collaborate to strengthen our connections with the rich, multicultural sounds of our wide Jewish musical heritage.
The concert is free but you must register here.

Kumzits: Celebrating Jewish and American Holidays with Rachel Chagnon
2025-11-16 10:45 - 12:15 | MA
Ahead of Thanksgiving, join other parents and caregivers for a conversation about celebrating Jewish holidays and our capacity for revival and reinvention of tradition. What’s a holiday that you celebrate now? How is it similar or different from your childhood? What is your relationship to Thanksgiving, and how can we raise our kids to celebrate holidays while also imbuing them with our values?
About Kumzits:Kumzits is an informal gathering space for Shule parents and the BWC community to schmooze and to learn together. We meet during Shule hours at Shule in order to connect with each other, discuss important issues, and to laugh. Past gatherings include discussions of Israel-Palestine, prison abolition, Shabbos, and lots of activities like mosaic-making, walks to the reservoir, and bagel eating. Join us for a short, informal meeting to eat bagels, connect, and to imagine our year together.

TASC Session 4
2025-11-16 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 7
2025-11-16 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Circle Book Group
2025-11-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
November’s book selection is The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

CANCELED: Yiddish Vinkl
2025-11-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Hybrid: Zoom & Somerville Address (receive after registration)

Adult Ed Course: Session 2
2025-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 | BWC Building

Gragger Team Meeting (all call)
2025-11-11 19:00 - 21:00 | BWC Building
We’re having our first all-call Gragger meeting for the coming 2026 Gragger planning season! Please make sure to RSVP here at the team sign up form if you haven’t already: https://forms.gle/y6HhZCtdxkjuLhH98. Fill out the theme poll by 11/7! https://forms.gle/g1znpVdvfwaE3tow6

CANCELED farbreng:boston--kokhn mit Ozzy un Ariel
2025-11-11 16:00 - 19:00 | BWC Building
פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן ־ קאָכן מיט עזריאל און אריאלדימסטיק, דעם 11טן נאָװעמבער, 4:00 באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג בנין, 6 װעבשטער גאַס, ברוקלײַן
לאָמיר קאָכן אַ ייִדישן מאכל צוזאַמען! אין דער פּראָגראַם, װעלן עזריאל (אַזי) גאָלד־שאַפּיראָ און אריאל שאַפּיראָ אונדז לערנען אַ רעצעפּט פֿאַר קרעפּלעך, און מיר װעלן קאָכן אַ זופּ צוזאַמען. די גאַנכע פּראָגראַם צעט זײַן אויף ייִדיש, און מיר װעלן האָבן געלעגנהײטן צו פֿאַרברענגען, שמועסן, און אפֿשר זינגען אַ פּאָר לידער
די פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר
farbreng:boston – kokhn mit Ozzy un Arieldinstik, dem 11tn november, 4:00bostoner arbeter-ring binyen, 6 Webster gas, Brookline
Lomir kokhn a yidishn maykhl tsuzamen! In der program, veln Ozzy Gold-Shapiro un Ariel Shapiro undz lernen a retsept far kreplakh, un mir veln kokhn a zup tsuzamen. Di gantse program vet zayn af yidish, un mir veln hobn gelegnheytn tsu farbrengen, shmuesn, un efsher zingen a por lider.
Di program kumt for dinstik dem 11tn november 4:00 in bostoner arbeter-ring binyen, 6 Webster gas in Brookline. Zayt azoy gut un farshraybt zikh tomer hot ir bedeye tsu kumen, kdey mir zoln visn vifl ingredentn tsu brengen.
Farbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity.
Asking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.orgRegister here.

Aging in Community: Death Cafe
2025-11-09 10:30 - 12:00 | BWC Building & Zoom
AIC will gather in person and on Zoom for discussion in small groups.
For more information about Aging in Community (AIC) contact co-chairs Dianne Perlmutter and Marsha Lazar via AIC@circleboston.org.

Adult Ed Course: Session 1
2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:30 | BWC Building

An Evening of New Yiddish Movement Songs with A Glezele Tey
2025-11-05 18:00 - 21:00 | The Burren, 247 Elm St, Somerville, MA, United States
Join Western Mass klezmer trio A Glezele Tey for An Evening of New Yiddish Movement Songs at the Burren on Wednesday, November 5th.
Date: November 5th
Location: The Burren Backroom (Somerville)
Time: Doors 6pm / Show 7pm
Tickets: Purchase here. (If a discounted ticket would make it possible for you to attend, feel free to use discount code: 24HOUR or KLEZ4LESS)
More about A Glezele Tey!
Featuring original tkhines (traditional Ashkenazi prayers centering the experiences of women, trans, and gender non-conforming people, set to new melodies) and new Yiddish movement songs of grief, defiance, collective care, and liberation – this music welcomes you to our tish (kitchen table) for a glezele tey (a little glass of tea), warming you from the inside as we share in our joys, sorrows, and dreams for a frayer velt—a freer world.
A Glezele Tey is Ariel Shapiro (accordion, vocals), Rachel Leader (fiddle), and Richie Barshay (percussion, vocals), with special hometown guest Kirsten Lamb (bass, vocals).

CANCELED: Membership Committee Meeting
2025-11-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom

BWC SJ Cttes Strategizing
2025-11-03 11:00 - 12:00 | https://circleboston-org.zoom.us/j/82055327998?jst=4
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Hey Class Field Trip to Lowell
2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:30 | Lowell, MA

TASC Session 3
2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 6
2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Hand In Hand Training for Employers of Domestic Help
2025-10-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
This will be a training by Hand In Hand, a national organization that works with employers of domestic help — nannies, housecleaners, gardeners, etc. Their original purpose is to educate about fair employment practices, but now their focus has changed to educating employers and immigrant employees about immigrant rights and protections. This is important information for everyone to have, but especially important for helping to protect immigrant employees.
Jointly sponsored by AFREJ and IJC. Email Madeleine Lourie at mlourie@mindspring.com with questions.Register here to attend.

An Evening of Ladino & Yiddish Song
2025-10-25 19:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
Join Yasmin Garfunkel (soprano) and Silvia Gerszkowicz (piano) from Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a concert celebrating the beauty of Sephardic songs with a special selection of songs in Yiddish. Don’t miss this poetic and musical journey! The concert will take place on Saturday, October 25 from 7:30 – 8:30pm at the BWC Building located at 6 Webster Street in Brookline. Register here.
The suggested price for this event is $20 per person, though all BWC events are pay what you can. Please use this form to pay for your tickets. Choose “Yiddish Committee/Events” on the question that asks what event you participated in.
About the artists:Silvia B. Gerszkowicz: Pianist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, she has lived in Boston, MA for almost 20 years. She studied piano with Haydée Schvartz and with “Mono” Fontana. Master un History and Aesthetics of Music from CEAMC, she published several articles in the Musicology Magazine by Instituto Nacional del Litoral and an article published in a book by Gourmet Musical. She worked as Notorious Artistic Director, and participated in “Lunfardos” together with Federico Zypce (composer and actor), and with Antonio Gasalla (actor). In the US, she performed in several musical projects for kids at the MA public library brunches. She is currently the pianist and director of “Romanzas Sefaradíes”, her project together with Yasmin Garfunkel (soprano) and Sami Abadi (violin).
Yasmin Garfunkel is an Argentine singer, teacher, and researcher specializing in Yiddish language and culture. She has given concerts, lectures, and workshops in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, and Tel Aviv. She is a member of the piano, flute, and voice trio “Garfunkel-Garber-Brenlle”, as well as the band Peretz Garcik, dedicated to the performance and composition of klezmer music and songs (in) Yiddish. Within the framework of the Area of Research in Performing Arts and Judaism (JADE), together with Dr. Silvia Glocer, she carries out the project “Sounding the Archives”, which seeks to perform and preserve the music of Jewish European immigrants who arrived in Argentina during the 20th century, which has never been recorded before. She translated from Spanish into Yiddish the anthology “La lengua en filigrana”, curated by Karina Lerman, which gathers poems by twelve contemporary Jewish-Latin American women authors. She is currently part of the trio “Romanzas Sefaradíes”, next to Silvia Gerszkowicz (piano) and Sami Abadi (violin).

Hanscom ICE Standout
2025-10-25 14:00 - 16:00 | 55 Old Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
BWC’s Immigration Committee is joining a Stand Out at Hanscom Friday October 24th from 2:00-4:00pm.
This is the first of what organizers hope will be a weekly protest.
We will be parking at 55 Old Bedford RD. 1:30 and walking the 1/4 mile to Hanscom, or you can come on your own.
RSVP here.
Email Richard Colbath-Hess at rcolbathhess@gmail.com for more details.

Young Adult Retreat
2025-10-25 10:00 - 2025-10-26 17:00 | Packard Manse, 583 Plain St, Stoughton, MA, United States
Are you looking for a way to connect with your community in nature? Do you want to sing songs around a campfire, share a home-cooked meal, and observe woodland critters?
This October, BWC invites you to a weekend getaway at the Packard Manse, filled with food, music, activities, and a chance to relax in nature. This is a wonderful chance for anyone interested in building friendships and fostering meaningful connections within the Boston Workers Circle, while also enjoying scenery and the quiet of a peaceful getaway. Can’t make the weekend? Join us for Shabbat potluck at the BWC on Friday, 10/24!
This event is an affinity space for BWC young adult members in their 20’s and 30’s. Register here.

Young Adult Shabes
2025-10-24 18:30 - 20:00 | BWC Building
Join BWC’s Young Adult Community for a warm and heymish (homey) shabes together on Friday, October 24 from 6:30-8:00 pm at the BWC in Brookline! Whether you’re a BWC regular or completely new to the community, we would love to welcome you for some light shabes ritual and potluck.
We welcome suggested donations of $5-$10 per person to cover costs of the shabes, but donating is not a requirement. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Register to join here.

TASC Session 2
2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 5 | Curriculum Brunch
2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Circle Book Group
2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
October’s book selection is Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

POSTPONED ONE WEEK: Stitch and Resist
2025-10-18 11:00 - 13:00 | BWC Building

Resistance Shabes
2025-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
The Shabes Committee invites you to join us on Friday, October 17 from 6:30-8:30pm at the BWC Building for an opportunity to recharge from the firehose of distressing political news. We will gather together to share a Shabes ritual and potluck meal. We’ll talk about how we’re doing and what we’re doing to handle the ongoing threats. This is not a working event but can offer people the space to share ideas for both emotional sustenance and action steps. The community is welcome. Registration is required. Register here.

Block and Build: Reparations as Resistance
2025-10-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Now, more than ever, our country needs to reckon with its past and envision a new future. What we don’t repair, we repeat…or worse. Fascism is what can happen when a society founded on white supremacy fails to do this necessary reparative work.
Working for reparations is healing work. It is work that white supremacy has opposed since the reparations movement began. We can expect the current fascist regime to fight it even more forcefully, because the work of reparations exposes the powers that keep us divided.
Register here to join the Reparations Interfaith Coalition in welcoming our panel of reparations activists:
Nicole Carty – Executive Director of Get Free, a GenZ and Millennial-led movement to repair past harms, remove ongoing barriers to equality, and realize a future of freedom for all.
Kathleen Anderson – Female co-chair of the New England Chapter of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) and a member of the Massachusetts Reparations Task Group.
David Gardinier – Founding Member of the Fund for Reparations Now! — the white fundraising arm of the National African American Reparations Commission.
The Reparations Interfaith Coalition is a fiscally sponsored project of the Peace Development Fund. You can make a tax-deductible donation to the Reparations Interfaith Coalition through the Peace Development Fund via the online portal at https://bit.ly/donate2ric. Or you can send physical checks to The Peace Development Fund, PO Box 1280, Amherst, MA 01004-1280. Make sure to put Reparations Interfaith Coalition in the memo line.

Bearing Witness at Burlington ICE Office: Protest for Immigrant Justice and Dignity
2025-10-15 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-17 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, United States
Please join the BWC Immigration committee for the Protest at the Burlington ICE office every month on the 3rd Wednesday. This protest happens every Wednesday and is growing by 100 people a week. We hope to get a big group from BWC to go on a monthly basis. This is a peaceful protest bearing witness to horror of the conditions of detainees at the office, and to stand against ICE and the Trump Administration’s treatment of immigrants.
Parking: Lots of parking nearby, including Burlington Mall.
Contact us at ijc@circleboston.org with any questions and please let us know you are coming to the protest so we know to look for you.

IPC-Wide Gathering
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:30 | BWC Building & Zoom
At this Israel/Palestine Committee (IPC) meeting you’ll learn about the work of Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM), Massachusetts Synagogue Network (MSNIP), and hear about some recent learnings from the IPC Study Group. It will also be an opportunity to connect and regroup and hear plans for the coming year.
Register here.

HONK! 2025
2025-10-12 12:00 - 15:00 | Davis Square, Somerville, MA, United States
Join Boston Workers Circle as we march in HONK! with Good Trouble Brass Band! The HONK! parade will take place on Sunday, October 12 from 12-3 pm. It will begin in Davis Square and end in Harvard Square. We’ll be marching to carry on the vision of our Workers Circle founders by showing our solidarity with our immigrant members and neighbors.
Looking to get creative about your HONK! signs? Join us for an art build on Sunday, September 28 from 2-4:30 pm at the BWC.
Register for the HONK! parade and/or the art build here.

Ira Khonen Temple Record Release Show
2025-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | The Burren, 247 Elm St, Somerville, MA, United States
Ira Khonen Temple Record Release ShowFeaturing Zoë Aqua and Raffi BodenCome to hear this newly translated collection of traditional Yiddish songs, reimagined and expanded in English by Ira. This is where queer, trans songwriting meets the urgent, living breath of Yiddish culture. From Transylvanian dance music to protest poetry from the lost Jewish capitals of Europe, these songs hold grief, joy, and radical defiance.
Ira says: “These songs we’ve inherited—about heartbreak, about rebellion—they’re not meant to sit behind glass. They need us. They need to be sung.” A singer and tradition-bearer in the modern Yiddish revival, Ira brings us into a soundscape where language and legacy breathe again, not just as nostalgia, but as cultural survival.
Get your tickets here. Discount for Workers Circle members and friends: 24HOUR
Pre-view the album here.

Ancestral Magic in the Sukkah: Play-Making as Ushpitzin
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, 6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States
Join us under the sukkah for an evening of reflection and creativity as we engage in the tradition of Ushpizin: conversation with ancestors. No playwriting experience required, open to families, and visual art prompts will be offered in addition to writing. Participants are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and writing/art tools, but materials will also be provided. Pre-Registration encouraged, drop-ins welcome.
When: Thursday, Oct. 9th. 6-7:30pm
Where: JP Community Sukkah at Nehar Shalom, 6 Eliot St
Who: All ages and experience levels welcome!
Please bring: your writing implements of choice; a picnic dinner
Access information: Street parking available on Eliot Street and disabled parking on the gravel in front of First Church

"Let’s Build a Room for Hope" Grief & Healing Community Care Session
2025-10-07 18:30 - 20:30 | BWC Building
This time is marked by immense grief. From the war in Gaza, the rise of US authoritarianism, to personal losses, it seems that the dissonant cycle of grief is unending. And yet, this time also carries immense opportunities for hope – hope through community connection, hope through radical compassion, and hope through social action. What are you grieving in this moment? How does thinking Jewishly help you grapple with this grief? In what ways does your Jewish identity bring you into community and orient you towards hope? And how does thinking Jewishly orient you toward social action?
Join us for a conversation on grief, hope, and healing in community led by BWC member, Sammie M. and based on the work Let’s Build a Room for Hope by Rabbi Miriam Grossman. This event will take place at the BWC Building on Tuesday, October 7 from 6:30 – 8:30pm. Register here.
About Sammie: As a member of BWC and a current doctoral student in psychology, Sammie is interested in liberation psychology and healing through radical compassion. She is passionate about community care and Rabbi Miriam’s writings and is grateful to be in community with BWC.
Donation: Sammie’s Community Care sessions are a project of the BWC’s Israel Palestine Committee (IPC), and we are collecting voluntary donations to support the work of the IPC, including Sammie’s sessions. Please use this Pass-the-Hat form to make a donation. When it asks what event you participated in, choose “IPC.”

ABV Open Rehearsal
2025-10-05 15:00 - 17:30, 2025-09-28 15:00 - 17:30 | Temple Beth Zion, 1566 Beacon St, Brookline, MA, United States

New Member Welcome
2025-10-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Brookline
The Membership Committee is excited to host an event where you can ask questions, learn about ways to get involved at BWC, and boost our ever-growing, and ever more necessary, secular Jewish community. This event is open to all ages, and we would love to welcome new members who are unsure where to start and those who are considering joining!
Register here!

POSTPONED TASC Session 2
2025-10-05 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building

Shule Session 4 | All Parent Assembly | Sukes | BWC Committee Fair
2025-10-05 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Yom Kippur
2025-10-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Eliot Church of Newton UCC, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA, United States
Rooted in a Jewish commitment to social justice, we have created unique programs of readings, reflection, and singing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Whatever your level of Jewish knowledge – however you might define your own spirituality – we invite you to join us. Adults and children of all ages are welcome.
**Livestream tickets for Yom Kippur are still available.**
Learn more about High Holidays at Boston Workers Circle and register here.

HONK! 2025 Art Build
2025-09-28 14:00 - 16:30 | BWC Building
Join Boston Workers Circle as we march in HONK! with Good Trouble Brass Band! The HONK! parade will take place on Sunday, October 12 from 12-3 pm. It will begin in Davis Square and end in Harvard Square. We’ll be marching to carry on the vision of our Workers Circle founders by showing our solidarity with our immigrant members and neighbors.
Looking to get creative about your HONK! signs? Join us for an art build on Sunday, September 28 from 2-4:30 pm at the BWC Building at 6 Webster Street in Brookline.
Register for the HONK! parade and/or the art build here.

All Parent Conversation re: Shule Curriculum Update
2025-09-28 10:45 - 12:15 | Shule
More information coming soon

TASC Session 1
2025-09-28 10:30 - 12:30 | BWC Building
Teens Acting for Social Change (TASC) is back! Through our year-long TASC program, teens ages 13-18 will build community with each other, grow as social justice organizers and activists, engage in the broader Boston social justice community, and deepen their understanding of the connections between being Jewish and acting for social change.
This year TASC will meet for 16 sessions between September-May on Sundays in conjunction with Shule. Register here: https://circleboston.tfaforms.net/93.

Shule Session 3
2025-09-28 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

farbreng:boston piknik in park
2025-09-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway (on the front lawn)
לאָמיר פֿאַרברענגען צוזאַמען אויף אַ פּיקניק. מיר װעלן זיך טרעפֿן שבת, דעם 27טן סעפּטעמבער, 3:00 נ״מ אויף דער לאָנקע פֿון קײמברידזשער ביבליאָטעק. דער אַדרעס פֿון ביבליאָטעק איז 449 בראָדװײ, אין קײמברידזש. אַלע זײַנען פֿאַרבעטן צו ברענגען נאַשן און פֿאַרברענגען צוזאַמען אויף ייִדיש
די פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר
Lomir farbrengen tsuzamen af a piknik. Mir veln zikh trefn shabes, dem 27stn september, 3:00 n”m af der lonke fun keymbridzher biblyotek. Der adres fun biblyotek iz 449 Broadway in Cambridge. Ale zaynen farbetn tsu brengen nashn un farbrengen tsuzamen af yidish.
Di program iz a tsuzamen-arbet funem bostoner arbeter-ring un farbreng:boston, a yugntruf-proyekt vos shaft gelegnheytn tsu redn un farbrengen af yidish ponem-al-ponem a gants kaylekhdik yor.
Rain location: BWC building
Register here.
Farbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity.
Asking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.org

Yiddish Songs of Labor, Protest and Bundists: A Taste Of Yiddish Class with Jonah Sidman
2025-09-24 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-09-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-09-10 19:30 - 21:00 | BWC Building
Whether you already know some Yiddish or not, this is a chance to immerse yourself in Yiddish language, culture, and history through the rich musical tradition of Jewish class struggle! Students of music, history and Yiddish will enjoy this class. Each class, students will study Yiddish songs with the aid of written lyrics in English transliteration, discuss historical and cultural context of each one and then sing together. With chants against the police state, a socialist murder ballad, lullabies, and more, we will have plenty to discuss. We will also spend some time on pronunciation and relevant vocabulary so as to enrich the experience of both students and fans of the Yiddish language.
Register here.

Rosh Hashanah
2025-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Eliot Church of Newton UCC, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA, United States
Rooted in a Jewish commitment to social justice, we have created unique programs of readings, reflection, and singing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Whatever your level of Jewish knowledge – however you might define your own spirituality – we invite you to join us. Adults and children of all ages are welcome.
**In-Person and Livestream tickets will go live for MEMBERS in mid August. Tickets for NON-MEMBERS will go live at the end of August.**
Learn more about High Holidays at Boston Workers Circle here.

Aging in Community Brunch
2025-09-21 10:30 - 12:00 | Cambridge, MA, USA
AIC will gather in person for a brunch gathering in Cambridge. There will be a zoom option for those who cannot attend in person.
For more information about Aging in Community (AIC) contact co-chairs Dianne Perlmutter and Marsha Lazar via AIC@circleboston.org.

Kumzits: Building BWC's Intergenerational community: A social
2025-09-14 10:45 - 12:15 | Shule
Calling all Shule parents and Aging In Community Planning Committee members to join for a potluck and social time to build community between Shule parents and BWC’s older members. Together we will nosh, schmooze, and have informal discussion to share across generational experiences. This gathering is convened as a collaboration between The Aging in Community Planning Committee, which gathers the voices of BWC’s older members to create a community that can sustain and nourish them as they age, providing opportunities for learning, support and activism, and is co-hosted with Shule Kumzits, a group of Shule parents who meet during Shule time for peer-to-peer learning events and connection.

Session 2 | Zayen Parent Kick-off Meeting
2025-09-14 10:30 - 12:30 | MA

Circle Book Group
2025-09-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world.
September’s book selection is The Golem and the Jinni, a novel by Helene Wecker.
The Book Group page lists titles discussed previously. Scroll down to see the list at this link.
To be added to the Book Group listserv or if you have questions or want to attend via Zoom, email BookGroup@circleboston.org.

Community Safety + Deescalation Training
2025-09-07 14:00 - 17:00 | BWC Building
Join Boston Workers Circle and Kavod Boston for an in-person training on community safety and deescalation skills! This training will focus less on political education re: police abolition and community safety theory (although we love that too!) but instead is a practical, skills-based training with resources shared afterwards. This training is designed for participants newer to this work to learn and practice how to serve in a community safety role at public events that do not rely on the police. BWC committees are encouraged to send at least one representative to be trained, and BWC welcomes aligned partners to join us and build these skills so we can show up for one another.
Register for the training at: https://bit.ly/BrooklineSafetyTraining.

Kumzits Welcome
2025-09-07 11:15 - 12:30 | Shule
Kumzits Welcome, 9/7 @ 11:15am – 12:30
Welcome back! Kumzits is an informal gathering space for Shule parents and the BWC community to schmooze and to learn together. We meet during Shule hours at the Runkle in order to connect with each other, discuss important issues, and to giggle. Past gatherings include discussions of Israel-Palestine, prison abolition, Shabbos, and activities like mosaic-making, walks to the reservoir, and bagel eating. Join us on Sep 7th for a short, informal welcome meeting to eat bagels, connect, and to imagine our year together.

Shule Session 1 | New Family Orientation
2025-09-07 11:00 - 12:30 | MA

Yiddish/Klezmer Community Potluck & Campfire
2025-09-01 16:30 - 20:00 | Medford, MA, USA
The BWC Yiddish Committee invites Yiddish speakers and students of all levels, klezmer musicians, and their families/friends to enjoy an outdoor potluck picnic and campfire in Medford. Optional short walk to the nearby Mystic Lakes. Drop by for a short time or stay for the whole event. There will be plenty of opportunities to chat in both Yiddish and English. Musicians are invited to bring instruments.
For the potluck, we welcome snacks, main courses, salads, desserts, drinks (non-alcoholic or beer/wine/mashke welcome). If you know what you’re bringing, let us know on your registration form.
The location address will be shared with you after you register.
Register here.
Questions about the event? Email yiddish@circleboston.org

Fighting Antisemitism (& Its Weaponization)
2025-08-20 19:00 - 21:00 | BWC Building and Zoom
The Israel/Palestine Committee, Acting for Racial and Economic Justice, and the Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee invite you to join us on Wednesday, August 20, 7-9 pm for a teach-in titled Fighting Antisemitism (& Its Weaponization). The teach-in, created by Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM), challenges the narrative emerging from the MA Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism and argues that antisemitism is best understood within a framework of collective liberation.
This is a member-only, in-person event at BWC with a virtual option.
It will feature a screening of a new film, followed by discussion. Tikkun Olam Productions has filmed 6 experts, including our own executive director, Rebecca Zimmerman Hornstein, and BWC member Chris MacDonald Dennis, discussing topics that include: What is antisemitism and how is it being weaponized? What is the history of Jews’ relation to Zionism and Antizionism? How might we think about the safety of American Jews in this political moment?
The Special Commission will be putting out its report in November. We will discuss how we can engage with our legislators NOW to resist the weaponization of antisemitism, the chilling of free speech, and the suppression of the diversity of Jewish opinion.
Register here.
For more information, contact Lynne Layton (laytonlynne22@gmail.com) or Carrie Pollack (carrie.m.pollack@gmail.com)

Bearing Witness at Burlington ICE Office: Protest for Immigrant Justice and Dignity
2025-08-20 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, United States
Please join the BWC Immigration Committee for the Protest at the Burlington ICE office every month on the 3rd Wednesday. This protest happens every Wednesday and is growing by 100 people a week. We hope to get a big group from BWC to go on a monthly basis. This is a peaceful protest bearing witness to horror of the conditions of detainees at the office, and to stand against ICE and the Trump Administration’s treatment of immigrants.
Upcoming dates: August 20, September 17, October 15
Parking: Lots of parking nearby, including Burlington Mall.
Contact us at ijc@circleboston.org with any questions and please let us know you are coming to the protest so we know to look for you.

Stitch and Resist
2025-08-16 11:00 - 13:00 | BWC Building
Attention, fellow crafters and resistors: BWC Mutual Aid is hosting an event for you! Join us on Saturday, July 19th, at the BWC building from 11am – 1pm for crafting, community building and skill sharing!
All are welcome: bring your fiber craft projects, share some crafting materials if you have extra, and get to know our community better.
Bring your projects already in process! We will also have some supplies (extra yarn and some crochet and knitting needles donated by BWC members) if you want to start something new. This event is for every skill level!! There won’t be formal lessons in fiber arts, but we can happily problem-solve together.
This event is a drop-in. Come when it feels right, and leave when it feels right.
Register here.

Welcome to Yiddishland: Dinner and a Movie
2025-08-14 18:00 - 21:00 | The Vilna Shul, 2 Phillips St, Boston, MA, United States
Join BWC members at The Vilna Shul on Thursday, August 14, 6pm – 9pm for Welcome to Yiddishland and a post screening conversation with co-producer Lisa Newman of the Yiddish Book Center. Through intimate interviews and rare behind-the-scenes access to some of the world’s top musicians and performers working in Yiddish, the film showcases the innovative works of artists who use this ancient language as a vehicle for addressing contemporary issues such as Queer identity, the refugee crisis, war and authoritarianism.
Tickets are $25.
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BWC Arts & Activism Collective: Monologue Writing Workshop
2025-08-10 16:00 - 18:00 | BWC Building
The BWC Arts and Activism Collective invites you to discover or flex your creative writing skills in this playwriting workshop where we’ll write about Shabbes potlucks! All welcome!
We’ll ease in with some writing exercises, write drafts of our monologues, and share the work in a VERY low-stakes setting.
Interested? Sign up here!

Rebuild Sanctuary - A Tisha B’Av Action on Immigration
2025-08-03 16:30 - 18:00 | DHS ICE Boston Field Office, Burlington, MA, United States
As we mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, times of devastating loss and dislocation for the Jewish people, we call on our leaders to actively resist the federal assault on the dignity, safety and wellbeing of immigrants in our community. We reject the weaponization of Jewish fear into a tool for dismantling civil liberties and instead uphold the tenets of our faith that compel us to protect and stand with marginalized communities. To rebuild sanctuary in the Commonwealth, we ask that our Massachusetts elected officials– including Governor Healey and members of the legislature– do everything in their power to protect immigrants and build a Commonwealth that upholds the dignity and safety of all people.
Parking information: We recommend using the Macy’s overflow lot (75 Burlington Mall Road, follow signs for Macy’s). For those with mobility challenges, there often spots in the BAE Systems lot (directly across the street from the ICE office on the other side of District Ave).
Co-Sponsoring Organizations include: Boston Workers Circle, Congregation Beth El, Congregation Beth Elohim of Acton, Congregation B’nai Israel Tikkun Olam Committee, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Congregation Shalom, Hillel B’nai Torah, IfNotNow Boston, Jewish Labor Committee of New England, Kavod, Kerem Shalom, Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, Nehar Shalom, Never Again Action Boston, Sinai Brookline, Temple Beth Elohim of Wellesley Immigration Justice Initiative, Temple Beth Torah Social Justice Committee, Beth Zion, Temple Etz Chaim, Temple Isaiah of Lexington, Temple Israel of Boston, Temple Shalom Newton, Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland
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Aging in Community (AIC) Committee: Small Group Discussions
2025-07-20 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
Join AIC on July 20 from 10:30am-12pm on Zoom, as we gather in small groups to connect, check in, and provide support.
Zoom link: https://circleboston-org.zoom.us/j/89766496440?pwd=[REDACTED]
For more information about Aging in Community (AIC) contact co-chairs Dianne Perlmutter and Marsha Lazar via AIC@circleboston.org.

Mutual Aid Presents: Stitch and Resist!
2025-07-19 11:00 - 13:00 | BWC Building
Attention, fellow crafters and resistors: BWC Mutual Aid is hosting an event for you! Join us on Saturday, July 19th, at the BWC building from 11 am-1 pm for crafting, community building and skill sharing!
All are welcome: bring your fiber craft projects, share some crafting materials if you have extra, and get to know our community better.
Bring your projects already in process! We will also have some supplies (extra yarn and some crochet and knitting needles donated by BWC members) if you want to start something new. This event is for every skill level!! There won’t be formal lessons in fiber arts, but we can happily problem-solve together.
This event is a drop-in. Come when it feels right, and leave when it feels right!
RSVP here.

BWC World Fellowship Gathering
2025-07-11 - 2025-07-13 | World Fellowship Center, Conway, NH, United States
Join BWC members for an intergenerational member getaway at World Fellowship, a New Hampshire retreat center. Choose from a range of accommodations from tent sites to cabins to rooms upstairs in the main lodge. Families can enjoy childcare, prepared meals, a Friday night talent show, a Saturday night bonfire, and live music. Beautiful Whitten Pond is a 1/4 mile walk through the woods for boating and swimming in a quiet place with wild blueberries and great views. It’s a treasure! Spend a weekend taking local adventures all in the comfort of a center whose tagline is wake up where Social Justice meets Nature.
Make your reservation on the retreat center’s website here, and note you are part of the BWC group.
If you have any questions contact Shule parent, Leah Madsen at leahmadsen@gmail.com or 617-792-7529.

Adult Ed Course: Introduction to Jewish Herbalism
2025-06-22 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-06-15 14:00 - 15:30 | BWC Building
Adult Education Spring 2025 Course:Join ethnoherbalist, plant historian, and educator Naomi Spector for a three-part introduction to Jewish Herbalism. Students will have the chance to learn about and get practical experience with amulets, honey elixirs, and infused oils.
More info here.Register here.

A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus Concert: Building Bridges Through Solidarity
2025-06-21 19:30 - 21:30 | The First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States
Join us for the annual Boston Workers Circle Fundraiser A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus concert. On June 21 at 7:30 at First Parish Church in Cambridge. Boston Workers Circle’s ABV Chorus, led by Musical Director David Derek, will be joined by musical guest, the Boston-based klezmer band, Levyosn to present Building Bridges Through Solidarity, a concert that is sure to inspire and sustain our ongoing work for collective freedom. More details to come on accessibility and parking.
Learn more here: https://circleboston.org/arts/
Register here.

Neighborhood Shabes Potluck Gatherings
2025-06-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Brookline, Cambridge, Watertown, and Jamaica Plain
Come join BWC members new and old for a potluck Shabes in neighborhoods around Boston. During this membership and Pride month, members have opened their homes as welcoming spaces in order to build neighborhood connections, solidarity and support for all of us.
We hope to see you at one of them in either Brookline, JP, Watertown, or Central Square in Cambridge. Registration for JP is at max, so is now CLOSED.
Hosts will send out specific addresses and more details once registration is complete.
As this is a potluck, dish ingredients will be labeled at the events.
RSVP here. Registration closes at 12pm on Friday.
Pass the hat! Donate to BWC here.

Annual Meeting
2025-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Boston Workers Circle, Brookline, MA, United States
Join us on Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm, in person at the BWC building in Brookline, for our annual member meeting! Dinner will be provided.
We’ll be celebrating our year together- successes, committee highlights, and visioning the year ahead. Also launching our Membership theme: Fighting Fascism for 125 Years. There will be an action component (more to come on this!), relationship building, and a raffle!
Transportation: There’s free 2 hour parking on Marion Street and Vernon Street, and BWC is a 4 minute walk from the Coolidge Corner Green Line stop.
A portion of the meeting will be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person.
RSVP here!

Anti-Racism Study Group
2025-06-16 19:15 - 20:30 | MA
The BWC Anti-racism Study Group meets for 90 minutes every month and currently has a schedule of the third Monday of each month at 7:15
The focus is on reading books, and learning through reading and discussion. The booklist is divided into three, somewhat overlapping sections: History, Black Experience and Working on White supremacy, White privilege, and ourselves; Reparations, activism.
We would love to have more people joining us! Members attest to the ever deeper and richer understanding of the struggle for racial equity and justice that has come out of being a part of this group. New insights and understandings come from every book we’ve read. To be added to the email list and for the meeting Zoom link, please email antiracismstudygroup@circleboston.org.
You can find the book list here and the schedule here.

New Member Happy Hour! @ The Behan
2025-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Brendan Behan Pub, 378 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States
A space for new (or potential!) members of BWC to meet other members of the community! Come grab a beer or a N/A Bev and learn about what makes BWC so special.
Registration is required. RSVP here!
