Name: Naye Gezelshaft
Start: 2026-11-20T00:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-20T02:00:00.000Z
Location: Zoom

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Rad Yiddish (US)

General Admission - Suggested $10

General Admission - Supporter Rate $18

General Admission - Supported Rate - $5

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✊NAYE GEZELSHAFT (NEW SOCIETY): RADICAL BRANCHES Of The WORKERS CIRCLE, 1900-1939 with Yasha Giner! 📅Thursday, November 19⌚7:30-9:00pm ET📍On Zoom🫶Co-presented with Workers Circle College Network ABOUT The Workers Circle&nbsp;(formerly the Workmen&#39;s Circle/Arbeter-Ring) has a long history in the Jewish labor movement. While it was&nbsp;historically connected to the socialist movement, did you know that it also had&nbsp;two dozen anarchist branches? And that those branches existed not only in the united states, where the organization was based, but also in canada and England? Join Workers Circle Yiddish Culture &amp; Social Justice Organizer Yasha Giner to discuss these forgotten radicals,&nbsp;free-thinkers, free-lovers, immigrants, vegetarians, anti-zionists, feminists, and cooperative farmers who made up the Workers Circle&#39;s 24 anarchist branches between 1900-1939,and what their approaches to social justice and community organizing can teach us today! FORMAT This event is a&nbsp;Linker Leyenkrayz (Radical Reading Group). In a leyenkrayz, attendees actively&nbsp;participate in reading&nbsp;source materials (newspapers, prose, poetry, memoirs, meeting minutes, letters, interviews, etc) selected by the leyenkrayz facilitator and discuss&nbsp;the readings as a group (think: less lecture, more seminar).&nbsp; Materials will be available in the original Yiddish and in English translation. The discussion for Naye Gezelshaft will take place in English. FACILITATOR BIO Yasha Giner is the Yiddish Culture &amp; Social Justice Organizer at the Workers Circle. Apart from researching Workers Circle history, they can be found teaching Yiddish to students aged 6-86, helping build secular, progressive Jewish cultural life on college campuses with the Workers Circle College Network, playing the mandolin with wild abandon at all hours, and reading old issues of the Fraye Arbeter Shtime. REGISTRATION&nbsp; Registration required.&nbsp;The suggested contribution for this panel is $10+ / pay-what-you-can (No one turned away for lack of funds).&nbsp; ACCESSIBILITY This event will take place in English on Zoom. English translations of the Yiddish will be provided. Due to the participatory nature of this event, this event will not be recorded. Please let us know on the registration form if you have access requests or anything you&#39;d like the event organizers to know to support your participation. ABOUT RAD YIDDISH Rad Yiddish offers community-engaged Yiddish folk arts, language, and cultural programming through a queer, feminist, anti-racist, and disability justice lens, in a supportive, inclusive, accessible environment. Want to keep in touch? <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-newsletter-3793" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Join our mailing list</a>!

✊NAYE GEZELSHAFT (NEW SOCIETY): RADICAL BRANCHES Of The WORKERS CIRCLE, 1900-1939 with Yasha Giner! 📅Thursday, November 19⌚7:30-9:00pm ET📍On Zoom🫶Co-presented with Workers Circle College Network ABOUT The Workers Circle (formerly the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter-Ring) has a long history in the Jewish labor movement. While it was historically connected to the socialist movement, did you know that it also had two dozen anarchist branches? And that those branches existed not only in the united states, where the organization was based, but also in canada and England? Join Workers Circle Yiddish Culture &amp; Social Justice Organizer Yasha Giner to discuss these forgotten radicals, free-thinkers, free-lovers, immigrants, vegetarians, anti-zionists, feminists, and cooperative farmers who made up the Workers Circle's 24 anarchist branches between 1900-1939,and what their approaches to social justice and community organizing can teach us today! FORMAT This event is a Linker Leyenkrayz (Radical Reading Group). In a leyenkrayz, attendees actively participate in reading source materials (newspapers, prose, poetry, memoirs, meeting minutes, letters, interviews, etc) selected by the leyenkrayz facilitator and discuss the readings as a group (think: less lecture, more seminar).  Materials will be available in the original Yiddish and in English translation. The discussion for Naye Gezelshaft will take place in English. FACILITATOR BIO Yasha Giner is the Yiddish Culture &amp; Social Justice Organizer at the Workers Circle. Apart from researching Workers Circle history, they can be found teaching Yiddish to students aged 6-86, helping build secular, progressive Jewish cultural life on college campuses with the Workers Circle College Network, playing the mandolin with wild abandon at all hours, and reading old issues of the Fraye Arbeter Shtime. REGISTRATION  Registration required. The suggested contribution for this panel is $10+ / pay-what-you-can (No one turned away for lack of funds).  ACCESSIBILITY This event will take place in English on Zoom. English translations of the Yiddish will be provided. Due to the participatory nature of this event, this event will not be recorded. Please let us know on the registration form if you have access requests or anything you'd like the event organizers to know to support your participation. ABOUT RAD YIDDISH Rad Yiddish offers community-engaged Yiddish folk arts, language, and cultural programming through a queer, feminist, anti-racist, and disability justice lens, in a supportive, inclusive, accessible environment. Want to keep in touch? <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-newsletter-3793" target="_blank">Join our mailing list</a>!

Rad Yiddish (US)

Naye Gezelshaft

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General Admission - Suggested $10

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General Admission - Supporter Rate $18

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