Personal Essay
The NBA’s investments expose how even the most mundane facets of American life, now entangled in speculative finance, enable warfare
History
Satire is one of the great weapons of the oppressed. When employed correctly, it has the power to evict the powerful from their palaces of authority and expose them as the pathetic and paranoid creatures that they are.
History
An encounter with Baruch Charney Vladeck, one of Jewish labor history's most notorious figures.
Music
Isabel Frey imagines new Yiddish Bundist lyrics to Hatikva, the national anthem of Israel.
History
A translation of the writing of Henryk Ehrlich in honor of the anniversary of the Austrian Civil War.
History
Writings by Bundist leader Wiktor Alter and a 1931 resolution endorsed by the Bund shed light on Bundist political thought on imperialism and colonialism.
Personal Essay
I couldn't find Jewish grief resources that reflected my values, so I created my own.
Personal Essay
Bundist ideas inspired new traditions rooted in Jewish culture, history, and values in NorCal.
News
In the past, the Bund has avoided supporting national self-determination on principle. This error has led Bundists away from the working class, and into opportunist support for Imperialist powers and wars.
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The singer-songwriter sits down with us at Yiddish New York to talk about his new album and what it means to sing in Yiddish today.
The doctor-activist is often publicly remembered for her heroism in the Warsaw Ghetto, and less for her political activity with the Bund before 1940.
We can think of the struggles that might have been left out of history, so that new struggles can make history today.
The future of Bundism and how to get involved with Der Spekter.
Baited by Polish nationalism and scoffed at by Jewish nationalism, the Bund never grew tired of calling upon the Jewish masses; ‘‘Do not succumb to despair; do not surrender to any feeling of panic!’’
An article by Philadelphia shul teacher Shloyme Davidman reveals the extent to which secular Yiddish shuls were embedded in in the everyday lives and struggles of the working class.
Blessed is the Oneness, Spirit of the Universe, Which brings us Together and makes us more Whole
Dear readers, It is a harsh reality that we have now surpassed two years of genocide in Gaza. A year ago, on October 7, 2024, we wrote a similar editorial whose words we may repeat here: “we bear the moral stain of wanton slaughter of tens of thousands of women
To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressor.
I am writing this to break the dam of unknowing and unseeing, to paint a “big picture” for those still clinging to their ignorance. There is, in fact, a horizon.
For the Worker's Circle of Northern California's 125th anniversary, a new adaptation of the classic Yiddish folk song "Ale Brider."
IJLB representative Luca Schmit offers an update on the accomplishments of the Bund's revival so far and the challenges it faces.
