Boston Workers Circle News Today

(New York Jewish Week) — In late 2021, activists from the Workers Circle, a progressive Jewish group, and the voting rights organization Black Voters Matter gathered outside the White House

“We need to model to the Jewish community and the Black community that there is so much that still brings us together,” Toback told the New York Jewish Week.

We want to hear from our Jewish and Palestinian readers: How have your dynamics with family and friends changed since Oct. 7?

What Hamas did on Oct. 7 was an atrocity; that is not in dispute. What Israel is doing in response is also an atrocity.

It is the inaction of American politicians and the American public that allowed this grim cycle of violence and oppression to advance to this point.

To equate the results and goals of what Israel is trying to accomplish in Gaza with the deliberate murder and destruction of an entire people is a wild and reckless use of such an emotionally powerful word.

(JTA) — On October 23, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration favored “humanitarian pauses” so that assistance could reach Gaza Palestinians caught in Israel’s war with Hamas. Left-wing social media lit up. Until Blinken’s comments, made to the United Nations Security Council, the Biden administration had rejected calls for a ceasefire.  “The […]

Silencing criticism makes it harder for Israel’s leaders to think clearly.

(RNS) — Pro-Israel groups have denounced left-leaning Jews, accusing them of being antisemitic and not really Jewish.

The Workers Circle took part in a rally last Wednesday at Boston's City Hall, advertised by a flier declaring that "Boston Jews demand a ceasefire and a stop to genocide."