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How do you tell the story of a language without a country, and of a culture that lost a majority of its purveyors in a little over a decade of madness?

Good Friday morning! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on how Jewish teens across the country are transforming the b'nai mitzvah project, and feature an opinion piece from Andrés Spokoiny. Also in this newsletter: Alex Soros, Elisabeth...

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene has revealed the complete cast for Amid Falling Walls (Tsvishn Falndike Vent).

'Our Focus on Democracy Is Not Being Reflected by This Organization’s Representation of Us,' Said Ann Toback, CEO of The Workers Circle. However, Other Left-leaning Groups in the Conference Told JTA That They Would Remain in the Coalition

AIPAC is preparing to spend big on the Democratic primaries again. A recent congressional trip to Israel has demonstrated the power the organization still holds, even among some progressives.

The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups. The Workers Circle — a Jewish progressive activist group that runs a robust program of Yiddish classes and more recently has emphasized advocating for democracy — said it is pulling out of the Conference of Presidents over disagreements about policies in the United States, discourse on Israel and how to define antisemitis...

WASHINGTON—Saying 28 million U.S. workers would get a pay raise, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., plus 29 other senators, introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, and entirely eliminate the so-called “tipped minimum wage,” raising those workers to minimum-w...

In an important dissent, the Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations over its failure to condemn Israel’s judicial reform.

The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups. 

(JTA) — The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups.