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Rokhl’s Golden City: Tracing two stories of wartime heroism in Warsaw

LGBTQ Jews featured rarely in the Forward's coverage for most of its history. This Pride, we're looking at the deeper meaning of that exclusion.

At the rally, the workers described the injustices they continued to fight against, like wage theft, physical assault, sexual abuse, and hazardous working conditions, through... #labor #newyorkcity

The rally was quickly organized by a range of activists, politicians and community organizers. Among Jewish groups in attendance were left-leaning IfNotNow and Workers Circle.

(New York Jewish Week) - In a rickety warehouse in Long Island City, reached only by a footbridge that crosses underneath the Long Island Expressway,

Participants will hear excerpts of survivors memoirs, poetry and Yiddish songs composed about the historic event.

After a foundation funding the Central Yiddish Cultural Organization since 1956 halted its donations, the institution was in peril - until a couple of good Samaritans stepped in

“Little Yiddish organizations have come and gone by the hundreds, if not more,”Hy Wolfe said. “The only ones that still exist today are the ones where they have stubborn old Jews like me."

A new generation is helping to rescue the CYCO Yiddish Book Center.

An extensive chronology of the life and activities of notorious Lithuanian-American anarchist, Emma Goldman.