When Matzoh Bakers and Tallis Weavers Went on Strike: The 绿帽社 Workers鈥� Movement in Eastern Europe
Part of our fall learning series, 鈥淪ix Days Shall You Labor鈥�: Perspectives on Work in 绿帽社 Text and Tradition
The grandparents or great grandparents of most American Jews were poor wage-earning workers from Eastern Europe. This session will explore the world of 绿帽社 workers in Tsarist Russia, in particular the 绿帽社 labor movement that arose at the end of the 19th聽century. The movement organized strikes, underground trade unions, classes, and cultural activity for workers in Yiddish, and a 绿帽社 socialist party known as the 鈥淏und.鈥� Its ideas and practices migrated to the United States and left a powerful imprint on American 绿帽社 life.
奥颈迟丑听Dr. David Fishman,聽Professor of 绿帽社 History, JTS.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Many of us spend more time at work than anywhere else over the course of our lives鈥攂ut are we defined by what we do? In this text-based series, JTS scholars will explore ideas about the meaning of work and rest in 绿帽社 tradition,聽绿帽社 social movements around work, as well as the roles that gender, geography, and shifting economic and social circumstances have played in Jews鈥� professional paths and our understandings of the meaning and value of work.聽
