History
Introducing The ‘Tuers’: Translations from Doyres Bundistn, Part 3: Anne Braude-Heller
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.
History
Letters on Zionism Part 2: Socialism on Occupied Land
Socialism on occupied and stolen land, on land that still shrieks with the blood and sweat of the disenfranchised and the expelled… It is a perversion of socialism; it is a deformity of socialism!
Translation
Introducing The ‘Tuers’: Translations from Doyres Bundistn, Part 2: Ephraim (“Frank”) Zalman Atran
Translator’s Introduction: I am pleased to be continuing my series of translations from Doyres Bundistn, “Introducing the ‘Tuers,’” with the entry of Ephraim (“Frank”) Zalman Atran. While this installment only features one individual, his story presents a great deal to dig into. A barricade fighter who was shot three
History
Letters on Zionism, Part 1: The Two Worlds of Socialism and Zionism
You see the world as a Zionist, by which I mean you see the world with eyes full of darkness. You are not seeing the world as it is. Try to look at the world with socialist eyes and see.
History
Introducing the ‘Tuers’: Translations from Doyres Bundistn, part 1
Translator’s Introduction: דורות בונדיסטן [Doyres Bundistn] was edited by the Bundist Jacob Sholem Hertz, who published many books about the history of the General Jewish Labor Bund. These three volumes contain over 500 short biographical entries about rank-and-file Bundists by various authors. The Bundist term for an activist, “tuer”