Annie Gottfried Cohen

@annsplaining
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Historian researching communism and anti-fascism in the 1930s and 40s, Spanish Civil War and (l'havdil) Jewish women whose job was to talk to the dead. www.pullingatthreads.com. Yiddish teacher and translator. She/her. Live in ๐Ÿฅ, come from ๐Ÿ’‚, part-time ๐Ÿ—ฝ

This upcoming Workers Circle event with @annsplaining Anthony Russell and Elissa Sampson looks great. ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ
https://www.circle.org/events/iwo-popular-front-to-cold-war?blm_aid=1086450

#Yiddish #IWO #Communism #CommunistParty #JewishLeft #ArbeterRing

The International Workers Order: From Popular Front to Cold War โ€” The Workers Circle

How did the International Workers Order navigate Jewish and leftist political communities and organize for justice before, during, and in the wake of the second World War? 

The Workers Circle

I translated the Manchester Rambler into Yiddish, just in time for the trees' birthday

Performed with Jess Rickenback and Benji Brown from Edinburgh Klezmer band Och Vey

https://youtu.be/tt8HHrXGjJ4

The Manchester Rambler in Yiddish

YouTube
Hello internet people! Trying out this platform in the hope that I will finally be able to abandon meta. Here's a picture of my and @sacrederviche on a recent escape into the mountains/loch