The Workmen’s Circle, co-founder of the Jewish Labor Committee, became known as the “Red Cross of Labor”
The Workmen’s Circle was a founding member of the Jewish Labor Committee, formed in 1934 to oppose the rise of Nazism. Led through its early years by Workmen’s Circle members Baruch Charney Vladeck and Adolph Held, the JLC boycotted Nazi goods and, after the war broke out, aided thousands of refugees.
