The Workmen’s Circle commissions well-known sculptor Nathan Rapoport to create a monument to the victims of the Holocaust and the bravery of resisters.

The Workmen’s Circle co-sponsors a national concert tour “Yomtevdike Teg” to commemorate the anniversary of Sholem Aleichem’s death.

The majority of the membership is now American-born and English-speaking.

The Workers Circle urges members to boycott non-UFW iceberg lettuce and table grapes in support of the farmworkers’ ongoing strike in California against the fruit and vegetable growers and the Teamster locals.

The Workmen’s Circle castigates the New Left for anti-Jewish hate in the name of anti-Zionism.

Delegates from the Workmen’s Circle attend the conference in Brussels, which puts the struggle on a global level.

Dr. Judah Shapiro publishes The Friendly Society: A History of the Workmen’s Circle.

Bayard Rustin addresses the convention, analyzing current social and minority problems, suggesting these should not be approached as between “whites and blacks, but through an economic route.”

The Workmen’s Circle sends a message of condolence to Ethel Kennedy describing the Senator as a “dedicated humanitarian leader.”

The Workmen’s Circle sends a telegram to Coretta Scott King expressing “shock and grief for the insane act” that deprived the U.S. of one of its “noblest and most courageous spokesmen.”

The Workmen’s Circle members from around the country participate in the 24-hour Vigil for Soviet Jewry.

The Workmen’s Circle takes out a life membership in the NAACP.

Workmen’s Circle members from branches around the country travel to Alabama to join the freedom walkers.

World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3.

The Workmen’s Circle calls for a Federal Commission on racial discrimination in the U.S. and for U.S. support for a UN Commission on Human Rights resolution condemning antisemitism in the Soviet Union.

The Workmen’s Circle makes “civil rights” the project of the year for all branches.

The Workmen’s Circle arranges a Kennedy memorial service in New York City open to all religious groups and attended by 23 civic and cultural organizations.