Over 120 years of fighting for frayhayt, glaykhayt un gerekhtikayt - freedom, equality & justice.
The Jewish Labour Bund in Melbourne was established in 1928 and continues to enact its ideological focus of frayhayt, glaykhkayt and gerekhtikayt (freedom, equality and justice) today. The Bund focuses on creating and nurturing a strong sense of secular Jewish identity through Yiddish language and culture in our community. Learn more about our history here.
The Bund runs a number of cultural and political events throughout the year and is involved in wider community forums and rallies such as the Bono Weiner Lecture, Yiddish music performances and events for Jewish yom toyvim (holidays). We also have an extensive collection of events, lectures and entertaining videos through our Bund Online page.
Archiving Call Out
We are currently seeking materials to add to our new Bund and SKIF archive.
If you have any MELBOURNE related Bund, SKIF, Tsukunft photos, videos, sound bytes, documents, please get in touch to organise digitisation.
Seeking contributions for LINK Zine
The editorial team of the Bundist LINKלינק Zine are seeking contributions for edition 3. So far the zine has sparked the interest of many chaveyrim and has even seen sales overseas!
Please DM the editors via Instagram (@link.bund) if you have something you'd like to contribute. They are seeking articles, creative writing, poetry, art, photography and more.
There are still some copies of edition 2 left. You can purchase them at www.skifbund.bigcartel.com.
Upcoming Events
2021 Bono Wiener Memorial Lecture: Nyadol Nyuon
The Jewish Labour Bund proudly presents the 2021 Bono Wiener Memorial Lecture. Arnold Zable will be joined by Nyadol Nyuon for an evening exploring the power of culture, language and community.
7:30pm, Tuesday 23 November 2021
Tickets via Humanitix