Molly Crabapple explains the Jewish Bund, the subject of her book “Here Where We Live is our Country”

Molly Crabapple, the illustrator and journalist, has written a vital book about the creation of the first labor movement in the Pale of settlement by Jewish intellectual and activists in 1897. She makes the disputes of the early socialists read like a thriller. ‘Here where we live is our country’ is brilliant, cool, astonishing, rational, and also moving. The idealism of the anti -Zionist men and women who created and fought for the Bund was tested by the horrendous events of the 20th century, but this book is ultimately about persistence and survival. A thrilling interview for Joan of Art Produced and edited by Matty Rosenberg, co-produced by Jennifer Hammoud, and Joan Juliet Buck @ radiofreerhinecliff.org Graphics by Joseph Maresca Send comments to [email protected] or call (845) 307-7446‬