Bund Bulletin Volume 2 Issue 2

June 22, 2026 By IJLB Communications Committee

Headlines

  • Delegate Body Meeting Updates

  • Resolution #24 Committee Descriptions

  • Resolution #26 Standing Committee Policies

  • Standing Committee Updates

  • Local Chapter Updates

Delegate Body Meeting Updates

The IJLB Delegate Body met on June 14th, 2026 with eight out of ten eligible delegates attending. The delegates in attendance were all three voting delegates from the NYC chapter, one out of two voting delegates from the NE chapter, and the sole voting delegates from Chicagoland, DMV, Montana, and Vienna. The delegate from Philadelphia was absent and had no available alternates. As a result, the delegates decided to make a special one-time exception to allow the delegate from Philadelphia to vote in absentia on the presented resolutions and statement. The Delegate Body took the following actions:

  • Passed Resolutions #25, #26, #27, and #28.

    • Resolution #25 establishes a democratized process for international statement drafting that is required for all future statements to pass through to be considered an official IJLB communication.

      • Key Takeaways:

        • This only affects statements purporting to represent the entirety of the IJLB. Chapters, caucuses, working groups, and individual members communicating on their own behalf are unaffected.

        • All proposed statements on behalf of the IJLB must be made available to the membership with the opportunity to comment and give feedback, and relevant internal stakeholders must be invited into the drafting process.

        • After the process laid out is complete, the original submitters and/or drafters are still free to put their original draft forward without incorporating any of the feedback to the Delegate Body.

      • Vote: 8 in favor and 1 opposed in absentia.

    • Resolution #26 requires committees to publish their policies that affect the entire IJLB and codifies the Delegate Body's ability to annul committee policies and to direct the committees to adopt certain policies.

      • Vote: 9 votes in favor, 1 of which was in absentia.

    • Resolution #27 updates Resolution #21 and codifies and clarifies the customs around how the Delegate Body is able to take action.

      • Key Takeaways:

        • The Delegate Body can delegate decision-making responsibilities to the Standing Committees, their Working Groups, or other groupings that it decides upon.

        • The Delegate Body can act by passing resolutions, certifying Committee policies, and adopting/signing onto statements on behalf of the entire org.

        • The Delegate Body is now able to select a chair and 2-3 conveners to help administer Delegate Body meetings.

        • Chapters can now retroactively veto the votes of their own Delegates in the window before the next Delegate Body meeting; however, resolutions are still enacted upon a successful, majority vote of the Delegate Body - they are not delayed by the possibility of having their votes vetoed later.

      • Vote: 8 in favor and 1 opposed in absentia.

    • Resolution #28 recognizes Arbeter Froyxn, Jews of Colour, and the Disability Caucus as official caucuses of the IJLB and directs Admin to form a Working Group to explore the question of how caucus voting in the delegate body could work.

      • Reach out on Signal to the points of contact listed in the IJLB Announcement chat's group description if you're interested in joining a caucus.

  • Adopted Statements

    • The Delegate Body adopted the Bund Kurdish Solidarity Letter.

      • Vote: 7 in favor, 1 opposed in absentia, and 1 abstention.

      • Delegates noted that the statement was well-written, included useful calls-to-action, and could serve as a model for future statements on complicated issues.

  • Directives to the Standing Committees:

    • The Delegate Body unanimously directed the Internal Governance Working Group of the IJLB Administration Standing Committee to determine a policy on whether delegates should be allowed to vote in absentia and if so how it would work.

Resolution #24 Committee Descriptions

Per Resolution #24, the Standing Committees were directed to provide descriptions of their responsibilities. So far, Admin, Comms, and X have provided descriptions while Y and Z haven't had the opportunity to meet and finalize their descriptions yet. Look out for their descriptions in next month's issue of the Bund Bulletin.

  • Admin:

    • Records Management

      • Maintain and publish working documents at the international level

      • Store and preserve documents at the international level

      • Store and preserve documents for the local chapters

      • Facilitate access to working and preserved documents

      • Redact documents for privacy as needed

    • Finances

      • Maintain financial records

      • Handle expenses taken on by the international organization

      • Raise funds for the international organization

    • Election Management

      • Organize and manage elections at the international level

      • Maintain the list of delegates to the IJLB Delegate Body

    • Internal Governance

      • Develop, maintain, and publish procedures for the internal workings of the IJLB as well as internal guidelines on those procedures

      • Certify local chapters’ admission into the IJLB

      • Identify emergent responsibility gaps and identify the key stakeholders to take on the responsibilities needed to fill those gaps

    • Email

      • Managing the “admin@” email address and inbox

      • Managing document submissions for IJLB Resolution compliance

    • Working Groups

      • Document Management

      • Document Recovery and Archiving

      • Internal Governance

      • Email Management

  • Communications:

    • Internal Communications

      • Manage the IJLB Announcements signal chat

      • Manage the internal mass emailer

      • Publish the Bund Bulletin

    • External Communications

      • Manage the Instagram and other social media for the international organization

      • Manage the IJLB’s relationship with Bund-aligned media outlets

      • Supervise the Resolution #25 statement process

    • Working Groups

      • Social Media Working Group

      • Graphic Design Working Group

      • Performing Arts Working Group

      • Bund Bulletin Working Group

  • Education:

    • Statement of Purpose (Shortened Committee Description) - The Education Committee of the IJLB enters into struggle on behalf of the Jewish masses as a standing body dedicated to 1) the teaching of the Bundist and revolutionary history and putting this into practice 2) the development of new khaverim into politically conscious, radical and critical Bundists and 3) the fostering of a revolutionary multiplicity of Jewish cultures into a common front for cultural flourishing, language rights and universal education. Due to its varied functions the committee includes within it the Yiddish, History, and Performance Arts working groups which help further specific aims.

Resolution #26 Standing Committee Policies

Per Resolution #26, Standing Committees need to publish their adopted policies that affect the entire IJLB. Here are the policies that the Bund Bulletin Working Group has received this month organized by Standing Committee. For background and reasoning behind the policies, be sure to check the relevant folders in the Proton Drive.

  • Admin:

    • Policy #1: The Admin Committee will shift to Proton for official, IJLB working documents.

      • This was certified by the Delegate Body at the May meeting of the Delegate Body and described in the previous issue of the Bund Bulletin.

    • Policy #2: The Admin Committee formalizes the long-standing custom of Chapters sending in their Delegate Lists at least once a quarter.

  • Communications:

    • Policy #2: The Communications Committee will shift administrative control of the IJLB Announcements Signal Chat from the former members of the Provisional Steering Committee to the Conveners of the Communications and Membership & Development Committees. This group ultimately serves at the discretion of The Delegate Body which is free to select an alternative group or create alternative criteria.

      • This policy overturned the previous version of this policy (Policy #1).

      • This change was announced in the IJLB Announcements Signal Chat at the time it was implemented.

Standing Committee Updates

Only Committees who shared updates are listed below.

  • Administration

    • Continuing the Proton Migration.

    • Created a new Email Management Working Group.

  • Communications

    • Strawberry has volunteered to be the committee's Accessibility Coordinator.

    • Created a new Bund Bulletin Working Group.

  • Education

    • Continuing to work on the Bundist History calendar.

      • Always looking for more people to pitch in and add dates to the timelines.

    • Hosting a lecture on June 28th at 4PM CEST on French Bundist history.

  • Khavershaft

    • Assumed website management responsibilities.

    • Will be planning some virtual events soon so be on the look out!

Local Chapter Updates

Only chapters who shared local updates are listed below.

  • Chicagoland

    • Participated in Chicago’s May Day Workers Solidarity March spreading awareness about the Chapter and Jewish involvement in the Haymarket Affair.

    • Held first official Chapter Meeting over a beautiful shabbat dinner while also electing Chapter Delegates and Conveners.

    • Held a Bundist Shirt making event.

    • Membership grew ~40% this last month with a target of achieving 20 members and 2 delegates by next meeting.

    • Exploring a partnership with the Justice Coalition who is wanting to partner with us for in-district state and local representative meetings pushing for HB2723 (anti-BDS repeal law) to be moved forward.

  • DMV

    • Held a retreat to discuss how to adapt structurally with an increased interest due to Molly Crabapple’s book.

    • Held an inaugural Jewish Workers Happy Hour. About 15 people showed up and it was a great time! We are likely going to be doing these quarterly.

    • Held a self-defense range day.

    • Joined the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition for Juneteenth and put out a joint statement on Doikayt and sacred spaces regarding the desecration of cemeteries.

  • New England

    • Their reading group (Yiddisher Bikher Bundele) finished Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live is Our Country and will be moving on to a book on mutual aid theory.

    • Have recruited a number of new folks.

    • Hosted a “Bund stage” at Medford’s Porchfest and are encouraged to host more substantial next year.

  • NYC

    • In the past month, the NYC Bund has grown in membership by about one quarter.

    • Held a reading group for Molly Crabapple’s book (in two sessions).

    • Led a Cemetery Tour of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens, where many important Bundists are buried, in partnership with the Workers Circle and a local left shul (with some help from the NYC DSA).

    • Began their summer picnic series which has been a success so far

  • Philadelphia

    • Held a picnic and social in Clark Park with around 20 people, most of whom were attending their first event with the Philly Chapter.

      • Enjoyed food, drink, and a brief speech on the history of the Bund.

      • Conversed with a nearby group that had gathered to study Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth."

      • Collected contact info from 19 people, handed out 9 copies of "Is Zionism and Liberating and Democratic Movement?" and 10 copies of "The Essentials of Bundism."

  • Vienna

    • Set up a library as part of a broader leftist library.

    • Got access to a ‘print room’ where they can print anything at cost (e.g., Essential’s of Bundism for 50 cents).

    • Can curate a section on the Jewish left in a local leftist book shop, organize events there, and sell their printed pamphlets through this store.

    • Held an event on Jewishness and veganism with a member who is professor, journalist and writer in cooperation with a local food co-op.

      • Cooked, heard a talk, and ate together.