Legacy
For more items from the Kheel Center's IWO collection see the International Worker's Order Digital Collection.
Cornell Di Linke Conference attended by >600 people Dec 2020.: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/channel/Di+Linke+Conference+Sessions/380519982
Camp Kinderland: Founded in 1923 by Jewish labor activists as a retreat for their children from the tenements of NYC, Camp Kinderland is true to the vision of its founders. "In a difficult world, we are an oasis for children ages 9 to 16; a place where they can be themselves, feel at ease, and work and play in an atmosphere of cooperation and trust."
The Jewish Young Folksingers (JYF), founded in 1952 as an offshoot of the JPFO’s Jewish Young Fraternalists, was an interracial choral group. It continued performing Yiddish and African-American music, with Bob De Cormier, Pete Seeger, Leon Bibbs, Hazel Scott, Serge Hovey, Maddy Simon, Ethel Raim, and other musicians after the IWO was legally dissolved. Progressive activist, Yiddish translator and son of Moishe Katz - tells the story of his Jewish chorus and their conversation over whether or not to keep their name Jewish or be more inclusive of non-Jewish communities. Also see SecondHandSongs for music from the group.
From Popular Front to Cold War: The Interracial Left and the International Workers Order, 1930–1954, Elissa Sampson, Robert M. Zecker, Cornell University Press, 2026. Case studies based on the broader set of IWO archives housed at the Kheel Center and elsewhere.
"A Road to Peace and Freedom": The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954, Robert M. Zecker, Temple University Press, 2017