Commemoration of the 83rd Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at Der Shteyn

Memorial Program Presented by the Congress for Jewish Culture, Friends of the Bund, the Jewish Labor Committee, Workers Circle, and YIVO Admission: Free No reservation required.

This annual commemoration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising will take place on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 1:00pm at der shteyn, the memorial stone in Riverside Park between 83rd and 84th Street.

Speaking in this year's program are Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (Keynote) and Irke Klepfisz (Witness Testimony). Marcel Kshensky will chair.

Readings by Emily Dunkel, Steven Meed, Susan Nowogrodzki, Dinah Slepovitch, and Suzanne Toren.

In the musical program: Joanne Borts, Sarah Gordon, Shifee Losacco, Dinah Slepovitch, Zisl Slepovitch, and Paula Teitelbaum.

The event takes place annually under the open skies, rain or shine, and is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture, Friends of the Bund, the Jewish Labor Committee, Workers Circle, and YIVO.

This memorial follows a tradition established in 1947 by Jewish partisans, ghetto fighters and Holocaust survivors at the site earmarked by the City of New York for a memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It has become an annual gathering of Bundists and members of the secular, progressive Yiddish cultural community, as well as children and grandchildren of the original attendees. The program will be recorded and video placed on YouTube after the event to share with those who can't attend in person.