Born in the 1890s, the Jewish Labour Bund is enjoying a resurgence. A new book traces its evolution. width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" name="viewport"/>Jewish Bund: How the historic socialist movement is having a modern resurgence. But the Jewish Bund, born in Eastern Europe in the late 1890s, has its longest-standing branch in Australia. It stands for secular Jewish identity, support of Yiddish and Yiddish culture,.