Spring Yiddish Classes
Spring Yiddish classes are here! Brush up on your grammar, tackle the Yiddish writers of the first world war, or read the Forverts. Read more…
Congratulations to National Jewish Book Award Winners
YIVO congratulates the winners of the 2013 National Jewish Book Award, especially our colleagues: Read more…
די צוויי וועלטן פֿון געבירטיג און פֿאָקס־ראָזען
by Itzik Gottesman
New musical settings to the texts of Yiddish songwriter Mordechai Gebirtig (1877 – 1942) were created by Benjy Fox-Rosen and presented at a YIVO concert on January 15, 2014. The event was also a CD release of these compositions entitled “Two Worlds/Tsvey Veltn” (Golden Horn Records). Itzik Gottesman reviews the concert and the CD. Read more…
YIVO Archives: Recent Accessions
The YIVO Archives receives new items and collections on a weekly basis. These include donations of organizational records, manuscripts, printed materials, family history materials, photographs, sound recordings, artworks, and films related to the many topics covered by YIVO’s archives and library. Read more…
From the Pages of Yedies
by Roberta Newman
In 1938, Yedies reported on the progress of its creation of a special permanent exhibition in honor of the great Yiddish writer Yitskhok Leibush (Isaac Leib) Peretz: Read more…
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