2014 Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in
Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture
Public Events
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | 5:30pm
“The Capital of Yiddishland”:
YIVO and its Relationship to Vilna
Podbrodzer Lecture
Cecile Kuznitz, Bard College
Though locating YIVO in Vilna – “the capital of Yiddishland” – appears obvious in retrospect, the impetus for creating the institute originated in Berlin, and for more than two years YIVO’s location was uncertain. Why did YIVO’s leadership waver for so long on whether to locate in Vilna? What did its decision finally mean for the institute and for the city of Vilna itself? Read more…
Read Gennady Estraikh’s review of Cecile Kuznitz’s new book, YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation, in the Yiddish Forverts.
The Podbrodzer Lecture is made possible by support from the Podbrodzer Progressive Benevolent Association.
Thursday, July 24, 2014 | 6:30pm
YIVO’s Second Annual Summer Cabaret
featuring
“Yidishe Meydlekh,” Heather Klein & Miryem-Khaye Seigel, performing “Yiddish Country Songs,” and Master of Ceremonies, Shane Baker
Free and open to the public
Are you a Summer Program Alum? We want to see you here!
6:30pm – Sign up for Open Mic
7pm-9pm – Cabaret
Wine, beer and light refreshments will be served. Read more…
This Week in Yedies: News from YIVO
The 2014 Jan Karski & Pola Nirenska Prize at YIVO Awarded to Piotr Matywiecki
Piotr Matywiecki of Warsaw, Poland has been named the recipient of the 2014 Karski Award. This annual award was endowed by Professor Jan Karski in 1992 for an author of published works documenting Polish-Jewish relations and Jewish contributions to Polish culture. Read more...
YIVO Archives to Receive Organizational Records from the Congress for Jewish Culture
On Thursday, July 17, 2014, The New York Times reported on the shutting down of the offices of the Congress for Jewish Culture. The organization was founded by writers and intellectuals in 1948 to promote the work of Yiddish language and culture and once also had offices in Paris and Buenos Aires. Read more…
Harry M. Orlinsky: The Philosophy of the New Jewish Translation of the Torah into English (1965)
This broadcast from February 14, 1965 presents excerpts from the paper, “The Philosophy of the New Jewish Translation of the Torah into English,” delivered by Dr. Harry (Tsvi Orlinsky), at YIVO’s annual conference, which had taken place the month before. Read more…