Return of the Jew: Interview with Katka Reszke
On June 24, 2013, in a program co-presented in partnership with the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Katka Reszke appeared at YIVO to launch her new book, Return of the Jew: Identity Narratives of the Third Post-Holocaust Generation of Jews in Poland, with Dr. Sheila Skaff serving as moderator. Read more…
YIVO’s 88th Birthday
August 7, 2013 marks the 88th anniversary of the establishment of YIVO. It was at this five-day conference in Berlin in 1925 that leading scholars from Western and Eastern Europe came together to craft a vision for what would become YIVO, the Yiddish Scientific Institute. Read more…
From the Pages of Yedies by Roberta Newman
This short item in the Winter 1970-71 edition of Yediesreported on a meeting of a group of YIVO Yiddish scholars with the Chief of the Terminology Section of the Department of Conference Services at the United Nations. Read more…
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is offering a limited number of fellowships for Ph.D. and Post Doctoral Candidates conducting research on the Holocaust for the 2014-2015 academic year, with a maximum award amount of $20,000/year.
Application deadline: January 6, 2014
For more information visit fellowships.claimscon.org or email Chavie.Brumer@claimscon.org
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