Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th-Century Jewish History
Kishinev’s 1903 pogrom was the first event in Russian Jewish life to receive international attention. The riot, leaving 49 dead in an obscure border town, dominated the headlines of the western press for weeks, intruded on US-Russian relations, and had an impact on an astonishing array of institutions, such as the nascent Jewish army in Palestine, and the NAACP. It most likely also influenced the first version of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.Why did it have such impact, and why did it become a prism through which Russian Jewish history has been defined? Read more…
Max Weinreich on Jewish Participation in Movements for Social Progress
YIVO sometimes used its airtime on WEVD to broadcast recordings of its scholarly conferences. Here, Dr. Max Weinreich delivers the opening address at YIVO’s Conference on Jewish Participation in Movements Devoted to the Cause of Social Progress, which took place in Carnegie Hall on September 10-13, 1964. Read more…
YIVO Public Program Video Archive
Visit yivo.org/video to view many of YIVO’s public programs from 2005 to the present. Some of our recent additions include: Monday, October 21, 2013: Sex, Yiddish and the Law: Jewish Life in Metz in the 18th Century […] Read more…
From the Pages of Yedies
In December 1935, Yedies reported on the initial activities of a new division at YIVO devoted to research on Jews and sports. The ambitious goals of the Sports Division were: Read more…
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