YIVO Press Releases
YIVO Presents: Joel Engel: Jewish Folksongs Volume III
YIVO presents a performance of Joel Engel's Jewish Folksongs Volume III (c. 1920) including 10 Jewish folksongs, dances, and Hasidic nigunim in virtuosic piano arrangements.
YIVO Presents: A Taste of Rome’s Historic Jewish Cuisine With Leah Koenig
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce its upcoming program, A Taste of Rome’s Historic Jewish Cuisine with celebrated cookbook author Leah Koenig, taking place on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 1:00pm (ET).
YIVO Presents: Leftists on Left-Wing Antisemitism
YIVO is pleased to announce its upcoming program, Leftists on Left-Wing Antisemitism, featuring a unique panel of four scholars, journalists, and activists on the Left.
Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope comes to YIVO: Cry, My Heart, Cry
YIVO is pleased to announce its upcoming program, Cry, My Heart, Cry: Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive, Vol. 2, celebrating the new album release produced by D. Zisl Slepovitch.
YIVO Presents: Continuing Evolution 2: Yiddish Folksong in Classical Music
On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 1:00pm (EDT), YIVO will host the digital musical performance premiere, Continuing Evolution 2: Yiddish Folksong in Classical Music. This event will feature five world premiere compositions commissioned for the occasion by YIVO.
Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope comes to YIVO: Sutzkever Essential Prose
YIVO is pleased to announce its upcoming program, Sutzkever Essential Prose, celebrating Zackary Sholem Berger’s new book translating prose by famed Yiddish poet, partisan, and holocaust survivor Avrom Sutzkever.
Nazi-Looted Art and Archives: Recovering and Preserving Jewish Culture
Jonathan Brent (YIVO’s Executive Director and CEO) and Howard Spiegler (co-chair of Herrick, Feinstein LLP’s Art Law Group) discuss the quest to recover and preserve the cultural treasures lost and stolen during the Holocaust and post-World War II.
Holocaust Scholarship on Trial
Scholars Jan Grabowksi and Barbara Engelking were found guilty in Poland for their book documenting the range of Polish behavior towards Jews during the Holocaust. Prof. Grabowski, in conversation with journalist Masha Gessen, will discuss his response to the recent verdict as well as its political and scholarly implications.
Unprecedented Growth in Yiddish Learning Online at YIVO
Responding to unprecedented growth in demand for Yiddish classes over the last 12 months, YIVO is announcing a variety of forthcoming Yiddish offerings.
Two Jan Karski & Pola Nireńska Award Lectures in 2021
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce two unique lectures by Professor Daniel Grinberg on February 22 and Dr hab. Joanna Lisek on March 8