Featured Vilna Collection Artifacts
Translated and Improved
In the vision of the participants of Yiddish theater of interwar period, translation created cultural bridges through which creativity traveled in both directions.
A 16th-Century Document About Jewish Residence Rights in a Bavarian Town
One of the oldest documents in the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Collections
A Yiddish Revolutionary Song from 1928
A woman in a shtetl in Grodno sings an anti-tsarist song for a researcher.
What to Do When Hit by Lightning
This early 19th-century Yiddish book gives first aid instructions for how to treat victims of life-threatening accidents.
Poetry for Businessmen
An anthology of avant garde poems by Melech Ravitch from the shelves of a library in Vilna.
A Yiddish Theater Evening in Kutno, 1917
A cultural event in Poland during World War I marks the beginning of a new era for Yiddish theater.
100 Essential Yiddish Books
A 1937 list recommends books that every good Yiddish library should have on its shelves.
A Package of Jewish Suffering: Hebrew Classic Reimagined for Yiddish-speakers
A chronicle of Jewish persecutions in Spain translated into Yiddish.
Eddie Cantor: Portrait of an Artist as a Young Menace
Rediscovery of the actor’s Yiddish memoir in the Vilna Collections.