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YIVO’s Jonathan Brent Receives Lithuanian State Award
Jonathan Brent, the Executive Director and CEO of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, was conferred the Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania by H.E. Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania.
President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO
The President of the Republic of Lithuania H.E. Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė visited the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York.
YIVO Receives $3 Million Gift to Name the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum
YIVO is thrilled to announce a $3 million gift from Bruce Slovin to name the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum. This gift was given in honor and in loving memory of Mr. Slovin’s wife, Francesca.
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research to Present YIVO’s Founders Award to Senator Dick Durbin
Senator Dick Durbin is receiving YIVO’s Founders Award for his role in preserving the nearly-destroyed legacy of the rich and vibrant Jewish culture in Vilnius, Lithuania.
YIVO Announces Discovery of 170,000 Lost Jewish Documents Thought to Have Been Destroyed During the Holocaust
Rare and unpublished works represent the collective memory and cultural history of Eastern European and Russian Jews.
YIVO Receives Support of Republic of Lithuania for Vilna Collections Project
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania has awarded 30,000 Euros for work in Lithuania for the Vilna Collections Project.
Yad Vashem Becomes Institutional Partner on YIVO Vilna Collections Project
Reviving a partnership dating back to just after WWII, Yad Vashem becomes an institutional partner on the YIVO Vilna Collections project.
YIVO Receives $260,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities’s Division of Preservation and Access has awarded $260,000 for the YIVO Vilna Collections project.
YIVO Receives Grant for New Scholar-in-Residence
Alyssa Quint Named YIVO’s First Vilna Collections Scholar Alyssa Quint, YIVO’s First Vilna Collections Scholar. New York, New York - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce a three-year, $75,000 grant for a new scholar-in-residence. The Vilna Collections Scholar will contextualize the archival and library materials in YIVO’s Vilna ...
YIVO Announces $1,160,000 Challenge Grant for International Project to Preserve Prewar Library and Archives
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research receives a generous anonymous challenge grant of $1,160,000. The challenge grant, the single largest gift in YIVO’s 90 year history, will provide funds over the next 5 years to support the creation of The YIVO Vilna Collections project. The anonymous donor will match all contributions, 1:2, up to $1,160,000.