YIVO Press Releases
YIVO Presents the Newly Translated Miryeml
Join the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 7:00pm for a reading of Tea Arciszewska’s Miryeml, a play about the experiences of children during the pogroms that followed World War I.
YIVO’s Newest Online Course, Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America, Launches March 21
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, YIVO will launch the fifth course in the Shine Online Educational Series, Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America. This course, along with all of YIVO’s Shine Online courses, will be free of charge.
YIVO Celebrates the Release of Alex Weiser's Newest Album, in a dark blue night
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to host the launch concert and party celebrating the release of in a dark blue night, the follow-up to Alex Weiser’s Pulitzer Prize nominated debut album and all the days were purple.
YIVO is Participating in Carnegie Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice festival
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce its participation in Carnegie Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice festival. The New York City festival will explore one of the most complex and consequential chapters in modern history: Germany’s Weimar Republic of 1919-1933.
The Origins and Ideology of Hamas
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, devoted to education and historical truth, has developed a three-part webinar series to explore The Origins and Ideology of Hamas curated by historian Jeffrey Herf and featuring other highly regarded historians, such as Benny Morris and Matthias Küntzel.
YIVO’s 2024 Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization to Take Place Online
The 2024 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 9-26, 2024).
YIVO Hosts Performance of 1911 Operetta Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love by Joseph Rumshinsky and Anshel Shor
On Monday, December 11, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host a concert reading of Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love—an operetta by Jewish composers Joseph Rumshinsky and Anshel Shor—performed by students of the Bard Conservatory Vocal Arts Program.
YIVO Celebrates Publication of New Translation Series, Yiddish Voices
On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will celebrate the launch of Yiddish Voices, an exciting new series showcasing literary works in new English translations.
YIVO Hosts Panel Discussion on a New Audio Documentary on the Nazi Genocide that Destroyed One of the Most Important Eastern European Jewish Communities
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host Remembering Vilna: The Fortunoff Archive's New Podcast, a panel discussion about the third installment of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust, a podcast from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies.
YIVO Hosts Panel Discussion on the Life and Legacy of Prolific Yiddish Writer and Poet Chaim Grade
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 1:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host The Legacy of Chaim Grade, a panel discussion of Chaim Grade’s legacy with Ruth Wisse, Ofer Dynes, and Curt Leviant, led by scholar and translator Justin Cammy.