YIVO Press Releases

YIVO presents a first of its kind conference, Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition, highlighting emerging new scholarship on the forgotten world of Yiddish-speaking anarchists.

Irene Kronhill Pletka, Vice Chairman of the YIVO Board, was honored at the 2018 Gala and pledged a $1 million gift to kick start support for the Bund Digitization Project.

New York, NY – This fall, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will explore the complicated history of Polish-Jewish relations. It will partner with Fordham University and Columbia University for the “In Dialogue: Polish-Jewish Relations” series, and will present Dariusz Stola, the director of POLIN Museum. This year, tensions between the ...

YIVO presents historian and author Adam Michnik who will talk about the history of antisemitism and efforts to resist it in 20th century Poland. Introducing Michnik will be Andrzej Rojek, Chairman of the Board for the Jan Karski Educational Foundation. 

YIVO presents The Essence of Yiddish Theater, a theatrical introduction to Yiddish language and Yiddish theater.

YIVO presents a special evening celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program and honoring Chava Lapin.

Philip Roth (1933-2018) died last night, a soaring voice of American letters, a calming presence of intelligence, wit, decency and scorn in the chaos and cruel indifference of American culture.

YIVO presents a concert featuring a variety of chamber music by Joachim Stutschewsky and composers of his coterie.

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.

How do astronauts celebrate Shabbat at sundown when the sun rises and sets approximately every hour?