YIVO Press Releases
A Celebration of the Life and Works of Bronx Native Author, Chaim Grade
(NEW YORK, April 9, 2013) – The YIVO Jewish Culture Series, a partnership with the YIVO Institute of Jewish Research and Riverdale Temple, will feature a special program on Sunday, April 14 at 2pm at the Riverdale Temple located at 4545 Independence Ave. (at 246th Street). This event will celebrate ...
Floating Worlds and Future Cities: The Genius of Lazar Khidekel, Suprematism, and the Russian Avant-Garde
(NEW YORK, March 28, 2013) – “Floating Worlds and Future Cities" will present the first comprehensive exhibition in the United States of the work of the great artist, architect, designer and theoretician, Lazar Khidekel (1904-1986). Lazar Khidekel worked closely with Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich in Vitebsk in ...
The YIVO Institute and the National Library of Israel Jointly Acquire the Estate of the Late Yiddish Writer, Chaim Grade
(NEW YORK, February 12, 2013) – For almost 90 years, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been home to the largest and historically most important archive and library of Eastern European Jewish civilization in the world; including the single largest collection of Yiddish language materials. For more than 120 ...
YIVO Launches The Online Guide to the YIVO Archives
(NEW YORK, January 16, 2013) – The YIVO Institute is delighted to announce the launching of its new website, the Online Guide to the YIVO Archives at yivoarchives.org. Created by the YIVO project team with the generous support of the Kronhill Pletka Foundation, the new site expands and upgrades the original ...
The History of the YIVO Library
(NEW YORK, November 16, 2012) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce a conference on the history of the YIVO Library, to be held on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 7:00pm. This program will introduce to the public the fascinating history of the treasures of the YIVO ...
The YIVO Institute and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Announce Landmark Partnership Agreement
New Multi-Level Partnership will Promote General Knowledge of Polish Jewish History and Culture through Innovative Exchange and Educational and Public Programs (NEW YORK, October 23, 2012) – For 87 years, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been amassing the world’s largest and most historically important collection of materials on East ...
YIVO Institute to Host International Conference on Jews and the Left
(NEW YORK, April 15, 2012)– Sunday and Monday, May 6 and 7, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will be hosting an international conference on Jews and the Left. Scholars from the U.S., Israel, and Europe will come together to discuss and debate the relationship between Jews and leftwing politics, ...
New YIVO Jewish Culture Series to be Launched at Riverdale Temple
(NEW YORK, November 3, 2011) – Sunday, November 20 at the Riverdale Temple inaugurates the first of a four-part lecture series that will launch the new Jewish Culture Series (YIVO Yidishe kultur-serye). This Jewish Culture Series is the first community outreach program for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research as ...
YIVO Institute to Receive Major Gift To Create New Gallery
(NEW YORK, March 10, 2011) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is proud to announce a major gift to be received from Leon Wagner and Harry Wagner to create a gallery to honor the memory of their parents, as well as the lost Jewish community of Vilna where their ...
YIVO to Hold Conference on Simon Dubnow on October 24
(NEW YORK, October 13, 2010)– On the 150th anniversary of the birth of the renowned historian Simon Dubnow, YIVO will conduct a day-long conference on Dubnow's life and career featuring leading academics and historians. Many colleges and universities today offer courses in Jewish history and have professors whose research focuses on ...