YIVO Press Releases
YIVO Receives $224,000 Save America’s Treasures Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $224,007 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through Save America’s Treasures Grants.
YIVO Hosts New York Premiere of Short Film Adapted from Yiddish Children’s Story
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host the New York film premiere of Labzik: Tales of a Clever Pup.
YIVO Awarded $150,000 Grant from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $150,000 from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Launches Lithuanian Translation of Online Museum Exhibition
YIVO launched a Lithuanian translation of its award-winning Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum’s inaugural exhibition, Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl.
YIVO Announces Its Fall Yiddish Club Celebrating Yiddish Language and Culture
YIVO is excited to announce this fall's YIVO Yiddish Club sessions.
YIVO Hosts Concert of Jewish Music Recorded During the Nazi Period
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to host a performance of the Semer Ensemble, featuring songs in Yiddish, German, Russian, and Hebrew accompanied by English subtitles.
Lithuanian President Visits YIVO for the Unveiling of Plaques to Honor the Vilna Ghetto “Paper Brigade” and Lithuanian Librarian Antanas Ulpis
YIVO welcomed the Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda to YIVO for the unveiling of two plaques in YIVO’s Strashun Rare Book Room to honor those who helped rescue the remnants of East European Jewish culture from the Nazis during WW II and the Soviets in the War’s aftermath.
YIVO Mounts New Exhibition | Palestinian Yiddish: A Look at Yiddish in the Land of Israel Before 1948
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce the opening of its newest on-site exhibition on September 5, 2023, Palestinian Yiddish: A Look at Yiddish in the Land of Israel before 1948.
YIVO's Summer Program Brings Together a Unique Cadre of Students from Diverse Backgrounds
On Friday, July 28, 2023, 82 students graduated from The Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, the world’s longest-running Yiddish summer program.
YIVO Receives $350,000 Grant to Digitize Four Collections Focused on Jewish Immigrant Involvement in the Labor Movement in the United States
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for $349,524 to process and digitize four collections focused on the Jewish immigrant involvement in the labor movement in the United States.