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Translated and Improved
In the vision of the participants of Yiddish theater of interwar period, translation created cultural bridges through which creativity traveled in both directions.
2017-2018 Max Weinreich Center Research Fellows
List of recipients of YIVO’s 2017-2018 faculty and graduate student fellowships.
Jacob Glatstein on Mendele (1968)
A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.
A 16th-Century Document About Jewish Residence Rights in a Bavarian Town
One of the oldest documents in the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Collections
Yiddish Writers in YIVO's Archives
YIVO’s archives have numerous manuscripts, letters, papers and more from many major Yiddish writers.
A Yiddish Revolutionary Song from 1928
A woman in a shtetl in Grodno sings an anti-tsarist song for a researcher.
What to Do When Hit by Lightning
This early 19th-century Yiddish book gives first aid instructions for how to treat victims of life-threatening accidents.
YIVO Receives Leadership Gift to Name The Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Collections
Edward Blank, retired New York telemarketing pioneer, has made a leadership gift to name the YIVO Vilna Collections the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Collections.
Poetry for Businessmen
An anthology of avant garde poems by Melech Ravitch from the shelves of a library in Vilna.