100 years after its founding, can a Yiddish institute serve a people who don’t speak the language?
YIVO’s centennial marks a fractious time in Jewish life. It’s ready for the challenge.
YIVO’s centennial marks a fractious time in Jewish life. It’s ready for the challenge.
In honor of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 100th birthday, we take a deep dive into the cultural institution’s massive Yiddish archive
Other courses will cover the world of Ashkenazi cooking and desire in Yiddish literature.
The opposing perspectives of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian Yiddish fans has triggered anxiety and vehement arguments
YIVO hosts a two-day symposium on Jews who went “off the derech,” or religious path
Duke University doctoral student Syed Habeeb Tehseen is now a fan of classic Yiddish literature.
YIVO’s new online exhibition tells the story of cultural life in the Vilna ghetto
Once upon a time, immigrant husbands would try to ditch their spouses in America. Enter the National Desertion Bureau
דער העברעיִשער פּאָעט חיים נחמן ביאַליק האָט שוין אין 1911 געהאַלטן שטײנבאַרגס משלים פֿאַר מײַסטערווערק.
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