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YIVO’s Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series, which completed its third season this past summer, provides an opportunity for Summer Program students and audience members alike to immerse themselves in Yiddish civilization, and practice their Yiddish too.

In April 2021, after a long year-plus with little to no outside access to the YIVO Archives, we launched a new pilot program. Researchers can book appointments to meet with a YIVO archivist to remotely view materials and discuss their needs. This way, no matter where you are in the world, you can have access to our collections.

YIVO recently received a collection of rare photographs taken by Jacob Rosofsky/Reshefsky, secretary of the (illegal) Bund in Moyzr, who was sentenced to exile in Archangelsk from 1903-1905.

Juliet Simmons reflects on her time in the YIVO Archives and how it led to Reboot’s What Would You Bring? oral history project, which asks people to stand in the shoes of refugees and to consider what they would choose to bring with them if they were forced to flee their homes.

Masha Shollar talks about her experience in this year's Summer Program and what drew her to Yiddish literature and language.

Gelya Frank talks about her experience in this year's Summer Program and how it helped her reconnect to her Jewish identity.

Jake Milhouse talks about his experience in this year's Summer Program and how it transformed into a lifelong devotee of Yiddish language and culture.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was awarded the John Stedman Memorial Grant for its Landsmanshaftn Collection Portal Project. The grant will support work to increase online access to YIVO’s lansdmanshaftn collections.

See the tenth article in the Jewish Renaissance column The Yiddishists, delving into the YIVO Archives.

On Friday, July 30, 2021, nearly 100 students will graduate from The Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture. In response to the global pandemic, the program has run online these past two summers and seen its largest enrollments in its over 50-year history.