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YIVO Receives $3 Million Gift to Name the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum

4/19/2018

YIVO is thrilled to announce a $3 million gift from Bruce Slovin to name the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum. This gift was given in honor and in loving memory of Mr. Slovin’s wife, Francesca.

Jews in Space: Meet Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman

4/19/2018

How do astronauts celebrate Shabbat at sundown when the sun rises and sets approximately every hour?

YIVO launches the Ruth Rubin Legacy: an online sound archive of Yiddish Folksongs

4/4/2018

YIVO launches a new online-exhibition highlighting the field recordings of over 1,500 Yiddish lider (songs) made by renowned vocalist and scholar, Ruth Rubin.

2018-2019 Max Weinreich Center Research Fellows

3/23/2018

List of recipients of YIVO’s 2018-2019 faculty and graduate student fellowships.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research to Present YIVO’s Founders Award to Senator Dick Durbin

3/7/2018

Senator Dick Durbin is receiving YIVO’s Founders Award for his role in preserving the nearly-destroyed legacy of the rich and vibrant Jewish culture in Vilnius, Lithuania.

March Mash-Up: A Family Festival

2/20/2018

Kids, parents, and grandparents will experience the delightful diversity of Jewish culture from countries around the world in this Purim-themed March Mash-Up of family fun.

Paul Berman Appointed YIVO’s Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar for Spring 2018

2/15/2018

As the Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar, Mr. Berman will teach a public evening class, “Jewish Anarchism: A History & Present-Day Reflections,” and present a public lecture, “The Unknown and Heroic Anarchist Struggle Against Communism.”

We’re ready to launch! Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit

2/14/2018

Going boldly where no Jewish museums have gone before, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Center for Jewish History are pleased to announce the launch of their joint exhibition, “Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit.”

Program on Yiddish Treasures Rescued from the Nazis at Ezra-Habonim

2/1/2018

Jonathan Brent presents “Rare Works and the Reclamation of the Cultural History of European Jews” to Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Cong.

YIVO's Top 5 of 2017

1/5/2018

Thanks to our incredible donors, YIVO has been able to accomplish many great things this year. Here are some of our favorites.