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The Origins and Ideology of Hamas

1/23/2024

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, devoted to education and historical truth, has developed a three-part webinar series to explore The Origins and Ideology of Hamas curated by historian Jeffrey Herf and featuring other highly regarded historians, such as Benny Morris and Matthias Küntzel.

2024

1/1/2024

Outside media articles from 2024 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

The Yiddishists: We Wish You a Merry Nitl

12/20/2023

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

YIVO CEO Jonathan Brent on CNN: The rush to save Ukraine's precious Jewish legacy

12/20/2023

Watch Jonathan Brent on CNN, discussing his recent trip to Kyiv to meet with Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine to enter into an agreement with the Library to help preserve and digitize their precious An-sky collection.

YIVO’s 2024 Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization to Take Place Online

11/30/2023

The 2024 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 9-26, 2024).

YIVO Hosts Performance of 1911 Operetta Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love by Joseph Rumshinsky and Anshel Shor

11/21/2023

On Monday, December 11, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host a concert reading of Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love—an operetta by Jewish composers Joseph Rumshinsky and Anshel Shor—performed by students of the Bard Conservatory Vocal Arts Program.

YIVO Celebrates Publication of New Translation Series, Yiddish Voices

11/20/2023

On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will celebrate the launch of Yiddish Voices, an exciting new series showcasing literary works in new English translations.

A Lullaby from the YIVO Collections

11/16/2023

Listen and learn more about the 1887 lullaby Mayn yingele (My Little Boy) by Morris Rosenfeld, “poet laureate of labor.”

YIVO Hosts Panel Discussion on a New Audio Documentary on the Nazi Genocide that Destroyed One of the Most Important Eastern European Jewish Communities

11/13/2023

On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host Remembering Vilna: The Fortunoff Archive's New Podcast, a panel discussion about the third installment of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust, a podcast from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies.

YIVO Hosts Panel Discussion on the Life and Legacy of Prolific Yiddish Writer and Poet Chaim Grade

11/10/2023

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 1:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host The Legacy of Chaim Grade, a panel discussion of Chaim Grade’s legacy with Ruth Wisse, Ofer Dynes, and Curt Leviant, led by scholar and translator Justin Cammy.