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YIVO Celebrates Yuval Waldman's 70th Birthday with a Benefit Concert

12/6/2016

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will be featuring a concert for the occasion of violinist and champion of Jewish music Yuval Waldman’s 70th birthday.

YIVO Appoints First Anne E. Leibowitz Visiting Professor-in-Residence in Music

12/5/2016

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Neil W. Levin as the Anne E. Leibowitz Visiting Professor in Residence in Music for the Spring semester, February – May 2017, marking YIVO’s first such academic residence in music.

Vos makht a yid?

11/29/2016

In Yiddish, one colorful way Jews can greet each other is with the saying, “?װאָס מאַכט אַ ייִד” (vos makht a yid?). Literally this means, “what does a Jew make?” Idiomatically it means something like, “what’s doing man?”

A Yiddish Theater Evening in Kutno, 1917

11/16/2016

A cultural event in Poland during World War I marks the beginning of a new era for Yiddish theater.

How to Cure A Cold in 1836

11/3/2016

A Yiddish book suggests a cure-all for anything that ails you.

Embracing the Unfamiliar and the Uncomfortable: Spotlight on Composer Lainie Fefferman

10/20/2016

Lainie Fefferman is a Jewish American composer who grew up in Princeton New Jersey to a “very nerdy Jewish couple.”

Clarity and Awe: Spotlight on Composer Alex Weiser

10/20/2016

Alex Weiser is a Jewish American composer who grew up in New York City.

Mysticism and Instinct: Spotlight on Composer David Hertzberg

10/19/2016

David Hertzberg is a Jewish American composer, currently living in Los Angeles, the city in which he was raised.

Stubborn and Philosophical: Spotlight on Composer Alyssa Weinberg

10/19/2016

Alyssa Weinberg is a Jewish American composer who grew up in Long Island, New York.

100 Essential Yiddish Books

10/11/2016

A 1937 list recommends books that every good Yiddish library should have on its shelves.