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Women, The City and the Yiddish Theater

7/1/2016

YIVO and Columbia University co-host a conference on modern Yiddish theater and performance. Participants will assess the newest digital archival resources for research in the field and consider women's experiences.

YIVO Encyclopedia Plays Role in Development of Semantic Web

6/30/2016

The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe featured in ground-breaking European data project.

YIVO’s 49th Annual Yiddish-Intensive Summer Program Begins Today

6/27/2016

The 2016 Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture begins its 49th consecutive year. One of the largest classes in years, the 2016 cohort has students ages 13-70 from four continents around the world. The program will be held June 27th to August 5th, 2016 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

“A Beautiful Prayer To Be Recited After Childbirth”: Prayers By and For Women

6/23/2016

Tkhines, Yiddish private devotions and prayers, were intended primarily for women and often written by women.

Translation in Pre-Zionist Jewish Literature with Scholar Ken Frieden

6/22/2016

On Wednesday July 13th, noted academic Ken Frieden (Syracuse University) will be appearing at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011) at 6:00pm to talk about the centrality of translation to the emergence of modern Jewish literature.

2016 Jan Karski & Pola Nirenska Award

6/20/2016

The Jury of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award is pleased to announce that Prof. Ewa Geller of Warsaw, Poland was named the recipient of the Karski Award for the year 2016.

Fira Bramson, 1924 – 2016, z”l

6/15/2016

YIVO mourns the passing of Fira Bramson (Estera Bramson-Alperniene), longtime librarian at the Jewish section of the National Library of Lithuania and lifelong friend of YIVO.

Uriel Weinreich’s First Yortsayt (1968)

6/6/2016

Uriel Weinreich, the famed linguist and lexicographer, died young.

Artifacts of Nazi Looting: Fragments of Records of the ERR

6/6/2016

Fragments of the records of the Nazi agency charged with looting Jewish cultural treasures can be found among YIVO’s recovered collections in Vilnius.

Jews and Photography in Britain: Interview with Michael Berkowitz

6/1/2016

A new book explores the prominent role played by Jews in photography in Britain.