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A Yiddish course for high school students (1968)

4/21/2016

Back in 1968, there was a Yiddish course for high school students in New York City.

A Haggadah from 1830

4/21/2016

A Haggadah from 1830 is familiar in more ways than one.

Farewell to Three Remarkable Women

4/8/2016

Three women who were close to YIVO passed away last month: Rose Klepfisz, Pearl Sapoznik, Yael Penkower.

A Secret Language for Girls

4/7/2016

YIVO’s archives contain the last traces of the lost world of Polish Jewish children.

A Musical Journey from Russia

4/7/2016

New York, NY– YIVO and ASJM present: A Musical Journey from Russia, a concert highlighting the work of the Society for Jewish Folk Music on Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 at 6:30pm at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011). The Society for Jewish Folk Music ...

YIVO and Yiddish (1968)

3/30/2016

YIVO has been active for decades in the teaching of Yiddish and the documentation of Yiddish culture.

An Evening in Chicago: A 1925 Photo from the Vilna Collections

3/25/2016

A photograph from the Esther Rokhl Kaminska Theater Museum provides a glimpse of Jewish life in Chicago in the 1920s.

2016-2017 Max Weinreich Center Research Fellows

3/17/2016

List of recipients of YIVO’s 2016-2017 faculty and graduate student fellowships.

YIVO 48 Years Ago on WEVD (1968)

3/14/2016

What was YIVO up to in 1968?

Scraps of Paper Illuminate Life As It Was Lived

3/9/2016

YIVO’s VILBIG collection sheds light on education for the Jewish masses in prewar Eastern Europe.