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2023

1/1/2023

Outside media articles from 2023 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research awarded $80,000 by the New York State Council on the Arts

12/13/2022

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announces a grant award totaling $80,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector.

2022 Jan Karski & Pola Nirenska Award

12/5/2022

The Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award Committee, comprised of Jonathan Brent (Executive Director of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research), Monika Krawczyk (director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute), Ewa Geller, Tadeusz Epsztein and Andrzej Żbikowski, has awarded the prize for the year 2022 to Professor Anna Landau-Czajka.

YIVO’s 2023 Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization to Take Place Online

11/30/2022

The 2023 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 10-27, 2023).

YIVO Featured on 60 Minutes

11/14/2022

On Sunday, November 13, 2022, the story of YIVO, the Paper Brigade, and the rescue of Jewish artifacts and culture was featured in a segment on 60 Minutes on CBS.

Discussing Michael Gordon's "Travel Guide to Nicaragua"

11/8/2022

Composer Michael Gordon discusses the forthcoming Carnegie Hall premiere of his work Travel Guide to Nicaragua with composer and YIVO Director of Public Programs Alex Weiser.

YIVO Yiddish Club Celebrates Yiddish Language and Culture

10/21/2022

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce this fall's YIVO Yiddish Club sessions.

Hugo Kauder Centennial Celebrations

10/12/2022

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce its participation in a series of events — with Carnegie Hall, the Fisher Center at Bard College, and the Hugo Kauder Society — celebrating the work and legacy of Austrian Jewish composer Hugo Kauder (1888-1972).

YIVO Welcomes New Board Member

10/6/2022

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce the addition of Ambassador Meryl Frank (ret) to its Board of Directors.

YIVO Receives Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

8/25/2022

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to purchase the materials to rehouse YIVO’s historic Jewish Political and Labor Movement Archives.