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Founded in 1925 in Vilna, Poland (Wilno, Poland, now Vilnius, Lithuania), as the Yiddish Scientific Institute, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the history and culture of Ashkenazi Jewry and to its influence in the Americas. Headquartered in New York City since 1940, today YIVO is the world's preeminent resource center for East European Jewish Studies; Yiddish language, literature and folklore; and the American Jewish immigrant experience. The YIVO Library holds over 385,000 volumes in 12 major languages, and the Archives contains more than 24,000,000 pieces, including manuscripts, documents, photographs, sound recordings, art works, films, posters, sheet music, and other artifacts. YIVO also offers a series of cultural events and films, adult education and Yiddish language classes (including the pioneering Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture six-week intensive summer program begun in 1968), various scholarly publications, research opportunities and fellowships. A Special Letter to Our Friends from Executive Director Jonathan Brent click here |
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News & InformationNEW YORK - YIVO mourns the death of Avrom (Abraham) Sutzkever, who died on January 20, 2010, in Tel Aviv at the age of 96. He was considered the finest Yiddish poet of his generation. On Monday, February 22, at 6:00 PM, YIVO is cosponsoring a memorial event for the poet’s shloyshim (one-month anniversary of his death) together with the Congress for Jewish Culture, the Forward, and the Workmen’s Circle. Details of the program will be released shortly. More... NEW YORK, 7 January 2010 - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce that it has received a gift of approximately $4.5 million from the estate of Michael (Mickey) Ross, an award-winning television writer who was first generation son of Jewish immigrant parents. The initial bequest will be supplemented by periodic residual payments from the estate. YIVO shares the estate with the National Yiddish Book Center and the Los Angeles Jewish Foundation. "This bequest comes at a critical time for us," said Jonathan Brent, YIVO's new executive director and CEO. More... NEW YORK - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announced an all-day public conference on New York and the American Jewish Experience, funded by the Milstein Family Foundation and the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation, to be held on Monday, November 2. The conference, which marks the culmination of three years of intensive work on the Milstein Family Jewish Communal Archive Project, will celebrate the history of Jewish life in the New York area, emphasize the achievements of Jewish communal organizations, and highlight the treasures of Jewish archives. More... 14 August 2009 - Prof. Aleksander B. Skotnicki of Kraków, Poland, is this year’s recipient of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize. Endowed by Professor Jan Karski at YIVO in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to authors of published works documenting Polish-Jewish relations and Jewish contributions to Polish culture. The winner of the award was chosen by the Award Committee, whose members are More... NEW YORK, 1 June 2009 - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has appointed Jonathan Brent, 59, to be its executive director and CEO effective July 1. Brent succeeds Carl J. Rheins, who has resigned for health reasons. In ten years as executive director, Rheins helped renew YIVO’s position as a preeminent resource center for East European Jewish Studies, successfully shepherded 23 major publishing projects, and formed strong institutional collaborations. More... YIVO to Honor Alan M. Dershowitz and Matthew Goldstein at 84th Annual Benefit Dinner on May 26, 2009 NEW YORK, 11 May 2009 - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is proud to announce it will honor Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, and Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor of the City University of New York, on May 26, 2009.
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