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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. Rosh Hashanah greetings from our Executive Director Jonathan Brent click here |
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News & InformationYIVO Institute for Jewish Research cordially invites you to the eighty-sixth annual benefit dinner honoring Dr. Jacob A. Frenkel. More… Grigory Yavlinsky, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and founder of the Yabloko Party, to speak about the global recession. More… Sunday, November 20 at the Riverdale Temple inaugurates the first of a four-part lecture series that will launch the new Jewish Culture Series (YIVO Yidishe kultur-serye). More…  | Jewish Culture Series (YIVO Yidishe kultur-serye) The YIVO Institute and Bard College are pleased to announce the creation of the Institute for East European Jewish History and Culture. More… New York (July 12, 2011) - The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize has the pleasure to announce that Professor Marcin Wodziński of Wrocław, Poland, is the 2011 recipient of the Karski-Nirenska award. More… New York (March 10, 2011) - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is proud to announce a major gift to be received from Leon Wagner and Harry Wagner to create a gallery to honor the memory of their parents, as well as the lost Jewish community of Vilna where their parents were born. "The Sima and Rubin Wagner Vilna Gallery" will feature new exhibition spaces and a multimedia area highlighting the 85-year history of YIVO and its contemporary relevance. More… |
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