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YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s Landsmanshaftn Collections to be More Accessible through Grant from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was awarded the John Stedman Memorial Grant for its Landsmanshaftn Collection Portal Project. The grant will support work to increase online access to YIVO’s lansdmanshaftn collections.

The Yiddishists: The Workers’ Olympiad

See the tenth article in the Jewish Renaissance column The Yiddishists, delving into the YIVO Archives.

After a Year of Pandemic, Online Yiddish Learning is Here to Stay

On Friday, July 30, 2021, nearly 100 students will graduate from The Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture. In response to the global pandemic, the program has run online these past two summers and seen its largest enrollments in its over 50-year history.

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