2019

The New Yorker, Found in Translation (December 30, 2019)
Topics » Uriel Weinreich Summer Program Alum / YIVO Archives and History

The Baltic Times, Lithuania's Gaon, Gimbutiene anniversaries put on UNESCO list of anniversaries (December 27, 2019, mention, picked up by LRT)
Topic » 300th Anniversary of the Gaon’s Birth

Buzzfeed JPG Newsletter, For Your Eyes Only: History and Hanukkah with YIVO Pictures (December 22, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

The Forward, Irena Klepfisz: Keeper of the Bundist Flame (December 20, 2019)
Topic » Bundism's Influence Today

The Forward, The Secret Jewish History Of Ludwig Van Beethoven (December 15, 2019)
Topic » Beethoven in the Yiddish Imagination

Yiddish Book Center: The Shmooze, Episode 0240: "Riffing with Alex Weiser" (December 13, 2019, podcast)
Topics » YIVO / and all the days were purple / State of the Jews

The Covenant Foundation, Reboot Meets the American Jewish Historical Society: A Creative Shidduch (December 11, 2019)
Topic » Reboot Fellowship Visit

Tablet Magazine, Searching for Leonard Cohen (December 11, 2019)
Topics » Leonard Cohen / YIVO History

The Forward, New Opera About Theodor Herzl Explores His Complex Nature (December 5, 2019, mention)
Topic » State of the Jews

Tablet Magazine, Lucy Dawidowicz, the Yiddish Eagle of the Bronx (December 5, 2019, mention)
Topics » Lucy Dawidowicz / YIVO History

The Forward, נײַע אָפּערע וועגן טעאָדאָר הערצל אַנטפּלעקט אַ קאָמפּליצירטע נאַטור (December 4, 2019, mention)
Topic » State of the Jews

CT Jewish Ledger, YIVO honors Dr. Sam Kassow (December 2, 2019)
Topic » YIVO’s 2019 Gala Dinner

Mashable, NYC's YIVO Institute holds Jewish memories saved from destruction during the Holocaust — What’s in the Basement? (November 21, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

The Shtick, YIVO's Shelly Freeman on The SHTICK (November 21, 2019)
Topic » YIVO News

Theater Mania, Top Five Reasons to See The Sorceress in Yiddish (November 12, 2019, mention, picked up by Jewish World)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Broadway World, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Will Bring THE SORCERESS to New York this December (November 4, 2019, mention)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, Composing Identity: A History of Yiddish Folksong in Classical Music (November 1, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

National Endowment for the Humanities, Documents of Yiddish Life (Fall 2019)
Topics » Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

Jewish Women’s Archive: Jewish Women, Amplified, Not Just Potatoes: Legacies of Yiddish Vegetarianism (October 29, 2019, mention)
Topic » Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook

Forbes, New Documentary On Abstract Expressionist Painter Mark Rothko To Debut On PBS Tonight (October 25, 2019, mention)
Topic » Rothko Chapel, Little Match Girl Passion, and an Adam Roberts Premiere: Secular Sacred Music

Playbill, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Next Show Will Be The Sorceress (October 12, 2019, mention)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Lithuanian Jewish Community, YIVO to Lend Lithuania Vilna Gaon Synagogue Pinkas (October 17, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, The Life and Death of a Yiddish Puppet Theater (October 15, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Jewish Women’s Archive: Jewish Women, Amplified, Yiddishes, Alive and Dead (October 7, 2019)
Topic » Uriel Weinreich Summer Program

Lithuanian Jewish Community, Lithuanian President Visits YIVO (October 3, 2019)
Topic » President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO

Jewish Renaissance, The Folklorist Ruth Rubin (October 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives

President of the Republic of Lithuania, The President and the First Lady visited YIVO in New York (September 26, 2019)
Topics » President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO / Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

CT Jewish Ledger, Dr. Sam Kassow to be honored by YIVO (September 24, 2019)
Topic » YIVO’s 2019 Gala Dinner

Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros ministerija, Kitąmet Lietuvoje bus eksponuojamas vertingas žydų istorijos ir kultūros dokumentas (September 17, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Tablet Magazine, An Illuminating Obituary for a Yiddish Giant (September 11, 2019)
Topics » Max Weinreich / WEVD / A Jewish King of Poland for One Night: On the Polish-Jewish Royal Dynasty That Never Was

Maariv, הארכיון שחושף את השפה המנומסת מאחורי מכונת המוות הנאצית (September 7, 2019)
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Topic » The Papers of Nachman Blumental

The Forward, ‟ייִוואָ‟־זומער־רעפֿעראַטן אויף ייִדיש קען מען איצט זען „אָנלײַן„ (September 3, 2019)
Topic » 2019 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series

The Jewish Chronicle, Please write this on my tomb: The thing I love most is being a Yid (August 30, 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives / YIVO History / 2019 Ukrainian Jewish Literary Tour

Tablet Magazine, The ‘Mother’ of Yiddish Literature (August 28, 2019, mention)
Topic » The Greatest Yiddish Writer You’ve Never Heard Of: Yankev Dinezon

The Forward, ‟פּאַנעל־דיסקוסיע וועגן הײַנטיקער ווירקונג פֿונעם „בונדן (August 26, 2019)
Topic » Bundism’s Influence Today

The Jewish Chronicle, I thanked my Zaida for sacrificing this splendour so I could live (August 23, 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives / YIVO History / 2019 Ukrainian Jewish Literary Tour

Broadway World, YIVO Institute For Jewish Research Presents One-Night-Only Production of BREACH OF PROMISE (August 21, 2019)
Topic » Breach of Promise

The Jewish Chronicle, In Ukraine, all that God gave is good, all that man made is rotten (August 16, 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives / YIVO History / 2019 Ukrainian Jewish Literary Tour

The Jewish Chronicle, Maurice Glasman’s Family Quest (August 9, 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives / YIVO History / 2019 Ukrainian Jewish Literary Tour

The Jewish Chronicle, No one had a good word to say about my Zaida (August 1, 2019)
Topic » 2019 Ukrainian Jewish Literary Tour

Playbill, Cast Set for Reading of Leon Kobrin’s Rediscovered Play, Breach of Promise (July 25, 2019)
Topic » Breach of Promise

Tablet Magazine, Portrait of the Yiddish Artist (July 24, 2019, mention)
Topic » Dramatic Reading and Discussion of 'The Builder,' Shloyme Mikhoels’ Lost Play / The Greatest Yiddish Writer You’ve Never Heard Of: Yankev Dinezon

Jewish Websight, YIVO to Present Rediscovered Play BREACH OF PROMISE (July 23, 2019)
Topic » Breach of Promise

Broadway World, YIVO Presents Rediscovered Play BREACH OF PROMISE (July 23, 2019)
Topic » Breach of Promise

Talkin’ Broadway, YIVO to Present Rediscovered Play BREACH OF PROMISE (July 23, 2019)
Topic » Breach of Promise

The Jewish Press, Exhibit Highlights Yiddish Typewriters (July 19, 2019)
Topic » Rise of the Yiddish Machines: The Typewriter and Yiddish Literature

The Jewish Week, Up To Their ‘Oyern’ In Yiddish Work (July 16, 2019)
Topic » Breach of Promise

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, Yiddish Wedding Hop: The Archives of Song Collector Ruth Rubin (July 10, 2019)
Topic » Ruth Rubin’s Legacy of Yiddish Song

Tablet Magazine, The Psychology Behind Yiddish Literature (July 10, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, The National Library’s Friend, J. Brent, Receives State Award (July 8, 2019)
Topics » YIVO News / Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

Vilnius.lt, A memorial plaque was unveiled in A. Vivulskio Street to commemorate the Jewish research institute YIVO (July 1, 2019)
Topic » YIVO News

Jewish Renaissance, The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas (July 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives

The Forward, מע קען הערן אוצרות פֿונעם ייִוואָ־קלאַנג־אַרכיוו אָנלײַן (June 27, 2019)
Topic » Ruth Rubin’s Legacy of Yiddish Song

The New York Times, The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak (June 24, 2019, picked up by Times of Israel and la Repubblica)
Topic » The Papers of Nachman Blumental

Jewish Community of Lithuania, YIVO HQ Plaque Ceremony Held in Vilnius (June 21, 2019)
Topic » YIVO News

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, YIVO delegacijos vizitas Nacionalinėje bibliotekoje  (June 21, 2019)
Topics » Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections / 2019 Lithuania and Poland Study Tour

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Memorial plaque, dedicated to YIVO, unveiled in Vilnius (June 20, 2019)
Topic » YIVO News

Jewish Community of Lithuania, International Project Connects New York and Vilnius YIVO Archives (June 19, 2019)
Topic » Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections / 2019 Lithuania and Poland Study Tour

The Bais Yaakov Project, Extra-Curricular Memories (June 15, 2019)
Topic » Sarah Schenirer and Bais Yaakov: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition

Jewish Community of Lithuania, Commemorative Plaque to Mark Site of Former YIVO HQ in Vilnius (June 13, 2019)
Topic » YIVO News

Broadway.com, Yiddish-Language Fiddler Will Hold Special World Refugee Day Performance; Luis A. Miranda Jr. to Lead Talkback (June 12, 2019, mention)
Topic » The Door Slams Shut: Jews and Immigration in the Face of American Reaction

Tablet Magazine, Summertime and the Yiddish Is Easy (June 5, 2019)
Topics » Uriel Weinreich Summer Program / Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series

The Bais Yaakov Project, A Songbook Come Alive (June 2, 2019)
Topic » Sarah Schenirer and Bais Yaakov: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition

Tel Aviv Review, A History of the Jews in 23 Million Objects (May 31, 2019)
Topic » YIVO Archives

Bagel Shop Newsletter, Bagel Shop Newsletter No.1/2019-2/5779 (May 29, 2019)
Topic » Lithuanian Jewish Community

The Forward, “צוויישפּראַכיקע סעריע רעפֿעראַטן בײַם „ייִוואָ (May 29, 2019)
Topic » Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series

Tel Aviv Review, Tel Aviv Review Live in New York: Michael Walzer on the Problem of the Left (May 24, 2019)
Topic » Michael Walzer Discussion with the Tel Aviv Review

The Algemeiner, Now Museum Pieces, Yiddish Typewriters Tell the Story of a Once-Vibrant Culture (May 22, 2019)
Topic » Rise of the Yiddish Machines: The Typewriter and Yiddish Literature

In Geveb, Sweeping, Bewitching, Divinely Dissonant: A Review of Alex Weiser’s Album and all the days were purple (May 22, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

The Daily Beast, For Some Jews, Yiddish History Is Sanctuary. For Others, It’s ‘Dangerous.’ (May 11, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

The Wall Street Journal, Typing in Yiddish (May 9, 2019)
Topic » Rise of the Yiddish Machines: The Typewriter and Yiddish Literature

Tablet Magazine, Rescuing Yiddish History (May 8, 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives / Rise of the Yiddish Machines: The Typewriter and Yiddish Literature

Tablet Magazine, Typing in Yiddish (May 3, 2019)
Topic » Rise of the Yiddish Machines: The Typewriter and Yiddish Literature

The Forward, “אויסשטעלונג וועגן ייִדישע שרײַבמאַשינען בײַם „ייִוואָ (May 2, 2019)
Topic » Rise of the Yiddish Machines: The Typewriter and Yiddish Literature

The Jewish Press, Dubnow And The YIVO-Einstein Connection (May 1, 2019)
Topic » YIVO History

Tablet Magazine, The Joys of Yiddish Poetry (April 24, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

Forbes, Carnegie Hall To Celebrate Yiddish Music And Culture At Migrations Festival Concert Monday Night (April 15, 2019)
Topics » The Musical Legacy of Eastern European Jews / Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival

Tablet Magazine, The War Between Polish Nationalism and Holocaust History (April 12, 2019)
Topics » Jewish History and the Holocaust

New York Music Daily, Alex Weiser Resurrects a Brilliantly Obscure Tradition of Jewish Art-Song (April 12, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

Sequenza 21, And All The Days Were Purple (April 12, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

LABA Journal, Jewish But Not Judaic: Alex Weiser’s New Album (April 2, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

Jewish Renaissance, The Swimsuit Strike (April 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives

The Forward, ייִוואָ זומער־פּראָגראַם‟ טערמין דערנענטערט זיך„ (March 27, 2019)
Topic » Uriel Weinreich Summer Program

Tablet Magazine, Women Take Center Stage  (March 27, 2019)
Topics »  Avrom Goldfaden and the Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater / Sarah Schenirer and Bais Yaakov: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition / The Musical Legacy of Eastern European Jews / Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival

The Forward, From Alex Weiser, A New Musical Home For Yiddish (March 27, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

JTA, This Yiddish romance novel was a smash hit in 1877. It was just translated into English for the first time. (March 25, 2019, mention)
Topic » Yankev (Jacob) Dinezon’s 100th Yahrzeit

Inside Philanthropy, Critical History: Behind a Major Gift for a “Jewish Library of Congress” (March 25, 2019, mention)
Topic » The Door Slams Shut: Jews and Immigration in the Face of American Reaction

Broadway World, Katrina Lenk and More Feature in Carnegie Hall's FROM SHTETL TO STAGE. (March 21, 2019, mention)
Topics » The Musical Legacy of Eastern European Jews / Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival

Jewish Press, YIVO Launches New Online Exhibit (March 20, 2019)
Topic » Stories from the Archives: Jewish Immigration to America

The Shmooze: Yiddish Book Center Podcast, Alyssa Quint on "The Rise of Modern Yiddish Theater"  (March 20, 2019)
Topics »  Avrom Goldfaden and the Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater

JTA, Lithuania’s president visits YIVO (March 15, 2019, picked up by Cleveland Jewish News)
Topics » President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO / Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

The Good Will Foundation, Lithuania’s president visits YIVO Institute in New York (March 15, 2019)
Topics » President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO / Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

The Forward, ייִוואָ־אויסשטעלונג וועגן אימיגראַציע אויף דער אינטערנעץ (March 14, 2019)
Topic » Stories from the Archives: Jewish Immigration to America

The New York Times, 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend  (March 14, 2019)
Topic » Children’s Day

Delfi, Grybauskaitė: YIVO institute sukauptos intelektualinės vertybės liudija tiek apie žydų, tiek ir lietuvių kilnumą ir drąsą (March 13, 2019)
Topic » President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO

President of the Republic of Lithuania, Invaluable heritage of Vilnius Jews at the YIVO Institute  (March 13, 2019)
Topics » President of the Republic of Lithuania Visits YIVO / Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

Tablet Magazine, Esther in Furs  (March 13, 2019)
Topic » and all the days were purple

The New York Times, Immigrants Created American Music. A New Festival Tells Their Stories. (March 7, 2019, mention)
Topics » The Musical Legacy of Eastern European Jews / Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival

The Forward, April 15: Manhattan: ‘From Shtetl To Stage’ (March 5, 2019)
Topics » The Musical Legacy of Eastern European Jews / Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival

The New York Times, Carnegie Hall Festival to Celebrate Migration and America (March 1, 2019)
Topics » The Door Slams Shut: Jews and Immigration in the Face of American Reaction / Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival

The Algemeiner, In Downtown New York City, YIVO’s Archive Uncovers a Lost Jewish World (February 28, 2019)
Topic » YIVO History and Archives

JTA, What a Bergen-Belsen prenup teaches us about Jewish resilience (February 27, 2019, picked up by Intermountain Jewish News and The Jewish World)
Topic » YIVO History and Archives

Tablet Magazine, The Immigration Debate—in Cartoons (February 27, 2019)
Topic » The Door Slams Shut: Jews and Immigration in the Face of American Reaction

The Forward, גאָלדפֿאַדן און דער אױפֿקום פֿון ייִדישן מיטלשטאַנד אין רוסלאַנד (February 22, 2019)
Topic » Avrom Goldfaden and the Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater

eJewish Philanthropy, In the Age of Walls, the Bridgebuilder is King: Referendums, Borders and the Work of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe (February 21, 2019, mention)
Topic » Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Collections Project

The Forward, דרײַ טורן פֿון מיזרח־אייראָפּע מיט אַ ייִדישן טעם (February 19, 2019)
Topic » 2019 Lithuania and Poland Study Tour

Yiddish Voice Podcast, Kolya Borodulin, Dovid Braun, Valentine's Day (February 14, 2019)
Topic » Uriel Weinreich Summer Program

The Forward, The Folksbiene Has A Hit With ‘Yiddler,’ Here’s How It’s Bringing Back The Hits We’ve Forgotten (February 12, 2019, mention)
Topic » YIVO Archives

The Forward, קורס וועגן אָפּערע בײַ ייִדן אין ייִוואָ (February 7, 2019)
Topic » Jewish Opera: Literature, Folklore, and Historical Themes of Jewish Experience on the Opera Stage

CT Jewish Ledger, Who Will Write Our History (February 5, 2019, mention)
Topics » Who Will Write Our History / YIVO Archives

The Forward, “ייִדיש־שפּראַכיקע זינגערײַען מיט לאָרין סקלאַמבערג בײַם „ייִוואָ (February 4, 2019)
Topic » A friling zingeray: Springtime Yiddish Singing Circle

Freedom News, Reflections on the Yiddish Anarchist Movement (January 30, 2019)
Topic » Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition

The Forward, ?וואָס האָבן אַמאָליקע ייִדישע אַנאַרכיסטן טאַקע געוואָלט (January 29, 2019)
Topic » Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition

Culture and its Uses as Testimony, Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day 2019: The Future of Holocaust Education (January 29, 2019)
Topic » No Asylum

JTA, A YIVO conference finds a new audience for Yiddish anarchism (January 22, 2019, picked up by Cleveland Jewish News)
Topic » Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition

The Forward, ווידעאָ: קאָנפֿערענץ וועגן ייִדישן אַנאַרכיזם אין ייִוואָ (January 21, 2019)
Topic » Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition

In Geveb, Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2019 (January 20, 2019)
Topic » Uriel Weinreich Summer Program

Times of Israel, A forgotten chapter: When Jewish America spoke Yiddish — and was anarchist (January 20, 2019)
Topic » Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition

Tablet Magazine, Milk Can Memories (January 18, 2019, mention)
Topics » Who Will Write Our History / YIVO Archives

Yiddish Branzhe, רות רובין און אירע יורשים (January 16, 2019)
Topic » Ruth Rubin’s Legacy of Yiddish Song

Jewish Currents, The Lost World of Yiddish Anarchists (January 15, 2019)
Topic » Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition

The New York Times, The Hunt for the Nazi Loot Still Sitting on Library Shelves (January 14, 2019, mention)
Topic » YIVO History and Archives

Jewish Renaissance, London’s Yiddish Theatre (January 2019)
Topics » YIVO Archives / Oh Mama, I’m in Love! The Story of the Yiddish Stage

The Algemeiner, Resisting the Temptation of ‘Simple Myths’: Leading German Historian Christoph Dieckmann Reflects on the Holocaust (January 8, 2019)
Topic » Winter Program Keynote Lecture: Beyond Simple Myths

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