YIVO Press Releases

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce its newest on-site exhibition, The Instant Art of Morris Katz, which explores Morris Katz’s background, art, and his unique creative process.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $314,600 from The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ).

Join the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 7:00pm for a reading of Tea Arciszewska’s Miryeml, a play about the experiences of children during the pogroms that followed World War I.

On Thursday, March 21, 2024, YIVO will launch the fifth course in the Shine Online Educational Series, Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America. This course, along with all of YIVO’s Shine Online courses, will be free of charge.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to host the launch concert and party celebrating the release of in a dark blue night, the follow-up to Alex Weiser’s Pulitzer Prize nominated debut album and all the days were purple.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce its participation in Carnegie Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice festival. The New York City festival will explore one of the most complex and consequential chapters in modern history: Germany’s Weimar Republic of 1919-1933.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, devoted to education and historical truth, has developed a three-part webinar series to explore The Origins and Ideology of Hamas curated by historian Jeffrey Herf and featuring other highly regarded historians, such as Benny Morris and Matthias Küntzel.

The 2024 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 9-26, 2024).

On Monday, December 11, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host a concert reading of Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love—an operetta by Jewish composers Joseph Rumshinsky and Anshel Shor—performed by students of the Bard Conservatory Vocal Arts Program.

On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will celebrate the launch of Yiddish Voices, an exciting new series showcasing literary works in new English translations.