YIVO Press Releases
YIVO Hosts Distinguished Clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński for a Concert of Jewish Clarinet Masterworks
On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host distinguished Warsaw-based clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński for a rare American recital performing Jewish classical music masterworks.
YIVO is Participating in Carnegie Hall's Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) Festival
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce its participation in Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) festival.
YIVO Hosts Series of Events Celebrating its 100th Anniversary
This year, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Throughout the year, YIVO will be hosting a series of public programs celebrating the 100 years since its founding.
YIVO Receives $54,000 Donation for 2025 Yiddish Summer Program Centennial Scholarships
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has received $54,000 from The Leona Zweig Rosenberg Trust to support summer Yiddish study at the 2025 YIVO-Bard Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture.
The 2025 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization Celebrates YIVO’s Centennial
The 2025 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 7-24, 2025).
YIVO Presents the New York Premiere of Burning Off the Page
YIVO will host the New York premiere of Burning Off the Page, about Russian-born American Yiddish poet and fiction writer Celia Dropkin (1887–1956). The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Eli Gorn, Professor Agnieszka Legutko, and poet Edward Hirsch.
YIVO Presents the US Premiere of Proof of Identity
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to host the US premiere of Proof of Identity, a documentary exploring Holocaust memory and Jewish identity in Poland today.
YIVO Presents the First in a Series of Programs Held in Conjunction with Its Current Digitization Project of the Jewish Labor and Political Archives
YIVO will host Two Revolutionary Jews: Leon Trotsky and Chaim Zhitlowsky¸ the first in a series of programs held in conjunction with YIVO’s current digitization project of the Jewish Labor and Political Archives (JLPA).
YIVO Commemorates the Jewish Community of Vilna
On Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 1:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host its annual Nusakh Vilne Memorial commemorating the Jewish community of Vilna – the birth place of YIVO.
YIVO Hosts Festival and Conference Dedicated to the Cultural Achievementsof Ex-Orthodox Jews
On September 15-16, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host After Orthodoxy: Cultural Creativity and the Break with Tradition, a conference and festival organized by “Off the Derech” (OTD) Jews (off the Orthodox path) and allies who have exited other strict religious communities.