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The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO), together with the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, is proud to announce the first recipient of the inaugural Award for Advancing Lithuanian–Jewish Relations and Understanding.

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On the 100th Anniversary of his death, The Archive of Zishe Siegmund Breitbart, the Jewish Superman, was donated to YIVO.

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The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research mourns the passing of Bruce Slovin, Chairman of the YIVO Board of Trustees from 1985 to 2012 and Chairman Emeritus from 2012 until his death.

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