YIVO Press Releases

YIVO presents historian and author Adam Michnik who will talk about the history of antisemitism and efforts to resist it in 20th century Poland. Introducing Michnik will be Andrzej Rojek, Chairman of the Board for the Jan Karski Educational Foundation. 

YIVO presents The Essence of Yiddish Theater, a theatrical introduction to Yiddish language and Yiddish theater.

YIVO presents a special evening celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program and honoring Chava Lapin.

Philip Roth (1933-2018) died last night, a soaring voice of American letters, a calming presence of intelligence, wit, decency and scorn in the chaos and cruel indifference of American culture.

YIVO presents a concert featuring a variety of chamber music by Joachim Stutschewsky and composers of his coterie.

YIVO is thrilled to announce a $3 million gift from Bruce Slovin to name the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum. This gift was given in honor and in loving memory of Mr. Slovin’s wife, Francesca.

How do astronauts celebrate Shabbat at sundown when the sun rises and sets approximately every hour?

YIVO launches a new online-exhibition highlighting the field recordings of over 1,500 Yiddish lider (songs) made by renowned vocalist and scholar, Ruth Rubin.

Senator Dick Durbin is receiving YIVO’s Founders Award for his role in preserving the nearly-destroyed legacy of the rich and vibrant Jewish culture in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Kids, parents, and grandparents will experience the delightful diversity of Jewish culture from countries around the world in this Purim-themed March Mash-Up of family fun.