YIVO Press Releases
Lithuanian Prime Minister Visits YIVO
As part of his recent trip to the United States, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas of Lithuania visited YIVO on June 30, 2008. He was given a tour of YIVO’s Rare Book Room and Archives, followed by a discussion that touched on YIVO-owned Hebrew- and Yiddish-language books, rediscovered in 1989, that ...
YIVO Celebrates Israel at 60 with New Exhibition
"From Dream to Reality : Zionism and the Birth of Israel" (NEW YORK, June 11, 2008) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit to mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. "From Dream to Reality: Zionism ...
YIVO to Honor Lawrence H. Summers at 83rd Annual Benefit Dinner on May 13, 2008
(NEW YORK, April 16, 2008)– The YIVO Institute for Jewish research is proud to announce that it will honor Lawrence H. Summers, past president of Harvard University and former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, on May 13, 2008 at its 83rd Annual Benefit Dinner. This year the Dinner Chairs are William ...
Columbia University Libraries and YIVO Announce Joint Preservation Initiative for Historic Yiddish Newspapers
(NEW YORK, April 8, 2008) – Columbia University Libraries and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announced today a joint initiative to preserve unique and historically significant South American Yiddish newspapers and make them accessible to scholars, researchers, and students. In 2001, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research—a preeminent research and ...
YIVO Encyclopedia Makes Its Debut as the Definitive Reference Work on Jews in Eastern Europe
‘The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe’ Captures Jewish History and Culture across Centuries and Countries (NEW YORK, March 2008) – For the first time, the centuries-long history and culture of East European Jewry is presented in a reference work representing seven years of research and collaborative scholarly effort. An ...
Touro College and YIVO Institute to Sponsor 'Rabbis and Rebbes - Artists and Intellectuals'
Leading Scholars to Explore Cultures of Eastern European Jewry (NEW YORK, February 7, 2008) – The Touro College Graduate School of Jewish Studies and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research are joining together to co-sponsor a conference on major areas of Jewish creativity in modern Eastern Europe. Titled “Rabbis and Rebbes, Artists ...
Otto Frank File Found at YIVO
Newly Discovered File Documents Efforts of Anne Frank’s Father to Escape from Nazi-Occupied Holland —Otto Frank File Found in YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s Archives —Details Difficulties Faced by Jewish Refugees Seeking to Flee Europe for the U.S. and Cuba (NEW YORK, February 14, 2007) – Ever since the first publication of her ...