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New York’s Yiddish Theater: Interview with Edna Nahshon
Interview with Edna Nahshon, curator of the Yiddish theater exhibition at the Museum of the City of NY.
Looking back: First YIVO Summer Yiddish program (1968)
YIVO’s intensive Yiddish summer program was founded 48 years ago.
Calculating the Rhythms of Jewish Life
Very few of the Hebrew books in the Strashun Library collection have illustrations. But this one does: beautiful charts for calculating Jewish time.
YIVO’s New Exhibition on Jewish Comedians of the 20th Century
Jerry Lewis, art by Drew Friedman. Courtesy of Drew Friedman. New York, NY (February 11, 2016) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research's newest exhibition, Professional Jokers: Jewish Jesters from the Golden Age of American Comedy. Professional Jokers opens at 6:00 pm on Monday, February 29, at YIVO (located at 15 ...
Yudel Mark Discusses the Czernowitz Conference
Yudel Mark discusses the importance of the Czernowitz Conference, the first international conference devoted to Yiddish.
“This is What Researchers Dream About Finding”: A Fragment About "The Dybbuk"
A review of a Hebrew-language performance of “The Dybbuk” provides the occasion for a manifesto on language in the performing arts.
How Jewish Scholars Helped Save Karaites from the Nazis
A YIVO collection bears witness to the quiet heroism of Jewish scholars who helped Karaites evade murder by the Nazis.
A Scholarly Look at Abraham Mapu
Abraham Mapu was a seminal figure in the rise of modern Hebrew literature.
Samuel Kassow Appointed YIVO’S Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar for 2016
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Samuel Kassow as the 2016 Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar in East European Jewish History.
Early Example of Modern Jewish Scholarship Digitized
The Strashun Library contains many important secular Hebrew works.