A Very Jewish Christmas
Join us for a very Jewish Christmas celebration. It’s an open secret that many of the most popular Christmas songs were written by
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КатегорияYIVO Institute for Jewish Research
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded by scholars and intellectuals in Vilna, Poland, in 1925 to document and study Jewish life in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways, and material culture. YIVO had a special focus on the Jews of Eastern Europe, but collected books, manuscripts and other artifacts from Jewish communities around the world. It grew to be a beloved communal institution with active members from Buenos Aires to Shanghai.
Sleuthing in Yiddish: The Yiddish Forward as a Source for Family
In this presentation, Samuel Norich, president of the Forward Association, the not-for-profit publisher of the Forward and the Forverts, will provide an overview
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Mystic, Teacher, Troublemaker
Mystic, Teacher, Troublemaker: Shimon Engel and the Challenges of Hasidic Yeshiva Education in Interwar Poland Max Weinreich Fellowship Lecture in Polish Jewish Studies
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Cantata Profana performs Gustav Mahler’s 'Das Lied von der Erde'
6:00pm Pre-Concert Lecture 2nd Floor Kovno Room | Sponsored by the Jewish Music Forum Gustav Mahler: Jewish Identity and Nineteenth-Century Musical Culture, Dr.
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Jews in and after the 1917 Russian Revolution
JEWS IN AND AFTER THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION November 5, 2017 9:00am-6:00pm November 6, 2017 9:00am-6:00pm Co-sponsored by American Jewish Historical Society, Center
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A Yiddish Liederabend — An Evening of Yiddish Song
Celebrate the 2nd night of Hanukkah at YIVO! An elegant as well as nostalgic program devoted to treasures of Yiddish song and the
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Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories
Book Launch An underground history of downwardly mobile Jews, Bad Rabbi mines the Yiddish press to expose the seamy underbelly of pre-WWII New
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Chuck Fishman: Roots, Resilience and Renewal
A Portrait of Polish Jews, 1975–2016 Opening Reception and Photographer’s Talk 1:30pm-3:00pm From 1975 to 1983 Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to photograph
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The Book Smugglers
The Book Smugglers tells the story of the courageous Jews of the “Paper Brigade,” who risked their lives to rescue thousands of rare
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Henech Kon: Beyond the Dybbuk
Lecture by Diana Matut With a live performance of Kon’s works by Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev (soprano) and Zalmen Mlotek (piano). Henech Kon is best
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