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.
An evening of singing, stories, and reminiscences by renowned vocalist and scholar Ruth Rubin’s family, friends, colleagues, and students who continue to be
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Ina Lancman, daughter of Naftali Herts Kon, well-known Yiddish poet and writer, will give a presentation together with Polish attorney Tomasz T. Koncewicz.
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Lecture & Book Presentation Presented by Leo Baeck Institute, co-sponsored by YIVO Rudolf Klein, professor of modern architectural history at Szent István University,
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This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention. This symposium will address issues including the contentious history of the adoption
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This event will take place at Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, 4500 Dempster, Skokie, IL. Letters written by Sholem Aleichem. A postcard
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Jewish Responses to The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice occupies a unique place in world culture. As the fictional, albeit
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