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YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization
This January, study with leading scholars in the field of Jewish Studies. Space is limited; all classes meet on Zoom.
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UPCOMING PROGRAM
In Search of Greener Fields
Rurality, Nostalgia, and Ideology in Yiddish-American Folksong
November 6, 2024 | 7:30pm ET -
EXHIBITION NOW ON VIEW
Runaway Husbands, Desperate Families
The Story of the National Desertion Bureau
What We Do
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