So Many Jewish Traditions Under One Roof - We’re Kvelling!

MARCH MASH-UP: A FAMILY FESTIVAL
at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Presented by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research along with our partners the American Jewish Historical Society, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the Center for Jewish History

When: Sunday March 4, 2018 | 11:00am-1:00pm

Where: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Center for Jewish History Building (15 West 16th Street, Manhattan

Reserve tickets at yivo.org/2018ChildrensDay
Family Admission: $10; Members YIVO | CJH | AJHS | LBI | YUM: $5
Reservations are highly recommended!

(New York, NY) – Winter is ending, spring is coming, and we’re ready to celebrate. It’s a Purim-themed March Mash-Up of family fun as YIVO teams up with the Center for Jewish History and its partner organizations. Kids, parents, and grandparents will experience the delightful diversity of Jewish culture from countries around the world - right here on West 16th Street. We’ll have storytelling and songs from many lands, colorful craft projects, a Yiddish-flavored puppet show, and the sweet taste of Purim too. Plus scavenger hunts and family friendly tours of our new exhibitions: Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit and Hey, Wow! The Art of Oded Halahmy. March Mash-Up will feature performances by the Yiddish Puppet theater troupe, Great Small Works, storyteller Shane Baker and singer Eleanore Biezunski and holiday treats from the Gefilteria.

About the Participants

The Gefiliteria: Pronounced ge•filte•ria, like a taqueria but with gefilte fish instead of tacos, the Gefiliteria was founded in 2012 by Liz Alpert and Jeffrey Yoskowitz. Both have been featured in Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for food and wine, and their mission is to reimagine eastern European Jewish cuisine and adapt classic dishes to the tastes of a new generation.

Great Small Works: Founded in 1995, received a 2005 Puppeteers of America Jim Henson Award for Innovation in the Field of Puppetry, a 1997 Village Voice OBIE Award grant, a 1997 UNIMA Citation for excellence in puppetry<./p>

Shane Baker is the best-loved Episcopalian on the Yiddish stage today. As director of the Congress for Jewish Culture, he produced events marking Sholem Aleichem’s 100th yortsayt around the world including his Israeli debut in Tel Aviv. He also recently starred as Vladimir in his own Yiddish translation of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, produced Off Broadway and internationally by the New Yiddish Rep. Baker is renowned not only for his translations and acting, but also for his recitations of Yiddish poetry.

Eléonore Biezunski is a singer, violinist and archivist. She was trained in classical violin, klezmer music, Yiddish song, and voice.

About YIVO

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the preservation and study of the history and culture of East European Jewry worldwide. For nearly a century, YIVO has pioneered new forms of Jewish scholarship, research, education, and cultural expression. Our public programs and exhibitions, as well as online and on-site courses, extend our outreach to a global community. The YIVO Archives contains 24 million unique items and YIVO’s Library has over 400,000 volumes—the single largest resource for the study of East European Jewish life in the world. yivo.org / yivo.org/the-whole-story

About American Jewish Historical Society

The oldest national ethnic historical organization in the United States, the American Jewish Historical Society provides access to more than 20 million documents and 50,000 books, photographs, art and artifacts that reflect the history of the Jewish presence in the United States from 1654 to the present. Among the treasures of this heritage are the first American book published in Hebrew; the handwritten original of Emma Lazarus’s The New Colossus, which is the poem that graces the Statue of Liberty; records of the nation’s leading Jewish communal organizations; and important collections in the fields of education, philanthropy, science, sports, business and the arts. ajhs.org

About American Sephardi Federation

The American Sephardi Federation preserves and promotes the history, traditions, and rich mosaic culture of Greater Sephardic communities as an integral part of the Jewish experience. ASF hosts high-profile cultural events and exhibitions, produces widely-read online (Sephardi World Weekly, Sephardi Ideas Monthly) and print (The Sephardi Report) publications, supports research, scholarship, and the National Sephardic Library, and represents the Sephardi voice in diplomatic and Jewish communal affairs as a member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and World Jewish Congress. americansephardi.org

About Leo Baeck Institute

The Leo Baeck Institute was founded in 1955 by a circle of émigré Jewish intellectuals who resolved to document the vibrant German-speaking Jewish culture that had been nearly extinguished in the Holocaust. In the decades since, LBI has worked to fulfill that mission by building a world-class research collection. With an 80,000 volume library, millions of pages of archival documents, 25,000 photographs, 8,000 art objects, 2,000 memoirs, and hundreds of oral histories, LBI’s collections document centuries of Jewish life in central Europe. lbi.org

About Yeshiva University Museum

The Yeshiva University Museum was founded in 1973 with the mission to present, research, and interpret Jewish art and culture across history and from the four corners of the world. A prominent Jewish cultural resource and tourist destination, the Museum develops artistically creative and thought-provoking exhibitions that offer revealing perspectives on Jewish texts, traditions and experience. Through its programs, the Museum provides a window into Jewish culture around the world and throughout history, mounting concurrent exhibitions that explore contemporary and historic manifestations of Jewish art and life. yumuseum.org

About the Center for Jewish History

The Center for Jewish History in New York City illuminates history, culture, and heritage. The Center provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

The partners’ archives comprise the world’s largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The collections span a thousand years, with more than 5 miles of archival documents (in dozens of languages and alphabet systems), more than 500,000 volumes, as well as thousands of artworks, textiles, ritual objects, recordings, films, and photographs.

The Center’s experts are leaders in unlocking archival material for a wide audience through the latest practices in digitization, library science, and public education. As one of the world’s foremost research institutions, the Center offers fellowships, a wide array of exhibitions, symposia, conferences and lectures. The Center is a Smithsonian Affiliate, and is a partner of the Google Cultural Institute.

The Center for Jewish History is home to the Lillian Goldman Reading Room, Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute, the David Berg Rare Book Room and the Collection Management & Conservation Wing. Public programs create opportunities for diverse audiences to explore the rich historical and cultural material that lives within the Center's walls. cjh.org