Treasures from the YIVO Collections

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Every Friday throughout 2025, YIVO releases a new video highlighting a book, object, or artifact from its collections. Each short video features a YIVO staff member discussing an item and explaining its historical significance. Subscribe to YIVO's YouTube Channel.

Delve into some of these and other objects from the YIVO Collections in the recently published 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

October Videos

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YIVO Archivist & Special Projects Manager Hallel Yadin discusses an English translation of Kentucky by I.J. Schwartz, which was the first major work in Yiddish to present the Southern United States as its primary theme. (October 3, 2025)

YIVO Learning and Media Center Educator Susannah Trubman discusses a drawing from the Vilna Ghetto. (October 10, 2025)

YIVO Sound Archivist Lorin Sklamberg discusses Molly Picon's manuscript for her humorous song "A yid a shiker." (October 17, 2025)

YIVO Public Programs Associate Julia Rothkoff discusses a home video that offers a glimpse into the everyday lives of American Jewish baseball fans in the early 20th century. (October 24, 2025)

YIVO Archivist & Special Projects Manager Hallel Yadin discusses a delicatessen tribute book from 1925 which offers a glimpse into the deli industry world through photographs, member information, and advertisements. (October 31, 2025)

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September Videos

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YIVO Director of Education Ben Kaplan discusses the word lists assembled by Nokhum Stutshkov for the comprehensive Yiddish dictionary project. (September 5, 2025)

YIVO Director of Collections Stefanie Halpern discusses a songbook from Di Bin youth movement. (September 12, 2025)

YIVO Public Programs Associate Julia Rothkoff discusses postal stamps commemorating Sholem Aleichem. (September 19, 2025)

YIVO Sound Archivist Eléonore Biezunski discusses a 78 RPM disc of Zavel Kwartin's "Unsane Tokef." (September 26, 2025)