News & Features

Alex Weiser discusses the oral tradition of Jewish songs in the Yiddish language, a musical genre well-represented in YIVO’s archival and library holdings.

See the twelfth article in the Jewish Renaissance column The Yiddishists, delving into the YIVO Archives.

We are most grateful to our members and supporters, whose financial support ensured that YIVO was able to continue in its mission and provide enriching content to our global audience. Here are a few highlights from 2021.

Hear what people are saying about the Project.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has completed the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project (EBYVOC), a historic 7-year, $7 million initiative to process, conserve and digitize YIVO’s divided prewar library and archival collections. Through the Project, these materials have been digitally reunited through a dedicated web portal, making them accessible to a worldwide audience for the first time.

Outside media articles from 2022 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

The 2022 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization, to be held online this winter (January 4-21, 2022), offers a diverse lineup of presenters from around the world.

YIVO’s newest feature article in the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, The Modern Potato Latke Was Not Inevitable, by Jane Tuszynski, Program Coordinator.

For the fourth year in a row, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will delve into how Jewish culture developed around Christmas.

See the eleventh article in the Jewish Renaissance column The Yiddishists, delving into the YIVO Archives.