News & Features

The Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award Committee, comprised of Jonathan Brent (Executive Director of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research), Monika Krawczyk (director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute), Ewa Geller, Tadeusz Epsztein and Andrzej Żbikowski, has awarded the prize for the year 2022 to Professor Anna Landau-Czajka.

The 2023 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 10-27, 2023).

On Sunday, November 13, 2022, the story of YIVO, the Paper Brigade, and the rescue of Jewish artifacts and culture was featured in a segment on 60 Minutes on CBS.

Composer Michael Gordon discusses the forthcoming Carnegie Hall premiere of his work Travel Guide to Nicaragua with composer and YIVO Director of Public Programs Alex Weiser.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce this fall's YIVO Yiddish Club sessions.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce its participation in a series of events — with Carnegie Hall, the Fisher Center at Bard College, and the Hugo Kauder Society — celebrating the work and legacy of Austrian Jewish composer Hugo Kauder (1888-1972).

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce the addition of Ambassador Meryl Frank (ret) to its Board of Directors.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to purchase the materials to rehouse YIVO’s historic Jewish Political and Labor Movement Archives.

For Howard, learning Yiddish is the best way to connect with the history and culture of Ashkenazic Jewry.

Caleb's experience in YIVO's Summer program helps him find his Yiddish.