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YIVO presents The Essence of Yiddish Theater, a theatrical introduction to Yiddish language and Yiddish theater.

This is the Frequently Asked Questions page for YIVO’s winter Yiddish seminars.

The Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater examines its origins, from roughly 1876 to 1883, through the works of one of its best-known and most colorful figures, Avrom Goldfaden. Join us for the launch of this new book with a discussion of this rich theatrical tradition as well as the broader social life that its study sheds light on.

Join us for a special concert featuring NEA National Heritage Fellow Michael Alpert and special guests. A native Yiddish speaker, Alpert is a celebrated innovator in Yiddish song, whose original compositions have expanded the canon.

YIVO’s newest online archive highlights the field recordings of over 1,900 Yiddish lider (songs) made by renowned vocalist and scholar, Ruth Rubin.

This conference, the first of its kind, highlights the emerging new scholarship on the forgotten world of Yiddish-speaking anarchists. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars whose multilingual research examines the origin, evolution, and contributions of Jewish anarchism in New York City and beyond.

There is no single Yiddish collection in the YIVO Library. But the 40,000 Yiddish-language titles comprise the largest collection of Yiddish books in the world.

There are over 100 Yiddish dictionaries in the YIVO Library.

For over 40 years, poet Rosa Lebensboym (better known by her pen name Anna Margolin) made her living as a journalist. This talk will explore Lebensboym’s life and career, and what they reveal about the roles female journalists played in the development of the American Yiddish press.

Explore YIVO’s role in the development of modern Yiddish, and Yiddish resources at YIVO.