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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), a famous Soviet composer and Mieczyslav Weinberg (1919-1996), a Jewish composer who was persecuted by the Soviet State, had an unusual and long-term personal and professional relationship.

How can a culture flourish when its members are less than 1% of a population? Scholars discuss the needs of the Polish Jewish community, the reasons for Poles’ increasing interest in Jewish culture, and the complicated use of the word “revival” in connection to Jewish life in Poland today.

In his most recent book, The Pious Ones (Harper Collins), veteran New York Times journalist Joseph Berger investigates the complex web of issues surrounding American Hasidim today.

Miriam Trinh presents the two writers’ reactions to the Holocaust from the twin Jewish perspectives of ghetto and exile.

A day-long celebration of YIVO’s 90th anniversary with film screenings, panels and more, exploring the history of YIVO’s pioneering work in the U.S. over the last 75 years, and its future.

Chaim Munits was a man of diverse interests and talents. Born in Braslaw in 1911, he began his career as a teacher while also attending art school, where he learned cartography and photo-retouching. He entered YIVO’s autobiography contest, under the pseudonym Khagar Tsemakh, and won second place. Chaim was accepted into ...

What roles did Nazi-appointed Jews play in the death camps?

Outside media articles from 2013 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

The YIVO 90th Anniversary Gala honored Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, and New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.

Exekiel Lifschutz discusses the life and work of historian Heinrich Graetz (1817-1891).