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In 1908, a group of young musicians—with the encouragement of their teacher, composer Rimsky-Korsakov—organized the Society for Jewish Folk Music to create a modern national style of Jewish concert music. This program highlights their music and follows their journey from Russia to Europe, Palestine, and the United States.

A massive collection of albums, photographs, and ephemera relating to Jewish involvement in comedy, c. 1860-1970, featuring materials from Drew Friedman's Comedy Jewseum. (2016)

What was YIVO up to in 1968?

Outside media articles from 2014 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

Outside media articles from 2011 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

New York, NY– YIVO and ASJM present: A Musical Journey from Russia, a concert highlighting the work of the Society for Jewish Folk Music on Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 at 6:30pm at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011). The Society for Jewish Folk Music ...

In this talk, David Slucki traces the development of Holocaust survivor organizations, through which survivors negotiated their understandings of who was a survivor, what was the Holocaust, and how it should be memorialized.

Three women who were close to YIVO passed away last month: Rose Klepfisz, Pearl Sapoznik, Yael Penkower.

Follow Di Shekhter-tekhter, accompanied by their Musical Director and father, Binyumen Schaechter, in this film premiere of their one-of-a-kind musical revue, which has enthralled audiences around the world.

During World War II, Stalin’s ideologists decided to form a new organization called the Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC), which became a structural unit of the Soviet Information Bureau, or Sovinformburo.