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YIVO’s newest feature article in the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, A Song Still Vital: Preserving and Reviving Yiddish Folk Music, by Alex Weiser, Director of Public Programs.

Take this Yiddish quiz on plant names.

Neil W. Levin, YIVO's Anne E. Leibowitz Visiting Professor-in-Residence in Music, explores the first Yiddish opera, King Ahaz (Melekh Akhaz), composed in 1911 by Samuel Alman.

Barbara Mann explores the publishing history of Yiddish and Hebrew little magazines, their content, physical features, and readership.

Marc Caplan examines the historical significance and legendary allure of Weimar culture by considering three of its most significant Yiddish writers: Moyshe Kulbak, Dovid Bergelson, and Der Nister.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce the opening of its newest on-site exhibition on September 5, 2023, Palestinian Yiddish: A Look at Yiddish in the Land of Israel before 1948.

Neil W. Levin continues his exploration of Yiddish opera under the auspices of his position as Anne E. Leibowitz Visiting Professor-in-Residence in Music.

Yiddish musicians and researchers Isabel Frey and Benjy Fox-Rosen present a thought-provoking concert-lecture on Holocaust memory and cultural expectations. Followed by a Q&A with the performers, moderated by Samantha Cooper and Gordon Dale.

This weekly standard class covers the alef-beys and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for those who are new to the Yiddish language or would like a review.

This weekly standard class covers the alef-beys and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for those who are new to the Yiddish language or would like a review.