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Fall 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the trial of Mendel Beilis, an innocent factory clerk in tsarist Russia accused of murdering a Christian. During its time, the Beilis Trial provoked international protest from media, politicians, writers and intellectuals, but today it is little known.

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

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.

YIVO commemorates Sholem Aleichem’s hundredth yortsayt with a new exhibition featuring materials from the newly acquired Sholem Aleichem Family Archive. To kick off this exhibition, YIVO is hosting two Sholem Aleichem tribute events.

The 2016 Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture begins its 49th consecutive year. One of the largest classes in years, the 2016 cohort has students ages 13-70 from four continents around the world. The program will be held June 27th to August 5th, 2016 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

This symposium brought together archivists, scholars and performers to discuss the history and creation of Yiddish folk music archives, and the future of the study and performance of Yiddish song today. What is the role of Jewish music archives in fostering new scholarship and Yiddish music?

In this evening, the Grammy-winning, New York-based Klezmatics will perform an acoustic version of the score they composed for the installation, along with related music.

Celebrate the release of Toyznt Tamen = A Thousand Flavors, a new recording by Yiddish singer and songwriter Miryem-Khaye Seigel.

Each year from 1922 until 1978, when it closed, the secular Yiddish summer camp Camp Boiberik hosted the “Felker Yontev” (Holiday of Nations) Yiddish pageant, enacting Isaiah’s prophetic vision of world peace.