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

Join YIVO and the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene for a recording of the public radio show, Person Place Thing, with actor Steven Skybell and Artistic Director of the NYTF Zalmen Mlotek, hosted by humorist Randy Cohen

Mikhl Yashinsky examines a series of powerful theatrical scenes to explore the motivating forces and inspiration behind their creation.

Mikhl Yashinsky examines a series of powerful theatrical scenes to explore the motivating forces and inspiration behind their creation.

This talk examines the life and work of memoirist, poet, and journalist Daniel Charney (1888-1959), with a focus on his time at the Arbeter Ring (Workmen’s Circle) tuberculosis sanatorium in Liberty, New York in the mid-1940s.

Read, listen to, and talk about short stories, essays, journalistic writing, folklore, and more from a literary and linguistic point of view with Vera Szabó.

Yaad Biran discusses Mordecai Kosover’s research demonstrating that the history of Jews of the modern-day Land of Israel began decades before Rishon LeTzion, and that the Jewish community of the Land of Israel was very connected to a worldwide “Yiddishland.”

Are you ready for a Yiddish space journey? You’re about to blast off on a daring mission beyond the stratosphere to explore the far reaches of the universe — in Yiddish. As your spaceship hums to life and the countdown begins, there’s just one thing left to check: are you truly ...

Check your answers below and let us know how you did on social media! #yiddishquizzes 1. What do astronauts travel in to reach space? a) די אונטערבאַן - di únterban - subway b) די באַן - di ban - train c) דער פּ(אַ)ראָם - der p(a)róm - ferry d) ער סקוטער - der skúter - scooter e) ...

In Fall 2017 and Winter 2018, YIVO hosts two Yiddish-language seminars led by Itsik Bleaman and Yankl-Peretz Blum.