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Based on what is the first cultural history of the immigrant Jewish community in Paris, this talk will discuss the Modern Jewish Culture Pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair - a virtually unknown exhibition of global Yiddish culture.

We want your talent in Yiddish! Join our celebrated hosts, entertainers Shane Baker and Miryem-Khaye Seigel, and special guests for a fun, intimate night of Yiddish performance.

YIVO’s intensive Yiddish summer program was founded 48 years ago.

Exhibit on the thriving Yiddish theater culture of NYC from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Located at MCNY. (2016)

Interview with Edna Nahshon, curator of the Yiddish theater exhibition at the Museum of the City of NY.

Buenos Aires was once famous for Yiddish theater – crowds would leave the shows past midnight and retire to the Bar Internacional to compare notes until four. In this talk, Amy Kerner suggests a framework for understanding how Yiddish theater traveled from Europe to Buenos Aires and what was new about it after WWII.

YIVO has been active for decades in the teaching of Yiddish and the documentation of Yiddish culture.

This lecture explored the Broder singers’ history, repertoire, and style, and their relationship to Yiddish theater.

Back in 1968, there was a Yiddish course for high school students in New York City.

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.