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Bas Sheve is one of the only known pre-Holocaust Yiddish operas. Presumed lost, it was discovered in 2017 and made its North American debut in the summer of 2022. This panel will discuss the performance with video examples provided.

Join YIVO and the Yiddish Book Center for the New York premiere screening of Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), an award-winning documentary about the life and survival of Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, featuring his granddaughter, actress Hadas Kalderon. A Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screening.

Examine and discuss the cultural roots of Yiddish theatrical songs and the special allure of this music for more than three generations of immigrant-era audiences.

Have you always wanted to study Yiddish at YIVO’s Summer Program? Are you wondering what it would be like to take the program online or in person? Join faculty and staff of YIVO's Summer Program for a brief information session.

Have you always wanted to study Yiddish at YIVO’s Summer Program? Are you wondering what it would be like to take the program online or in person? Join faculty and staff of YIVO's Summer Program for a brief information session.

Have you always wanted to study Yiddish at YIVO’s Summer Program? Are you wondering what it would be like to take the program online or in person? Join faculty and staff of YIVO's Summer Program for a brief information session.

Jeremiah Lockwood, in a conversation with journalist and playwright Rokhl Kafrissen, explores the Yiddish folksong tradition, Yiddish music today, and his new arrangements of Yiddish ballads. The presentation will culminate in a video-premiere of one of his songs.

YIVO and the National Library of Israel (NLI) are delighted to announce the completion of the digitization of the Papers of Chaim Grade and Inna Hecker Grade. Making this collection available online will enrich the lives of lovers of Jewish and Yiddish literature throughout the world.

Elaine Wilson discusses Peretz Markish’s Yiddish long-form poems, Di kupe (The Mound) and Radyo (Radio), in relation to the architectural aspirations of the Soviet avant-garde.

David Birnbaum examines the themes and questions raised by close readings of tales of Rebbe Nakhman of Bratslav, considered by his followers to contain his most holy and mystical teachings, and seen by secular Yiddish literary critics as a foundational text of modern Yiddish literature.