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Yiddish children’s books contain some of the most stunning illustrations in the world of Jewish books. These works, part of YIVO’s Yidishe kinder exhibit, reveal the creativity of Yiddish artists. (2017)

A conference explores introducing American Jewry to Yiddish culture and literature.

In this presentation, Samuel Norich, president of the Forward Association, the not-for-profit publisher of the Forward and the Forverts, will provide an overview of the role the Yiddish Forward has played for American Jews for the past 120 years.

An underground history of downwardly mobile Jews, Bad Rabbi mines the Yiddish press to expose the seamy underbelly of pre-WWII New York and Warsaw, the two major centers of Yiddish culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This lecture will trace the migration of a Yiddish propaganda song, which was originally written in the 1920s to encourage Soviet Jews to join the new colonies in Crimea and to become farmers, and which was revived in the 1960s by American folk singers.

A concert in celebration of the rich breadth of music with Yiddish lyrics including Yiddish Theater Songs, Yiddish Folk Songs, and Yiddish Art Songs.

YIVO launches a new online-exhibition highlighting the field recordings of over 1,500 Yiddish lider (songs) made by renowned vocalist and scholar, Ruth Rubin.

Join us for a party celebrating the launch of our newest online class, Oh Mama, I’m in Love! The Story of the Yiddish Stage. Your ticket includes free signature drinks, theater snacks, live music, and an exhibition featuring original archival objects from the Yiddish theater.

Join us for the presentation of “One of Those,” a play from the heyday of Yiddish theater in a newly-commissioned English translation.

“The Essence” is a theatrical introduction to Yiddish language and Yiddish theater. This performance features anecdotal and historical material in English, along with music and scenes from the best of Yiddish theater (with supertitle translation).