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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.

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.

YIVO presents an elegant as well as nostalgic program devoted to treasures of Yiddish song and the poetry that has inspired this musical expression in all its variety of style. Neil W. Levin will deliver the pre-concert lecture on the development of the Yiddish lieder tradition and its literary basis.

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

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.

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.

“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).

Join YIVO for the release of a new collection of Yiddish tales—In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times—edited by writer, translator, and literary scholar David Stromberg. The evening—hosted by Debra Caplan, a scholar of Yiddish theater and one of the collection's translators—will feature readings from the tales and a discussion of the collection's genesis and translation process.

YIVO presents The Essence of Yiddish Theater, a theatrical introduction to Yiddish language and Yiddish theater.