News & Features

(NEW YORK, February 12, 2013) – For almost 90 years, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been home to the largest and historically most important archive and library of Eastern European Jewish civilization in the world; including the single largest collection of Yiddish language materials. For more than 120 ...

(NEW YORK, January 16, 2013) – The YIVO Institute is delighted to announce the launching of its new website, the Online Guide to the YIVO Archives at yivoarchives.org. Created by the YIVO project team with the generous support of the Kronhill Pletka Foundation, the new site expands and upgrades the original ...

Outside media articles from 2013 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

(NEW YORK, November 16, 2012) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce a conference on the history of the YIVO Library, to be held on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 7:00pm. This program will introduce to the public the fascinating history of the treasures of the YIVO ...

New Multi-Level Partnership will Promote General Knowledge of Polish Jewish History and Culture through Innovative Exchange and Educational and Public Programs (NEW YORK, October 23, 2012) – For 87 years, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been amassing the world’s largest and most historically important collection of materials on East ...

(NEW YORK, April 15, 2012)– Sunday and Monday, May 6 and 7, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will be hosting an international conference on Jews and the Left. Scholars from the U.S., Israel, and Europe will come together to discuss and debate the relationship between Jews and leftwing politics, ...

List of recipients of YIVO’s 2012-2013 faculty and graduate student fellowships.

Outside media articles from 2012 about YIVO and YIVO-related topics.

(NEW YORK, November 3, 2011) – Sunday, November 20 at the Riverdale Temple inaugurates the first of a four-part lecture series that will launch the new Jewish Culture Series (YIVO Yidishe kultur-serye). This Jewish Culture Series is the first community outreach program for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research as ...

The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize has the pleasure to announce that Professor Marcin Wodziński of Wrocław, Poland, is the 2011 recipient of the Karski-Nirenska award. Endowed by Professor Jan Karski at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to ...