YIVO Press Releases
YIVO Hosts a Live Recording of Public Radio Show Person Place Thing
On Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:30pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host a recording of the public radio show, Person Place Thing, with host and humorist Randy Cohen and YIVO Executive Director Jonathan Brent.
YIVO Hosts an Evening of Sephardic Art Song
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host a recital of Sephardic art songs, offering a captivating glimpse into Sephardic culture and history.
YIVO Celebrates 100 Years!
A Century of Cultural Stewardship – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Celebrates 100 years
Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade Translated into English for the First Time
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is thrilled to announce that SONS AND DAUGHTERS, the last and previously untranslated novel by Chaim Grade, will be published by Alfred A. Knopf on March 25, 2025. Translated by Rose Waldman with an introduction by Adam Kirsch, SONS AND DAUGHTERS is available in English for the first time.
YIVO Hosts Distinguished Clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński for a Concert of Jewish Clarinet Masterworks
On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host distinguished Warsaw-based clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński for a rare American recital performing Jewish classical music masterworks.
YIVO is Participating in Carnegie Hall's Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) Festival
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce its participation in Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) festival.
YIVO Hosts Series of Events Celebrating its 100th Anniversary
This year, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Throughout the year, YIVO will be hosting a series of public programs celebrating the 100 years since its founding.
YIVO Receives $54,000 Donation for 2025 Yiddish Summer Program Centennial Scholarships
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has received $54,000 from The Leona Zweig Rosenberg Trust to support summer Yiddish study at the 2025 YIVO-Bard Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture.
The 2025 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization Celebrates YIVO’s Centennial
The 2024 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter (January 7-24, 2025).
YIVO Presents the New York Premiere of Burning Off the Page
YIVO will host the New York premiere of Burning Off the Page, about Russian-born American Yiddish poet and fiction writer Celia Dropkin (1887–1956). The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Eli Gorn, Professor Agnieszka Legutko, and poet Edward Hirsch.