YIVO Press Releases

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to host the US premiere of Proof of Identity, a documentary exploring Holocaust memory and Jewish identity in Poland today.

On Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 1:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host its annual Nusakh Vilne Memorial commemorating the Jewish community of Vilna – the birth place of YIVO.

On September 15-16, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host After Orthodoxy: Cultural Creativity and the Break with Tradition, a conference and festival organized by “Off the Derech” (OTD) Jews (off the Orthodox path) and allies who have exited other strict religious communities.

ChaiFlicks, the world’s leading streaming platform for Jewish storytelling, has entered into a content partnership with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) is pleased to announce a new on-site exhibition, opening to the public on Monday, June 17, 2024, with an opening event. It will be on view through the fall.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce its newest on-site exhibition, The Instant Art of Morris Katz, which explores Morris Katz’s background, art, and his unique creative process.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $314,600 from The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ).

Join the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 7:00pm for a reading of Tea Arciszewska’s Miryeml, a play about the experiences of children during the pogroms that followed World War I.

On Thursday, March 21, 2024, YIVO will launch the fifth course in the Shine Online Educational Series, Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America. This course, along with all of YIVO’s Shine Online courses, will be free of charge.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to host the launch concert and party celebrating the release of in a dark blue night, the follow-up to Alex Weiser’s Pulitzer Prize nominated debut album and all the days were purple.