YIVO Press Releases

(NEW YORK, January 8, 2009) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will present a panel discussion titled "Madoff: A Jewish Reckoning" on Thursday, January 15, at 7:00 pm. The sheer magnitude of Bernard Madoff's crimes and his apparent preference for fleecing Jews and Jewish institutions have left many of ...

Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies Awarded to Gabriella Safran and Steven J. Zipperstein; Chana Mlotek and Mark Slobin Receive Honorable Mention (NEW YORK, December 2, 2008) – The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its fourth Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in ...

Matching Fund Effort Underway: Cahnman Foundation Pledges $25,000 (NEW YORK, September 2008)– The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has announced that it has received a three-year, $300,000 challenge grant from the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust to create an online edition of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in ...

As part of his recent trip to the United States, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas of Lithuania visited YIVO on June 30, 2008. He was given a tour of YIVO’s Rare Book Room and Archives, followed by a discussion that touched on YIVO-owned Hebrew- and Yiddish-language books, rediscovered in 1989, that ...

"From Dream to Reality : Zionism and the Birth of Israel" (NEW YORK, June 11, 2008) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit to mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. "From Dream to Reality: Zionism ...

(NEW YORK, April 16, 2008)– The YIVO Institute for Jewish research is proud to announce that it will honor Lawrence H. Summers, past president of Harvard University and former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, on May 13, 2008 at its 83rd Annual Benefit Dinner. This year the Dinner Chairs are William ...

(NEW YORK, April 8, 2008) – Columbia University Libraries and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announced today a joint initiative to preserve unique and historically significant South American Yiddish newspapers and make them accessible to scholars, researchers, and students. In 2001, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research—a preeminent research and ...

‘The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe’ Captures Jewish History and Culture across Centuries and Countries (NEW YORK, March 2008) – For the first time, the centuries-long history and culture of East European Jewry is presented in a reference work representing seven years of research and collaborative scholarly effort. An ...

Leading Scholars to Explore Cultures of Eastern European Jewry (NEW YORK, February 7, 2008) – The Touro College Graduate School of Jewish Studies and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research are joining together to co-sponsor a conference on major areas of Jewish creativity in modern Eastern Europe. Titled “Rabbis and Rebbes, Artists ...

Newly Discovered File Documents Efforts of Anne Frank’s Father to Escape from Nazi-Occupied Holland —Otto Frank File Found in YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s Archives —Details Difficulties Faced by Jewish Refugees Seeking to Flee Europe for the U.S. and Cuba (NEW YORK, February 14, 2007) – Ever since the first publication of her ...