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Jewish Encounters with the Catholic Church in Lithuania: Interview with Elena Keidošiūtė
A scholar uses the history of Jewish conversions to Catholicism to shed light on ethnic identity in Lithuania before the Holocaust.
A Package of Jewish Suffering: Hebrew Classic Reimagined for Yiddish-speakers
A chronicle of Jewish persecutions in Spain translated into Yiddish.
A Life of Song: Spotlight on Composer and Singer Julie Hill
Throughout her studies and developing musical style, Julie Hill has always retained a strong tie to her background of singing and songwriting.
Caught In Between Aesthetics: Spotlight on Composer Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a composer of contemporary classical music who embraces influences as disparate as European Modernism, American Neo-Romanticism and Minimalism.
The Blood Libel Then and Now: The Enduring Impact of an Imaginary Event
The blood libel accusation of Jews committing ritual murder has been the basis for some of the most hateful examples of organized antisemitism around the world since its fabrication in the Middle Ages. This conference will explore the impact of the blood libel over the centuries in a wide variety of geographic regions with a focus on how cultural memory was created, elaborated, and transmitted.
A Lecture by Yudel Mark on Mendele (1968)
A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.
Eddie Cantor: Portrait of an Artist as a Young Menace
Rediscovery of the actor’s Yiddish memoir in the Vilna Collections.
“What Would Yiddish Be Without Hebrew?”: A 20th-Century Debate
A battle for the soul of Yiddish pits two scholars against one another.
What Was Considered Funny Two Hundred Years Ago?
An early 19th-century Yiddish book of jokes.
Excerpts from YIVO's Annual Conference (1968)
Excerpts from YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.