YIVO Presents: Jewish Children's Literature in Russian and Yiddish

(New York, NY) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce its upcoming program, Jewish Children's Literature in Russian and Yiddish. In this symposium, scholars, archivists, and curators explore the rich world of Jewish children’s literature in pre-WWII Europe. The collections of the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, and YIVO will be showcased and discussed during this live event which will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 1:00pm (ET).

Scholar Miriam Udel (Emory) will speak about children's literature written in Yiddish, which flourished in the early 20th century as a variety of new Yiddish language schools educated a generation of Jewish children in Yiddish. Scholar Catriona Kelly (Oxford) will present work by important Russian Jewish authors and illustrators in the Bodleian Library’s Opie Collection, including Samuil Marshak, Natalia Sats, Nina Simonovich-Efimova, and David Shterenberg. YIVO's Director of Archives Stefanie Halpern and the Bodleian's Curator César Merchan-Hamann will close the program by showing colorful and handsomely illustrated examples from the two collections.

When:            Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 1:00pm (ET)
Where:          Taking Place on Zoom
Reservations Available at:  yivo.org/Jewish-Childrens-Literature

Jewish Children’s Literature in Russian and Yiddish is co-presented by YIVO and the Bodleian Library.

For more information contact:
Alex Weiser
Director of Public Programs

The Bodleian Libraries

The mission of the Bodleian Libraries is to provide an excellent service to support the learning, teaching and research objectives of the University of Oxford; and to develop and maintain access to Oxford's unique collections for the benefit of scholarship and society. The Bodleian Libraries is now the largest academic library service in the UK and one of the largest library services in Europe. Together, the Libraries hold more than 13 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera.

YIVO

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the preservation and study of the history and culture of East European Jewry worldwide. For nearly a century, YIVO has pioneered new forms of Jewish scholarship, research, education, and cultural expression. Our public programs and exhibitions, as well as online and on-site courses, extend our outreach to a global community. The YIVO Archives contains 24 million unique items and YIVO’s Library has over 400,000 volumes—the single largest resource for the study of East European Jewish life in the world. yivo.org / yivo.org/the-whole-story