YIVO Press Releases
The History of the YIVO Library
(NEW YORK, November 16, 2012) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce a conference on the history of the YIVO Library, to be held on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 7:00pm. This program will introduce to the public the fascinating history of the treasures of the YIVO ...
The YIVO Institute and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Announce Landmark Partnership Agreement
New Multi-Level Partnership will Promote General Knowledge of Polish Jewish History and Culture through Innovative Exchange and Educational and Public Programs (NEW YORK, October 23, 2012) – For 87 years, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been amassing the world’s largest and most historically important collection of materials on East ...
YIVO Institute to Host International Conference on Jews and the Left
(NEW YORK, April 15, 2012)– Sunday and Monday, May 6 and 7, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will be hosting an international conference on Jews and the Left. Scholars from the U.S., Israel, and Europe will come together to discuss and debate the relationship between Jews and leftwing politics, ...
New YIVO Jewish Culture Series to be Launched at Riverdale Temple
(NEW YORK, November 3, 2011) – Sunday, November 20 at the Riverdale Temple inaugurates the first of a four-part lecture series that will launch the new Jewish Culture Series (YIVO Yidishe kultur-serye). This Jewish Culture Series is the first community outreach program for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research as ...
YIVO Institute to Receive Major Gift To Create New Gallery
(NEW YORK, March 10, 2011) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is proud to announce a major gift to be received from Leon Wagner and Harry Wagner to create a gallery to honor the memory of their parents, as well as the lost Jewish community of Vilna where their ...
YIVO to Hold Conference on Simon Dubnow on October 24
(NEW YORK, October 13, 2010)– On the 150th anniversary of the birth of the renowned historian Simon Dubnow, YIVO will conduct a day-long conference on Dubnow's life and career featuring leading academics and historians. Many colleges and universities today offer courses in Jewish history and have professors whose research focuses on ...
YIVO Launches Milstein Website on New York Jewish Communal History
(NEW YORK, October 5, 2010)– The YIVO Institute announced today the launching of a new website, "The Milstein Online Archives of the New York Jewish Community," which can be accessed by clicking here or at its official address www.milsteinjewisharchives.yivo.org. The site, sponsored by the Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation, reflects ...
YIVO Launches Online Edition of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Enhancement of Critically Acclaimed Work Adds Selections from YIVO’S Vast Archive of Images and Media (NEW YORK, June 10, 2010)– What is the history of the shtetl? How far was Minsk from Pinsk? Who wrote the first Yiddish novel? What did the Misnagdim believe? Why were so many Polish Jews tavern ...
Martin Flumenbaum Joins the YIVO Board of Directors
(NEW YORK, May 2010) – On May 26, 2010, Martin Flumenbaum officially joined the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Board of Directors. A senior partner at the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in the Litigation Department (which he chaired from 1999 to 2005), and a member ...
YIVO Receives Largest Single Gift in Its History
Bequest of Mickey Ross Yields $4.5 Million (NEW YORK, January 7, 2010) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce that it has received a gift of approximately $4.5 million from the estate of Michael (Mickey) Ross, an award-winning television writer who was first generation son of Jewish ...