Life & Culture

YIVO at 100: How in One New York Institution, Yiddish Lingers Between Revival and Survival

A view of the stacks in the YIVO Archives. As it enters its second century, YIVO must stay flexible to meet new challenges, from global dispersion of Jews to rising antisemitism, global dispersion, while preserving its historic mission.

A view of the stacks in the YIVO Archives. As it enters its second century, YIVO must stay flexible to meet new challenges, from global dispersion of Jews to rising antisemitism, global dispersion, while preserving its historic mission. Credit: Courtesy of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Founded in 1925 to preserve the culture of Eastern European Jewry, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York marks its centennial with three exhibitions celebrating rare books, artifacts and the grassroots collectors who saved them




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