A conference explores introducing American Jewry to Yiddish culture and literature.

The famous Yiddish-English English-Yiddish dictionary and is significance.

A glimpse of YIVO almost 50 years ago.

A 1968 conference paper contemplates the future of advanced yeshiva studies in America.

And remarks about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.

A live recording of a lecture on the Yiddish press delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.

A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.

Excerpts from YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.

A preview of YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.

A look back at one of the most significant Jewish anti-Nazi uprisings.

Uriel Weinreich, the famed linguist and lexicographer, died young.

Today's episode was originally broadcast on March 24, 1968. Host Luba Condell is joined by Ezekiel Lifschutz for a talk about Abraham Goldfaden (considered the “father of Yiddish theater”). Condell and Lifschutz trace the origins of Yiddish theater in the purim-shpil (Purim play) and its development into full-scale theater productions. ...

YIVO has a long tradition of creating educational resources for all levels of schooling. 

Back in 1968, there was a Yiddish course for high school students in New York City.

YIVO has been active for decades in the teaching of Yiddish and the documentation of Yiddish culture.

What was YIVO up to in 1968?

YIVO’s intensive Yiddish summer program was founded 48 years ago.

Yudel Mark discusses the importance of the Czernowitz Conference, the first international conference devoted to Yiddish.

Abraham Mapu was a seminal figure in the rise of modern Hebrew literature.