Uncover the secrets of navigating YIVO's extensive collections with a workshop on finding aids, providing insights into archival research methods and access to valuable resources for scholars and historians.

'The show, called 'Hollywoodland'...will spotlight 'the impact of the predominately Jewish filmmakers whose establishment of the American film studio system transformed Los Angeles into a global epicenter of cinema.'' ow.ly/iTEX50RgAlL

Men and women making matza for Passover. Lodz Ghetto, 1940.

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Delve into the story of Issachar Ber Ryback, an artist who defied conventions and pushed boundaries in Jewish art, as we explore his lithograph album 'Shtetl: My Destroyed Home, a Recollection' and its profound impact on visual representation.

Illustration of a Passover seder from the Manischewitz 8-Day Menu Planner and Recipe Guide, New York City, 1972.

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'In addition to setting the record, Levine hopes to raise $100,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a nonprofit that grants 'wishes' — dream gifts or experiences — to children with severe illnesses.' ow.ly/kg1750Rgoz8

'I view Har Hasetim as a tangible representation of the sacrifices and the trials and tribulations that the first wave of eastern European Jews faced as they left their homes to escape persecution to start life anew in a far-off strange land.' ow.ly/184U50Rea9q

A variety of kosher for Passover wine labels. #fromtheyivoarchives

Considering prewar memoirs, religious and secular self-government records, court files, and other sources, Miranda Brethour describes how rural leadership was an important site of interaction between Jews and Christians in the Lublin countryside leading up to German occupation.

Watch this video from 'Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America', in which actor and comedian Paul Reiser discusses classic Jewish jokes: youtube.com/watch?v=TYGmfd…

Register for this free, self-paced class today: yivo.org/comedy

On behalf of everyone at YIVO, we wish you and your family a Happy Pesach!

Pictured: Illustration of a seder from Blimelekh: ilustrirter alef-bet by Pinhas Erlikh. Illustrated by Y. Granat. Buenos Aires: Farlag S. Segal, 1945. YIVO Library.

'As well as the Kindertransport trains, Sir Nicholas was known to have helped organise three flights that brought children out of Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of war. But now, details of a fourth flight have been discovered...' ow.ly/U7vh50RbyyE

Are you ready for the seder tomorrow night?

Dish washers who wash dishes to make them kosher for Passover. Outside J. Koprovsky's pharmacy in the Lodz, ca. WWI.

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'Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt,' a documentary about SVA alumnus Drew Friedman (BFA 1981 Media Arts), debuted at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on April 1. bit.ly/3vwn16J Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt The YIVO Institute

“110 years after the end of the Ansky expedition, there has never been a complete presentation of the materials he found. His dream of making the material known to the wider Jewish world never materialised. That is what we hope to do digitally.” ow.ly/apAc50RaTGL

Watch this video from 'Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America', in which actor Paul Reiser shares a number of classic Jewish jokes: youtube.com/watch?v=exCCNG…

Register for this free, self-paced class today: yivo.org/comedy

Join YIVO's workshop led by Archivist Ruby Landau-Pincus to master reading finding aids, essential documents detailing the rich contents and organization of YIVO's vast archival collections.

On April 19, 1943, when the Nazis came to destroy the Warsaw Ghetto, the Jewish resistance fought back. After 3 weeks, most of the resistance fighters and the remaining Jews in the ghetto, were murdered.

Photos: DP Camp Posters for events commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Cover of Yiddish satiric weekly, The Big Stick, Vol V No 16. April 18, 1913.

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Getting ready for the New York premiere of Tea Arciszewska’s “Miryeml” The YIVO Institute, directed by caraid o'brien, wonderful cast including Alona Bach Dylan Seders Hoffman Mikhl. My Yiddish Book Center supported translation.

Tonight 7pm ET (and on Zoom). yivo.org/Miryeml