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A Brief Introduction |
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Founded in 1925 in Vilna, Poland as the Yiddish Scientific Institute and headquartered in
New York since 1940, YIVO is devoted to the history, society, and culture of Ashkenazic Jewry,
and the influence of that culture as it has developed in the Americas. As the only pre-Holocaust scholarly institution to transfer its mission to the United States, YIVO is the preeminent center for the study of East European Jewry and Yiddish language, literature, and folklore.
Each year, more than 4,000 scholars, students, museum curators, writers,
filmmakers, artists, performers, historians, and family history researchers
visit the YIVO Library
and Archives, the world's largest collection of Yiddish books, documents,
and other artifacts related to the history of East European Jewry. (Click here for a list of recent titles based in whole or in part on research conducted at YIVO.)
YIVO also offers a variety of scholarly
publications, conferences,
cultural programs, lectures,
exhibitions, and courses.
YIVO is now located at The
Center for Jewish History, at 15 West 16th Street in New York City.
A founding partner of the Center for Jewish History, YIVO holds constituent membership in the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Council of Archives and Research Libraries in Jewish Studies, the American Historical Association, the Association for Jewish Studies, the Society of American Archivists, the Research Library Group (RLG) and the World Congress of Jewish Studies.
YIVO's general information number is (212) 246-6080. CAPTION FOR IMAGE AT TOP OF PAGE:
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