In partnership with the Workmen's Circle and Opus Instruments of Miami, Florida, The Chicago YIVO Society has recently embarked upon a new venture, The Melamdovich Yiddish Language Project, the creation of an interactive CD-Rom for the teaching of introductory Yiddish. The project is funded by a special grant from YIVO national Board member Leo Melamed in memory of his parents, longtime Chicago YIVO activists Isaac and Feygl Melamdovich. Professor Jan Schwarz of the University of Illinois is developing the CD-Rom's content.

To find out more about The Chicago YIVO Society's activities or to volunteer, please contact:

The Chicago YIVO Society
141 West Jackson Boulevard
Suite 1910A
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 435-2800
Fax: (312) 922-2465

Or visit their web site at http://www.chicagoyivo.org.

Now, several years later, IWO is still struggling to recover from the attack, but has resumed its active program of research, publishing, and public programs. Its library and archives—an unparalleled resource for the study of Latin American Jewry—lost many rare items in the bombing, but have been reconstituted in new quarters.

The institution maintains a small exhibition commemorating the bombing. As YIVO's former Chief Librarian Zachary Baker reported in 1996 after a visit:

"Included in the display are Yiddish typewriters that were crushed by the impact of the explosion, a catalog drawer—cards also included—that has been distorted all out of shape, and a clock whose hands are stopped at 10:00. On the floor is a slab of black marble containing a portion of the letter 'A'—for AMIA—salvaged from the building's facade."

—"The Buenos Aires Bombing: Two Years Later," Yedies (YIVO News), Number 183, Fall 1996

To find out more about IWO's activities, contact:

Dr. Saul Drajer, President

IWO—Instituto Judio de Investigaciones

Ayacucho 483 (1026)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone: 953-0293

Fax: 953-9614

ALICHT1@EINSTEIN.COM.AR