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Browse YIVO’s Centennial highlights from 2025.

For several weeks, the Library has been reorganizing the Strashun Rabbinic collection.

B. Cassel's grandon, Andrew W. Cassel, donated 19 pages, in Yiddish and in Russian, of letters from Sholem Aleichem, as well as from the latter’s son-in- law, Yiddish and Hebrew writer Y. D. Berkowitz, and from Olga Rabinowitz, Sholem Aleichem’s wife.

YIVO received the collection of artist, filmmaker, and daughter of Vilna, Mira Jedwabnik Van Doren.

Israel Zajd’s collection of materials documenting the history and activities of Morgnshtern during the 1920s and 1930s: leadership and conference proceedings; competitions and meets; sports clubs; and participation in the Workers’ Olympiads.

Since the YIVO Learning and Media Center’s (YLMC) June opening, we have had a whirlwind of visits from high schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions.

Over 300 guests attended the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s Centennial Gala in November 2025 at Tribeca 360, marking a milestone year for the organization and raising nearly $900K.

Alys Kremer discusses her experience volunteering in the YIVO Archives.

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After more than a decade of extraordinary service, Ruth Levine has stepped down as Chair of the Board of Directors, passing the baton to Jacob (Jake) Morowitz.