YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Employee Directory

Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosNew York, United States51-200 Employees

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is a mid-sized nonprofit academic institution focused on East European and Russian Jewish studies, with emphasis on Yiddish language, literature, folklore, the Holocaust, and the American Jewish experience. Based in New York City, it traces its origins to 1925 and a relocation from Wilno after World War II, continuing to function as a leading archive and research center for East European Jewry.

Its archives and library constitute a vast resource, with around 23 million items spanning sound recordings, theater and art, personal and communal records, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and correspondence. The library holds nearly 400,000 volumes in multiple European languages, including the largest collection of Yiddish-language books, pamphlets, and newspapers. YIVO supports scholarly research and public education through programs such as the Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, and publishes significant reference works; it has expanded its reach via online exhibitions and the Slovin Online Museum, launched in 2020 with a second exhibition in 2024.

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