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The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a broad schedule of public programs.
Unless otherwise stated, all events will be held at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research,
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. between 5th and 6th Aves.
Subway: F, V to 14th St.; L to 6th Ave. For updates, please check our web site at www.yivo.org
Exhibits
Opening Thursday. April 6: A Glorious Mosaic: YIVO at 80, Triumphs and Treasures,
showcases the Institute> '> s collections of more than 23 million archival pieces and 360,000
books related to Eastern European Jewry. On display are rare rabbinical texts, posters,
sheet music, DP camp photos and unique Judaica. Center for Jewish History;
Batkin Mezzanine / Constantiner Gallery, 15 W. 16th St.
Mon. to Thurs, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. (917) 606-8200.
Triumph of the Human Spirit Film Series
Tues. April 12, 7 p.m., Passport to Life (2003).
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, in collaboration with the Hungarian Consulate.
Discussion with filmmaker, Agnes Vertes, a member of the diplomatic corps,
and an academic representative. Winner of the 2003 Telly & Aurora Awards (Canada).
This 56-minute documentary celebrates the heroic work of six non-Jewish diplomats who,
while stationed in Budapest from 1944 to 1945, saved countless Jews from Nazi genocide.
Tickets: Reg. $8, YIVO members $6.50, Seniors/Students $4.
Box Office (917) 606-8200.
Mon. April 18, 7 p.m.., Partisans of Vilna, Dir. Josh Waletzky. Discussion with producer Aviva Kempner and Waletzky. 1½-hour documentary based on interviews with former partisans in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Explores moral dilemmas faced by Jewish youth who organized underground resistance in the Vilna ghetto and then fought as partisans vs. the Nazis. Tickets: Reg. $8; YIVO members $6.50; Seniors/Students $4. Box Office (917) 606-8200.
Lectures: Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies lectures
Wed., April 6, 12:30 p.m. > "> Yiddish and Modern Ethnographic Research.> ">
Professor Rakhmiel Peltz, Drexel University, explores the usefulness of the
Yiddish language in interviews with elderly children of immigrants and with
Holocaust survivors. Lecture in Yiddish. Free.
Tues., April 19, 7:00 p.m.
"> Every Day Was a Battle: Jewish Labor Activists and the Cold War in New York City.> ">
Professor Dan Link, New York University. Free.
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