YIVO at 100: How in one New York institution, Yiddish lingers between revival and survival

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Founded in 1925 to preserve the culture of Eastern European Jewry, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York marks its centennial with three exhibitions celebrating rare books, artifacts and the grassroots collectors who saved them

NEW YORK – On our way from the lobby to one of the exhibition halls celebrating the centennial of YIVO, we pass a group of young people speaking rapid, confident Yiddish.