Organizations Filed Purposes:
YIVO'S MISSION IS TO STUDY THE THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS: LANGUAGE, HISTORY, RELIGION, FOLKWAYS AND MATERIAL CULTURE. YIVO'S ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY PRESERVES A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF MATERIALS ON THIS SUBJECT. YIVO OFFERS CULTURAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING LECTURES, CONCERTS, FILMS, EXHIBITIONS AND SYMPOSIA. YIVO ALSO OFFERS ADULT EDUCATION AND YIDDISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS.
TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.
LIBRARY & ARCHIVES (COLLECTIONS OF JUDAICA) - THE YIVO LIBRARY HOLDS NUMEROUS BOOKS AND PERIODICALS IN TWELVE LANGUAGES. THIS INCLUDES THE UNIQUE VILNA COLLECTION WITH RABBINICAL WORKS FROM AS EARLY AS THE 16TH CENTURY. THE LIBRARY HOLDINGS ARE PARTICULARLY STRONG IN DOCUMENTATION OF JEWISH HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELIGION IN EASTERN EUROPE; THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD; THE EXPERIENCE OF IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES; ANTI-SEMITISM; AND THE CONTINUING INFLUENCE OF ASHKENAZIC JEWISH CULTURE TODAY.
YIVO VILNA PROJECT - YIVO'S VILNA COLLECTIONS PROJECT, RENAMED IN THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2017 TO THE EDWARD BLANK YIVO VILNA COLLECTIONS PROJECT, IS A SEVEN-YEAR PROJECT, WHICH BEGAN IN APRIL 2015, TO PRESERVE, DIGITIZE AND REUNITE YIVO'S PREWAR LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY AND VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, THROUGH A DEDICATED WEB PORTAL. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCT THE HISTORIC PRIVATE STRASHUN LIBRARY OF VILNA, ONE OF THE GREAT PREWAR LIBRARIES IN EUROPE.
EDUCATION & RESEARCH (MAX WEINREICH CENTER) - YIVO'S MAX WEINREICH CENTER FOR ADVANCED JEWISH STUDIES, ESTABLISHED IN 1968, IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATION AND TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF JEWISH LIFE AND CULTURE. NAMED AFTER RENOWNED SCHOLAR AND YIVO FOUNDER MAX WEINREICH, THE CENTER WORKS TO MAKE YIVO'S UNIQUE RESOURCES AND ITS SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO ENCOURAGE STUDY AND PROMOTE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE LIFE AND CULTURE OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWRY AND RELATED TOPICS, TO MARSHAL THE INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES IN THE FIELD OF SCHOLARSHIP, AND TO ASSIST YOUNG SCHOLARS IN QUALIFYING FOR WORK IN THIS FIELD.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jonathan Brent | EXEC.DIRECTOR | 40 | $212,260 |
| Robert Wagman | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 40 | $137,150 |
| Irma Friedman | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT | 40 | $115,129 |
| Harry Wagner | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Jon Richmond | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Ilya Prizel | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Karen Underhill | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Edward Blank | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Stuart Shear | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Irene Pletka | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Martin Flumenbaum | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Emil Kleinhaus | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Jacob Morowitz | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Leo Melamed | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Ruth Levine | CHAIRPERSON | 1 | $0 |
| Chava Lapin | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Lisa New | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Bruce Slovin | CHAIRMAN EMERITAS | 1 | $0 |
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