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RG 8: Esther-Rachel Kaminska Theater Museum. Collection.

Materials from the Jewish theater museum established by YIVO in Vilna: playscripts, playbills, posters, and clippings, with a special focus on Yiddish theater in Poland

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Warsaw. "Blonzhende Shtern" (Wandering Stars). Play in 3 acts, written by Marek Razumny, based on Sholem Aleichem's novel. (rg8_p178210a-4863)
Warsaw. "Krasin," by Michal Brandt, an experimental Yiddish play, performed by the "Young Theater."1934. (rg8_p179650)
Warsaw. Abram Brajsblat in concert. An evening of literary recitals, and Yiddish worker and Palestinian folksongs. June 16th. (rg8_p180084b-5127)
Warsaw. "Brothers Karamazov" by F. Dostoyevski, performed by The Warsaw Jewish Art Theater (WIKT), March 11th, 1927. 70,2 x 50 cm. (RG 8/P/434)
Warsaw. Icchok Feld , in an American Yiddish musical comedy in two acts, "Kopel Kiva becomes a father." The Kaminski Warsaw Theater, July 26th. (rg8_p178597)
Warsaw. Paul Burstein and Lillian Lux, in their great hit: "His cherished dream," in the Warsaw "Scala" Theater. No date. (rg8_p177770)

RG 28P: Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection. Posters.

Posters advertising political organizations, elections, banks, trade unions, cultural activities, religious matters, and sports, from over 200 Jewish communities

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Warsaw. A debate in the form of a mock trial: "The Fallen Woman on Trial." (RG 28/P/435)
Warsaw. A soccer match between the Makabi team, [Lodz] and Gwiazda. (RG 28/P/307)
Warsaw. Six pre-election meetings organized by Poalei Zion (list no. 6) at various locations. (RG 28/P/257)
Warsaw. Support the construction of the "Pilsudski Home for Polish Immigrants in Palestine." (RG 28/P/914)
Warsaw. Two greal rallies before the City Council elections. (RG 28/P/1332)
Warsaw. "All Religious Jews Are Voting For Number 19." (RG 28/P/290)
Warsaw. A boxing match for the team championship of Warsaw, between Skra and Gwiazda. (RG 28/P/1232)
Warsaw. A mass meeting prior to a kehile election. (RG 28/P/259)
Warsaw. A [soccer] match between Gwiazda and Sarmata for the championship of League A. (RG 28/P/1235)
Warsaw. A boxing competition between Gwiazda and Fort-Bema for the team championship. (RG 28/P/301)
Warsaw. A boxing competition with 8 matches between Makabi and Polonia. (RG 28/P/302)
Warsaw. A boxing match for the team championship of Warsaw, between Gwiazda and Iskra. (RG 28/P/1231)
Warsaw. A boxing tournament for the championship of the Warsaw region, featuring eight matches including Rotholc. (RG 28/P/312)
Warsaw. A boxing tournament for the class "A" team championship of Warsaw. (RG 28/P/318)
Warsaw. A boxing tournament for the team championship of Warsaw. (RG 28/P/316)
Warsaw. A decisive match for the Dr. Graber's Trophy, between the Makabi and Gwiazda teams, 10/17/1938. (RG 28/P/1236)
Warsaw. A lecture by Noah Prylucki: "THe Jewish Issue in Parliament." (RG 28/P/1120)
Warsaw. A lecture on: "Folkism, Nationalism, Zionism." (RG 28/P/431)
Warsaw. A lecture on: "The Longing for Heroism and the Dictatorship of Love." (RG 28/P/420)
Warsaw. A lecture on: "The Meaning of the Jewish Holidays." (RG 28/P/427)
Warsaw. A lecture: "The Humor of the Jewish Tragedy and the Tragedy of Jewish Humor." (RG 28/P/436)
Warsaw. A lecture: "Where Can Jews Emigrate?" (RG 28/P/437)
Warsaw. A mass meeting prior to the kehile elections. (RG 28/P/270)
Warsaw. A mass meeting with the theme: "The Struggle for a National and Democratic Kehile." (RG 28/P/266)
Warsaw. A morning program: "Modern Yiddish Poetry." (RG 28/P/506)
Warsaw. A posthumous exhibition of art works by Issachar Ber Ryback. (RG 28/P/371)
Warsaw. A pre-election meeting with the theme: "The kehile and the Jewish Working Masses." (RG 28/P/258)
Warsaw. A public literary debate, on the anniversary of Y. L. Peretz's 12th yortsayt. (RG 28/P/432)
Warsaw. A series of mass meetings in conjunction with the kehile elections, in support of the Bloc's slate (#26). (RG 28/P/271)
Warsaw. A soccer match between Makabi and Zar teams. (RG 28/P/1234)
Warsaw. A soccer match between the Gwiazda and P.W.A.T.T. teams. (RG 28/P/1233)
Warsaw. A soccer match between the Ursus and Gwiazda teams. (RG 28/P/313)
Warsaw. A two-day boxing competition between Jewish sports clubs. (RG 28/P/1237)
Warsaw. Advertisement encouraging saving at the Jewish People's Bank. (RG 28/P/889)
Warsaw. Advertisement for summer resort colonies run by the Jewish Geographical Society. (RG 28/P/893)
Warsaw. An appeal of the Jewish National Bloc to vote for the National Minorities Bloc. (RG 28/P/1278)
Warsaw. An appeal to vote for ballot #23. (RG 28/P/1110)
Warsaw. An illustrated lecture/concert "The Jewish Folk and Labor Song." (RG 28/P/429)
Warsaw. Appeal (at Hanukah time) for contributions to build housing for Jewish workers in Eretz Israel, [1919]. (RG 28/P/700)
Warsaw. Appeal for a Grass-Roots Religious Kehile. (RG 28/P/268)
Warsaw. Appeal for contributions to support religious Jews in Eretz Israel [Palestine]. (RG 28/P/677)
Warsaw. Appeal for participation in the Workers' Congress. (RG 28/P/75)
Warsaw. Appeal for support among Polish Jews for building a religious Eretz Yisrael. (RG 28/P/877)
Warsaw. Appeal for votes for Akhudus Yisroel's slate (#26). (RG 28/P/269)
Warsaw. Appeal to become members of the Cooperative Bank. (RG 28/P/1057)
Warsaw. Appeal to Jewish women to vote for slate #20, the ballot represented by Chana Blanksztejn. (RG 28/P/1091)
Warsaw. Appeal to Jewish workers to vote for the Bund slate (#4). (RG 28/P/298)
Warsaw. Appeal to organize a library for the Jewish Autonomous Region. (RG 28/P/1100)
Warsaw. Appeal to tenants to vote for slate #20. (RG 28/P/1098)
Warsaw. Appeal to vote for Ballot #16 (National Minorities Bloc). (RG 28/P/1115)
Warsaw. Appeal to vote for Folkists' slate #20. (RG 28/P/1331)
Warsaw. Appeal to vote for Nojach Prylucki and ballot #20. (RG 28/P/1106)
Warsaw. Appeal to vote for slate #33. (RG 28/P/1330)
Warsaw. Appeal/exhortation to contribute and collect money to buy land in Palestine, 5/1924. (RG 28/P/703)
Warsaw. Award certificate of the Warsaw chapter of Gviazda. (RG 28/P/328)
Warsaw. Become a member of Shtern. (RG 28/P/320)
Warsaw. Call for a day of protest against the curtailment of free immigration to Palestine, 5/11/[1932]. (RG 28/P/968)
Warsaw. Coming soon: a large sports competition involving all of the Jewish proletarian sports clubs. (RG 28/P/304)
Warsaw. Elections for delegates to the Workers' Congress for the Struggle Against Anti-Semitism. (RG 28/P/72)
Warsaw. Everyone is Voting for Number 15. (RG 28/P/296)
Warsaw. Hebrew Book Exhibition, 1914-1924. (RG 28/P/770)
Warsaw. Informational program/celebration, in conjunction with the information drive of the trade union movement. (RG 28/P/947)
Warsaw. Jewish Brethren! Election platform. (RG 28/P/293)
Warsaw. Jewish workers and clerks should fight for their right to work. (RG 28/P/1121)
Warsaw. Lecture on: "The Tragedy of the Modern Woman." (RG 28/P/545)
Warsaw. Mass meetings dedicated to the kehile elections. (RG 28/P/292)
Warsaw. Memorial proclamation and appeal for support in the wake of fighting between Jews and Arabs in Palestine. (RG 28/P/768)
Warsaw. Notice to citizens with relatives abroad to contact them through their local HIAS committee. (RG 28/P/868)
Warsaw. Performances in honor of the first congress of the Jewish Autonomous Region, Birobidzan. (RG 28/P/1101)
Warsaw. Pre-election meetings sponsored by the Bund and their locations. (RG 28/P/256)
Warsaw. Program commemorating the 10th anniversary of the youth division of the Garment Industry Workers' Union. (RG 28/P/954)
Warsaw. Protest meeting against the British government's limitation on Jewish immigration to Palestine. (RG 28/P/967)
Warsaw. Protest meeting on the "closing of the gates of Palestine to halutz aliyah." (RG 28/P/966)
Warsaw. Rabbinical appeal for religious Jews to join the Mizrachi, a Religious Zionist organization. (RG 28/P/682)
Warsaw. Reasons for the establishment of the General Bloc for the elections to the Sejm and Senate. (RG 28/P/1329)
Warsaw. Recruitment poster for the Zionist Youth Organization Hekhalutz. (RG 28/P/391)
Warsaw. Registration for summer camp, and exhortation to sign up, 6/15-8/1/1937. (RG 28/P/890)
Warsaw. Save! Deposit your money in the Jewish People's Bank! (RG 28/P/888)
Warsaw. Schedule of outings and tours for January 1930. (RG 28/P/894)
Warsaw. Special gathering of manufacturing employees, 9/2. (RG 28/P/974)
Warsaw. The events of the 1st All-Regional Shtern Games. (RG 28/P/323)
Warsaw. The first Shtern games/conference in Poland. (RG 28/P/319)
Warsaw. The opening match of the soccer season, between the SKRA and Gwiazda teams. (RG 28/P/314)
Warsaw. Twelve mass rallies before the City Council elections. (RG 28/P/1336)
Warsaw. Two rallies before the City Council elections. (RG 28/P/1335)
Warsaw. Warning to prospective emigrants NOT to travel to Warsaw to arrange for emigration. (RG 28/P/865)
Warsaw. Worker - Your Newspaper is the Folkstsaytung. (RG 28/P/756)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Ciechanowiec, 1920s-30s. At the resort, merchants from the Nalewki commercial district of Warszawa, relax around a table outdoors. (yarg120po462)
Kazimierz Dolny, 1920s-30s. Young men and women from Warszawa on an outing, pose in bathing suits. (yarg120po1414)
Unknown location, 1934. Members of Morgnshtern, posing on the ship's mast. (yarg120po6709)
Unknown location, 1934. Members of Morgnshtern, posing for a group portrait with the boat crew. (yarg120po6710)
Unknown location, 1934. Members of Morgnshtern, pose for a group portrait at the end of the pier. (yarg120po6711)
Warszawa, 1880-1890. Portrait of Nahum Sokolow, an early Zionist, senior editor and co-owner of Hatzefira, with his wife and child. (yarg120po4340)
Warszawa, 1903. David Herman, director and actor, stands next to a carriage, with his troupe's actresses. (yarg120po4719)
Warszawa, 1905. The cantors, and choir, of the Adas Yeshurun Synagogue, on Swietojerska Street 21, including Menachem Kipnis. (yarg120po4245)
Warszawa, 1907. Portrait of Lejba Hirszowicz, his son Jozef, and grandson Ernest; three generations. (yarg120po4752)
Warszawa, 1918. Visiting writer Jacob Dinesohn, with a teacher and students, in a classroom at the Folkshul at 29 Krochmalna St. (yarg120po4591)
Warszawa, 1919. Group portrait of 8 of the 13 Jewish representatives, in the first Polish Parliament. (yarg120po4320.01)
Warszawa, 1920. People receiving packages, at the remittance office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. (yarg120po4449)
Warszawa, 1920s-1930s. On the eve of Sukkot, Jewish boys on a cobblestone street, are carrying the etrog and lulav. (yarg120po4153.03)
Warszawa, 1920s. A povery-stricken widow in bed, ill with tuberculosis, with two of her four children. (yarg120po4058)
Warszawa, 1920s. At a folkshul, children dress in costume, for a play directed by Zofia Rotblat. (yarg120po4591.03)
Warszawa, 1920s. At a folkshul, children are in costume, for a play directed by Zofia Rotblat. (yarg120po4591.01)
Warszawa, 1920s. At a folkshul, two children are in costume, one with a mandolin, for a play directed by Zofia Rotblat. (yarg120po4591.02)
Warszawa, 1920s. The children and staff of the orphanage at 21 Elektoralna Street, pose at mealtime. (yarg120po4446.16)
Warszawa, 1920s. The children and staff of the orphanage at 21 Elektoralna Street, pose with mugs in a classroom. (yarg120po4446.18)
Warszawa, 1921-22. Portrait of four writers: Uri Zvi Greenberg, Markish, Elkin, and Leybl. (yarg120po4701.11c001)
Warszawa, 1922. A group of school girls, from the class of Rivka Gordon (Tolpin), at the Borochow School. (yarg120po4584.04)
Warszawa, 1922. Members of the young Yiddish literary crowd: Esther Shumiatcher, Khane Kacyzne, Peretz Hirschbein, Mendl Elkin, Esther Elkin, Alter Kacyzne, and Uri Zvi Greenberg. (yarg120po4701.15)
Warszawa, 1922. The Khalyastre (Gang): Mendl Elkin, Peretz Hirschbein, Uri Zvi Greenburg, Peretz Markish, Melech Ravitch, and Israel Joshua Singer. (yarg120po4701.10)
Warszawa, 1923. View through a courtyard during business hours, near Nalewki Street. (yarg120po_forward42376)
Warszawa, 1923. Drinking tea, under framed portraits of Karl Marx and Ber Borochov, at the Poalei Zion Workers' Home. (yarg120po4354.01)
Warszawa, 1925. A shtot-meshugener, who spends his time at the railroad station. Also, an elderly Jew. (yarg120po_f4780.1242587)
Warszawa, 1926. Four young Hasidim, taken along by their fathers to see the Gerer Rebbe. (yarg120po_f4259)
Warszawa, 1927. Hasidic Jews have a discussion together, on their way home from the synagogue on Shabbos. (yarg120po_f4258.01)
Warszawa, 1927. Poale Zion members and workers, march in a May Day parade with Yiddish signs. (yarg120po4354)
Warszawa, 1928 The rebbe, with his son and shames, walks to Shabbos services. (yarg120po_f4255)
Warszawa, 1928. Janina and Hanna Mortkowicz, stand on a balcony. (RG 120 PO 4754.08)
Warszawa, 1928. Three shoemakers, in the open-air marketplace. (yarg120po_forward43483)
Warszawa, 1929. Pola Goldstein-Jackubowicz, right, the aunt of Lucjan Borowik, son-in-law of industrialist Abraham Gepner, posing in an open window. (yarg120po4750.12)
Warszawa, 1929. Zofja Oldak, winner of the Nasz Przeglad Miss Judea Beauty Contest. (yarg120po4745.14)
Warszawa, 1930. Five art students, pose with their paintings, drawings, and sculptures, which are on exhibit. (yarg120po4756.02)
Warszawa, 1930. Protest against British restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine. (RG 120 PO 4309)
Warszawa, 1930s. Malke Hamerow poses for a portrait with Chaim Sznejer, a member of the Vilna Troupe, and others. (yarg120po4759.52b)
Warszawa, 1930s. A sukkah is set up in a courtyard for Sukkot. (yarg120po4155)
Warszawa, 1930s. A business courtyard on Nalewki Street, with the stores of T. Appel, Szpiro, and others. (yarg120po4048.01)
Warszawa, 1930s. Boys on the street, holding flags used in the Simchat Torah processions, with the Torah scrolls. (yarg120po4158)
Warszawa, 1930s. On the eve of Sukkot, a women carries a bundle of hosha'anot and a covered basket, along a commercial street. (yarg120po4156)
Warszawa, 1930s. Selling flags for Simhat Torah. (RG 120 PO 4157.01)
Warszawa, 1930s. The staff of Der Moment. (yarg120po6789.01)
Warszawa, 1936. Professors Mojzesz Schorr (on the left), and Majer Balaban, walk down the street together. (yarg120po4756.10)
Warszawa, 1937. Sculptor Nathan Rapaport, posing in his studio with his wife, Sima. (yarg120po4705.02)
Warszawa, 1938. In the demonstration room, set up as a ward, in the School of Nursing. (yarg120poalbum35_8087)
Warszawa, 1938. In the nursery, two students prepare to apply hypodermic needles to children, in the School of Nursing. (yarg120poalbum35_8095)
Warszawa, 1938. Mothers sit with their babies, at a babies' health station in the School of Nursing. (yarg120poalbum35_8102)
Warszawa, 1938. Students of the School of Nursing at the Jewish Hospital, conduct an examination. (yarg120poalbum35_8100)
Warszawa, 1938. At the School of Nursing at the Jewish Hospital, two boys are examined. (yarg120poalbum35_8101)
Warszawa, 1938. Students at the School of Nursing, prepare for an operation. (yarg120poalbum35_8092)
Warszawa, 1939. Nursing students preparing food, at the School of Nursing, at the Jewish Hospital. (yarg120poalbum35_8088)
Warszawa, 1939. Students in the Science Laboratory of the School of Nursing. (yarg120poalbum35_8089)
Warszawa, 1939. The main hall of the student residence of the School of Nursing, at the Jewish Hospital. (yarg120po8085)
Warszawa, ca. 1910s-1920s. Young people climb a fence, to get into the Yiddish Muranow Theater for free. (yarg120po_forward42537)
Warszawa, ca. 1917. A melamed in a kheyder, reads to his pupils. (yarg120po6722)
Warszawa, ca. 1919. Children from the I. L. Peretz Orphanage, pose with a framed portrait of Peretz. (yarg120po4446.01c002)
Warszawa, ca. 1919. Jacob Dinesohn, the writer, visits with the children and staff of the I. L. Peretz Orphanage and Elementary School. (yarg120po4446.01c001)
Warszawa, early 1900s. The horse-drawn wagon of the Kompanyeyts Troupe, covered with theater posters. (yarg120po_forward41644)
Warszawa, late 1920s. A busy street scene on Muranow Street, in the heart of the Jewish Quarter. (yarg120po4045.02)
Warszawa, late 1930s. Strollers at the corner of Ujazdowskie Avenue and Matejki Street. (yarg120po4045.01)
Warszawa, Oct. 24, 1931. Shmuel Lehman, collector of Jewish folklore, interviewing an informant. (yarg120po4686.01)
Warszawa, Summer, 1919. A photograph taken at the Fourth National Convention, of the Zionist Organization in Poland. (yarg120po5123)
Warszawa, WWI. Portrait of a kheyder class in session. (yarg120po6723)
Warszawa,1938. Fresh air cure in the day nursery, in the School of Nursing, at the Jewish Hospital. (yarg120poalbum35_8097)
Warszawa. A scene from the end of Motke Ganev, a play by Sholem Asch. (yarg120po4721)
Warszawa. Two men examine an etrog for Sukkot, with a magnifying glass. (yarg120po4154)

RG 223: Sutzkever, Abraham -Kaczerginski, Szmerke. Collection. Part II. Historical and Literary Manuscripts.

Historical and literary manuscripts belonging to YIVO that were rescued and hidden from the Nazis, including manuscripts by S. An-Ski, Theodor Herzl, Mendele Moykher Sforim, and Sholem Aleichem

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Letter from Jacob Dinesohn to Mendele Moykher Sforim (RG 223.2.22.3)

RG 356: Shatzky, Jacob (1893-1956). Papers.

Papers of the historian, writer, lecturer, lexicographer, bibliographer, and editor, including correspondence, materials and notes for articles, and bibliographies

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COLLECTION Jacob Shatzky (356)