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How New York’s YIVO Institute is keeping Yiddish culture alive

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How New York’s YIVO Institute is keeping Yiddish culture alive

Evolution is a process that can take many millennia, if not longer. For a scholarly organization like the Yiddish archive and cultural institution YIVO, the process only took a century. YIVO (the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, or Yiddish Scientific Institute) marks its 100th anniversary in 2025 and one would be forgiven for thinking that the birthday … Read more

Robert Downey Jr. on Broadway, fashion of the African diaspora and more NYC events

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Robert Downey Jr. on Broadway, fashion of the African diaspora and more NYC events

Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.  What’s making our luxury list this week? Robert Downey, Jr. on Broadway, a huge new Arc’Teryx store … Read more