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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 450 
Commemorating the centennial of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 29, 2025 
Mr. GOLDMAN of New York (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, and Mr. SUOZZI) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the centennial of the YIVO Institute for 
Jewish Research. 
Whereas the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was estab-
lished in 1925 in Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), 
as the world’s first comprehensive center devoted to the 
study, preservation, and dissemination of East European 
Jewish history, culture, and language; 
Whereas YIVO is the only prewar Eastern European Jewish 
archive and library to survive the Holocaust, relocating to 
New York City in 1940; 
Whereas, over its century-long history, YIVO has amassed 
over 24 million items, including the largest repository of 
primary Holocaust materials globally, surpassed only by 
Yad Vashem in Israel, and its library encompasses 
400,000 volumes in multiple European languages and 
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features the world’s largest collection of Yiddish-language 
books, pamphlets, and newspapers; 
Whereas YIVO provides a home for millions of documents 
and artifacts related to the history of Jews in the United 
States, and among these are thousands of photographs, 
newspapers, and magazines, and other ephemera that 
document the voyages of Jewish immigrants and the lives 
they made throughout the country; 
Whereas YIVO has become a leading institution in the 
United States for research on Jewish history, Holocaust 
studies, and Yiddish language and literature, contributing 
significantly to academic scholarship and cultural preser-
vation; 
Whereas YIVO’s digitization initiatives, such as the Edward 
Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project, have made 
accessible millions of documents and artifacts related to 
Jewish history, including Holocaust materials, through 
digital platforms that serve educators, scholars, and 
learners across the globe; and 
Whereas the centennial anniversary of YIVO presents an op-
portunity to recognize its extraordinary contributions to 
the preservation of Jewish history and culture, and to re-
affirm the United States commitment to supporting insti-
tutions that promote cultural diversity, historical scholar-
ship, and intercultural dialogue: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the centennial of the YIVO 
Institute for Jewish Research, honoring its 100 
years of dedicated service to preserving and pro-
moting the rich history, culture, and language of 
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East European Jewry during this Jewish American 
Heritage Month; and 
(2) recognizes YIVO’s invaluable historical and 
ongoing contributions to Jewish scholarship, Holo-
caust remembrance, and cultural preservation, which 
have profoundly enriched the intellectual and cul-
tural fabric of the United States and the world. 
Æ 
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