YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation - Cecile Esther Kuznitz - Google Books

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This book is the first history of YIVO, the original center for Yiddish scholarship. Founded by a group of Eastern European intellectuals after World War I, YIVO became both the apex of secular Yiddish culture and the premier institution of Diaspora…