Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation
by
Professor Cecile Esther Kuznitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
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 Nationalism, which fought for Jewish rights throughout...