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Ytvo Flourishes Here as Citadel
of Jewish Research and Learning
Shortly after, however, World
War II broke out. It meant
the end of the Yivo in Po-
land.
In 1940, the Yivo was trans-
ferred to New York where it
continued its publications in
English. Yivo published several
large volumes on "The History
of the Jewish Labor Movement
in the United States." The in-
stitution sponsored an auto-
biographical contest for im-
migrants. Most of the material
was utilized in social studies.
The Yivo translated into Eng-
lish and published A. A. Ro-
back's "The Story of Yiddish
Literature," Jacob Lestchinsky's
"Jewish Migration for the Past
Hundred Years," S. Men d
sohn's "The Battle of the W ar-
saw Ghetto' and other books
In 1943, at the occasion of
centenary of L. M. Lilienth trs
birth Yivo presented a Lili € gin-
thal Exhibit. Another exhi bit
depicted Jewish life in Pole nd
in between the two World Wa TS.
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From crammed headqua rl t-
THE YIVO HOUSE—Former Vanderbilt Mansion—On Fifth
ers in 123rd Street off Broa d E-
Avenue and 86th Street, over looking Central Park, ,,Tew .York.
way, the Yivo moved dow n L.-
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town
into the heart of Ne i
By BOB BREWER
the work of the Yivo was sorely
York. From an adjoining hot :1
(Standard Feature Syndicate)
At the end of World War I handicapped by the lack of it bought the palatial Vande r .-
bilt mansion on Fifth Avenu e
in 1918, the Jews of Poland academic learning among Jews.
evolved a well-defined political Undeterred, Yivo opened in and 86th Street, for one mi l -
lion dollars. The spacio u s
policy to protect the rights 1935 Aspirantur„ a graduate co-
granted them by the Treaty of educational school to train re- building overlooks Cent ra I
Park and houses its impres"siv e
Versailles. New Jewish schools searchers in social sciences. It
archives and a well-stocke r 1
sprang up, the Yiddish and proved an • immediate success.
library open to all.
Hebrew language acquired a •A few years later a preparatory
Yivo is the only instituti c >II
new lease on life. Literature in school, Proaspirantur, was ad-
in the world to c o n d u :t
both languages began to flour- ded.
ish.
After a decade, the fame of thorough research in the histo i 'Y
In 1925, a handful of Jew- the Yivo, attracted attention of and development of the Yiddi di
ish scholars met in Vilna and the learned world of all coun- language, literature and fol
decided to found a citadel of tries. Guest professors from lore. The Yivo Library numbe r rs
Jewish learning, the Yiddish everywhere, including Yale' and 100,000 volumes. The collecti c al.
Scientific Institute—the Yivo. Harvard universities held lec- of past and current Jewi ;h
Its aims were to study the tures and furthered the aims of periodicals from all over t i le
Jewish life in the past and the ybung Institute of high world is one of the largest n
existence.
to do research work in Yid- learning.
Its archives on mode rn
dish and Hebrew literatures. Encouraged by warm rec-
Jewish life are the most com •
The results of such thorough ognition and by an ever-
plete in the world. Include ,
research would be presented increasing number of eager
are hundreds of persona
to the public in a bi-monthly scholars, the Yivo planned,
memoirs throwing light o n
publication—the Yivo Bleter. in 1939, many important re-
Jewish life under Nazi oc
From Vilna, its central., seat, search projects on a large
cupation and on Jewish ad
branches were quickly estab- scale and the transformation
justment in post-Hitle r
lished in Paris, Berlin and other of all her schools Into a reg-
Europe.
cities all over Europe. However, ular Yeshiva U n i v e r s i t y.
Yivo publishes Yivo Bleter, i n
Yiddish, and Yivo Annual, i n
English, comprising studies
n
all branches of social scienc
Yidishe Shprakh, a magazin e
clvoted to the problems o f
standard Yiddish; Yedies fu
Yivo (News of the Yivo,) pub
lished in Yiddish and Englis ,
six times a year. The institutio
has published many volumes o r 1
Jewish history, culture, so
ciology, linguistics, economic ;
and demography. The - book ;
have been issued both in Eng
lish and Yiddish.
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