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YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation Kuznitz, Cecile Esther (Bard College, New York)
YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation
Kuznitz, Cecile Esther (Bard College, New York)
Using documents believed destroyed by Hitler and Stalin, this book is the first history of YIVO, the original center for Yiddish scholarship. Founded after World War I, YIVO became the apex of secular Yiddish culture and fought for Jewish rights throughout the world at a time of rising anti-Semitism.
328 pages, 16 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 21, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107014206 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 324 |
| Dimensions | 238 × 162 × 25 mm · 603 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |