YIVO, (Yiddish: ייִוואָ), established in 1925 in Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (Yiddish: ייִדישער װיסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט), or Yiddish Scientific Institute, is a source for orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to the Yiddish language. Although the organization was renamed the Institute for Jewish Research subsequent to its relocation to New York City, it is still primarily known ...
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YIVO, (Yiddish: ייִוואָ), established in 1925 in Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (Yiddish: ייִדישער װיסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט), or Yiddish Scientific Institute, is a source for orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to the Yiddish language. Although the organization was renamed the Institute for Jewish Research subsequent to its relocation to New York City, it is still primarily known by its original acronym. (The word yidisher means both Yiddish and Jewish.)
YIVO preserves manuscripts, rare books, and diaries, and other Yiddish sources. The YIVO Library in New York contains over 385,000 volumes dating from as early as the 16th century. The YIVO Archives holds over 24,000,000 documents, photographs, recordings, posters, films, posters, and other artifacts. Together, they comprise the world's largest collection of materials related to the history and culture of Central and East European Jewry and the American Jewish...
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