YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation

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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 | 7pm
BOOK EVENT

Cecile Kuznitz, Bard College; Samuel Kassow, Trinity College; Simon Rabinovitch, Boston University; Steven Zipperstein, Moderator, Stanford University and Kronhill Scholar at YIVO

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Admission: General – $10 | YIVO members, seniors and students – $7
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Join us in celebrating Cecile Kuznitz’s (Bard College) new book, YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation (Cambridge University Press), the first history of YIVO. Founded by a group of East European intellectuals after World War I, YIVO became the apex of secular Yiddish culture and the premier institution of Diaspora Nationalism, which fought for Jewish rights in the lands of their residence. This roundtable explores the history of YIVO, its role in Jewish nationalism, and the relationship between Jewish cultural and political work in interwar Eastern Europe.

YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation