YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation by Cecile Esther Kuznitz bilingual at the turn of the

at the turn of the century

sportswriters Murray Chass

and against all odds

violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation by Cecile Esther Kuznitz bilingual at the turn of theThis 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 the world at a time of rising anti Semitism. From its headquarters in Vilna, Lithuania, YIVO tried to balance scholarly objectivity with its