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  • initialism Institute for Jewish Research

Etymologies

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Yiddish ייִוואָ (yivo), shortening of ייִדישער װיסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט (yidisher visnshaftlekher institut, "Jewish Scientific Institute")

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Examples

  • Well, while perhaps not clear for general uninitiated, nevertheless, YIVO is Yiddish standard transcription. (ie YIVO%correspondent German: bay%bei, mayn%mein; but above I added apostrophe to signal syllable, ru'e, dort'n, which is not in Yivo ...)

    Mayn Ru'e Platz 1972

  • I think calling YIVO orthography long-standing is a bit of an over-statement.

    Can You Spell C-A-T? | Jewschool 2004

  • Dr. Paul Glasser, associate dean of the Max Weinreich Center of the YIVO Institute, very kindly helped me with Yiddish translations.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Dr. Paul Glasser, associate dean of the Max Weinreich Center of the YIVO Institute, very kindly helped me with Yiddish translations.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Sklamberg still works at YIVO, but today he is "the caretaker of the collection."

    Tom Teicholz: Celebrate a Fantastic Klezmatic Hanukkah Tom Teicholz 2011

  • Dr. Paul Glasser, associate dean of the Max Weinreich Center of the YIVO Institute, very kindly helped me with Yiddish translations.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Dr. Paul Glasser, associate dean of the Max Weinreich Center of the YIVO Institute, very kindly helped me with Yiddish translations.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Among the respondents was Lorin Sklamberg, a Los Angeles-born, classically trained musician who had a day job at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

    Tom Teicholz: Celebrate a Fantastic Klezmatic Hanukkah Tom Teicholz 2011

  • Although she never finished her program at Columbia University, Lucy Dawidowicz began her academic career at YIVO (after it moved to New York in 1940).

    Personal Information for Lucy Dawidowicz 2010

  • In 1976, a year after Kalich's death, Picon sold Chez Schmendrick, giving pictures, plaques, and books to YIVO, and rented a house in Cortland.

    Jewish Women in Comedy - Molly Picon 2010

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