YIVO
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YIVO (Yiddish: ייִוואָ, pronounced [jiˈvɔ]) is an organization that preserves, studies, and teaches the cultural history of Jewish life throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, and Russia as well as orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to Yiddish. Established in 1925 in Wilno in the Second Polish Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania) as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (Yiddish: ייִדישער װיסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט, pronounced [ˈjidiʃɛr ˈvisn.ʃaftlɛχɛr instiˈtut]), Yiddish Scientific Institute.[1] (The word yidisher means both "Yiddish" and "Jewish.")
Established | 1925 (1925) |
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Location | 15 West 16th Street, Manhattan, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40.738047°N 73.993821°W / 40.738047; -73.993821 |
Director | Jonathan Brent |
Public transit access | Subway: 14th Street–Union Square |
Website | YIVO |
Its English name became Institute for Jewish Research after its relocation to New York City, but it is still known mainly by its Yiddish acronym. YIVO is now a partner of the Center for Jewish History, and serves as the de facto recognized language regulator of the Yiddish language in the secular world. The YIVO system is commonly taught in universities and known as klal shprakh (Yiddish: כּלל־שפּראַך, lit. 'standard language') and sometimes "YIVO Yiddish" (Yiddish: ייִוואָ־ייִדיש).